Can someone to into a bit more detail on what they've done to get 8 or 9 GPUs working on this board using the M.2 slots and adapters? I've been able to get 7 GPUs working fine, but can't seem to get an 8th to be recognized when using the M.2 slot/adapter. I know Win10 has the 8 GPU limit, and was hoping to squeeze in one more card.
Have the latest bios with 'Above 4G' enabled and slots set to Gen 1. Latest Nvidia drivers and all the latest W10 patches.
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Guys I have windows 7 and I am getting the driver error on 2 of 6 gpus.
I get the error 43, how to solve it? I've tried to change the register, but nothing yet.
I get the error 43, how to solve it? I've tried to change the register, but nothing yet.
I've solve that changing for windows 10 now it's working OK.
Risers vers 03 brought me problems, I had to change for another version.
Thanks
Guys I have windows 7 and I am getting the driver error on 2 of 6 gpus.
I get the error 43, how to solve it? I've tried to change the register, but nothing yet.
I get the error 43, how to solve it? I've tried to change the register, but nothing yet.
Hey guys!
Just an update. Last night I was able to install an 8th GPU on this board using an M.2 -- PCIE adapter. It has been running solid for 12hrs now. I was not able to get the second M.2 to recognize though.
Does anyone know if anything special needs to be done in order for it to become active?
Just an update. Last night I was able to install an 8th GPU on this board using an M.2 -- PCIE adapter. It has been running solid for 12hrs now. I was not able to get the second M.2 to recognize though.
Does anyone know if anything special needs to be done in order for it to become active?
When you say "running solid" do you mean mining? My install went bad and I had to rebuild Windows 10 as it went into an endless repair loop. I also had a poor quality v1 board board smoke one of my cards and an M.2 slot. I finally got the 8th GPU running, been running 7 stable for few days, and it seemed to be solid in Windows 10 OS, but as soon as I start Claymore, mining single Eth, the whole system is unstable. Claymore throws lots of erros. Did you you have to do anything special to keep it stable when mining?
When I say running solid, I mean dual mining - ETH/SIA. It has been no issue. My only issue is that I can't get a 9th running. I run mixed drivers, which is the only thing which I'd consider unique - Further, its a mix of cards (1 x R9 390, 4 x Asus RX580, 1 MSI RX 580, 1 Saphire Pulse RX580, and 1 RX480)
Really, there is something w your setup because I can confirm with certainty that it is running.
After long and with this threads help I get my 6 cards working ...
But I got a weird overclock problem with MSI Z170A (bios updated) and Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Skylake
5x1070 :
6x1070
System :
If I go over 100 MHz with 6 cards system cpu goes high slowly and in about 30-40 minutes system crash.
Any idea why this happens ?
But I got a weird overclock problem with MSI Z170A (bios updated) and Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Skylake
5x1070 :
Code:
Memory Clock : +500
Hash Rate : 148 Mh/s
6x1070
Code:
Memory Clock : +100
Hash Rate : 157 Mh/s
System :
Code:
Windows 10, 1703 , all drivers updated to latest with "Driver Booster"
Mobo: MSI Z170A XPower Gaming Titanium
PSU: Thermaltake XT Gold 1275W
GPU: 6x 1070 Asus Dual 8OG
Ram: DDR4 8GB 2800MHz
CPU: Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Skylake
HDD: SAMSUNG SATAIII SSD
If I go over 100 MHz with 6 cards system cpu goes high slowly and in about 30-40 minutes system crash.
Any idea why this happens ?
Hey guys!
Just an update. Last night I was able to install an 8th GPU on this board using an M.2 -- PCIE adapter. It has been running solid for 12hrs now. I was not able to get the second M.2 to recognize though.
Does anyone know if anything special needs to be done in order for it to become active?
Just an update. Last night I was able to install an 8th GPU on this board using an M.2 -- PCIE adapter. It has been running solid for 12hrs now. I was not able to get the second M.2 to recognize though.
Does anyone know if anything special needs to be done in order for it to become active?
When you say "running solid" do you mean mining? My install went bad and I had to rebuild Windows 10 as it went into an endless repair loop. I also had a poor quality v1 board board smoke one of my cards and an M.2 slot. I finally got the 8th GPU running, been running 7 stable for few days, and it seemed to be solid in Windows 10 OS, but as soon as I start Claymore, mining single Eth, the whole system is unstable. Claymore throws lots of erros. Did you you have to do anything special to keep it stable when mining?
Hey guys!
Just an update. Last night I was able to install an 8th GPU on this board using an M.2 -- PCIE adapter. It has been running solid for 12hrs now. I was not able to get the second M.2 to recognize though.
Does anyone know if anything special needs to be done in order for it to become active?
Just an update. Last night I was able to install an 8th GPU on this board using an M.2 -- PCIE adapter. It has been running solid for 12hrs now. I was not able to get the second M.2 to recognize though.
Does anyone know if anything special needs to be done in order for it to become active?
Not enough resources sounds like above 4G isn't enabled or PCI isn't set to Gen1?
If Windows detects them but there aren't enough resources you're halfway there. Need more info to troubleshoot though.
If Windows detects them but there aren't enough resources you're halfway there. Need more info to troubleshoot though.
We got it with "above 4g enabled" and gen1 but it still can't detect 6 1080 or 1080 ti consistently, any idea?
What do you mean by consistently?
Not enough resources sounds like above 4G isn't enabled or PCI isn't set to Gen1?
If Windows detects them but there aren't enough resources you're halfway there. Need more info to troubleshoot though.
If Windows detects them but there aren't enough resources you're halfway there. Need more info to troubleshoot though.
We got it with "above 4g enabled" and gen1 but it still can't detect 6 1080 or 1080 ti consistently, any idea?
Hi,
we are trying to set up a 7x 1070 rig, but we are stucked when detecting the gpus, we can't get over 4x 1070, we get a #12 code error, like it has not enough resources. This is our set up:
- MSI Z170A GAMING M5
- OS Windows 10
- CPU Intel G4400
- 4GB RAM
- 7x 1070
- Latest drivers
We also have the same problem with 7x 1080 rig.
we are trying to set up a 7x 1070 rig, but we are stucked when detecting the gpus, we can't get over 4x 1070, we get a #12 code error, like it has not enough resources. This is our set up:
- MSI Z170A GAMING M5
- OS Windows 10
- CPU Intel G4400
- 4GB RAM
- 7x 1070
- Latest drivers
We also have the same problem with 7x 1080 rig.
Have the same config axcept 8GB RAM and Win8.1 and it works well with bios settings from the first post of the Thread
Not enough resources sounds like above 4G isn't enabled or PCI isn't set to Gen1?
If Windows detects them but there aren't enough resources you're halfway there. Need more info to troubleshoot though.
If Windows detects them but there aren't enough resources you're halfway there. Need more info to troubleshoot though.
Update have 2 rigs currently running 6 1070 running stable. Can't get a 7th card stable, I think it's due to my psu issues with rails. 6 is stable. I was crashing because I think I had a bad gpu. That one card would run at about 72 degrees when the other 5 would be at 55. Swapped that out and 6 ran fine. Setting a 3rd rig up on a z2 today hope it goes smoothly.
Hi,
we are trying to set up a 7x 1070 rig, but we are stucked when detecting the gpus, we can't get over 4x 1070, we get a #12 code error, like it has not enough resources. This is our set up:
- MSI Z170A GAMING M5
- OS Windows 10
- CPU Intel G4400
- 4GB RAM
- 7x 1070
- Latest drivers
We also have the same problem with 7x 1080 rig.
we are trying to set up a 7x 1070 rig, but we are stucked when detecting the gpus, we can't get over 4x 1070, we get a #12 code error, like it has not enough resources. This is our set up:
- MSI Z170A GAMING M5
- OS Windows 10
- CPU Intel G4400
- 4GB RAM
- 7x 1070
- Latest drivers
We also have the same problem with 7x 1080 rig.
Hey guys.. got this board working like a charm with 7 cards. All 1070's by the way with kaby lake. Using 6 of the PCIE slots and one M2 slot. I don't have an 8th card to try maxing out the PCIE slots. Took a lot of trial and error so I know the pain that it can be. If anyone needs pointers, glad to help.
Guys I've tried many options and nothing work here in my z170a m5.
When I active the 4G decode the computer gets black screen.
When I active the 4G decode the computer gets black screen.
You must have 4G decode set, and have UIFI Mode set BEFORE you install Windows. Doing it after the fact will cause it to not boot.
I had mine mining for 8 hours on 6 cards, the PC then died and needed a hard reboot. It rebooted and came up with 7 cards working for roughly the same length of time.
I hard rebooted again and with 7 cards I get the CUDA error (never get the CUDA error with 6 cards).
I've also had it mining a few minutes and then get:
GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 6, the launch timed out and was terminated
It's all very random. I've tried -r 180 to try to prevent the 8 hour or so hard reboot issue but it didn't help.
I think I'm on GEN 2, I'll try GEN 1.
I hard rebooted again and with 7 cards I get the CUDA error (never get the CUDA error with 6 cards).
I've also had it mining a few minutes and then get:
GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 6, the launch timed out and was terminated
It's all very random. I've tried -r 180 to try to prevent the 8 hour or so hard reboot issue but it didn't help.
I think I'm on GEN 2, I'll try GEN 1.
Guys I've tried many options and nothing work here in my z170a m5.
When I active the 4G decode the computer gets black screen.
When I active the 4G decode the computer gets black screen.
good lord, stop buying the z1xx chipset and buy the z2xx chipset, biostar's z2xx models all work out of box for me.
no rain dancing required...
no rain dancing required...
I've got the virtual memory set to 16GB, I've tried everything I've read about it. 
Plus the miner has worked for me with 7 cards, just very rarely and until I had to reboot.
Plus the miner has worked for me with 7 cards, just very rarely and until I had to reboot.
hrmmm, and I assume that all cards are over 2GB?
I've been at it about a week now with this board. I'm gonna make another effort tonight, so stay tuned. I'll report back here with my findings. All that said, its been a real ball ache, I could only imagine the BS involved with trying to use the M.2 connections.
Yep, 1070 4GB cards.
So, just as an update - I did get all cards working properly last night. 7 GPUS, all firing now. What a nasty adventure. Here is what I can confirm worked.
Set PEG 0 and PEG 1 to GEN 1, 4G Decode "Enabled", Windows OS Configuration: Windows 8.1/10 "Disabled", Windows 7 "Disabled", Fast Boot "Disabled". Reboot/shutdown. Install one card at a time, rebooting between each card (not sure why, but worked for me) starting with x16 slot #2, then #5, 7, 1, 6, 4, 3. If cards are modded you may have issues where screen won't post (board debug code may be 92-96, 97,98,99): in that case try installing a non-modded card in slot 2, and the modded ones in the remaining slots. Alternatively, try OS Config...Windows 8.1/10 "Enabled" + with or without Fast Boot.
I used hacked drivers, but what is above is what did it for me. Hope this helps!
I've got the virtual memory set to 16GB, I've tried everything I've read about it.
Plus the miner has worked for me with 7 cards, just very rarely and until I had to reboot.
Plus the miner has worked for me with 7 cards, just very rarely and until I had to reboot.
hrmmm, and I assume that all cards are over 2GB?
I've been at it about a week now with this board. I'm gonna make another effort tonight, so stay tuned. I'll report back here with my findings. All that said, its been a real ball ache, I could only imagine the BS involved with trying to use the M.2 connections.
Yep, 1070 4GB cards.
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