Topic: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 - 7 GPU [SOLVED] - page 8. (Read 38811 times)
U have to connect a monitor to one of your AMD cards to activate the fan / temp sensors
Hi All,
We built the rig with 5 rx480 (no more risers currently) on that mobo and Win10 (driver 16.11.5), but have a problem: MSI Afterburner doesn't show GPU voltage/temperature/load and so on for RX cards.
What i suspect that i set to first initialize cpu's intel graphic card in the BIOS, because we connected monitor to it during install/setup. Maybe this confused afterburner in some way?
So, any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks.
ps: i start Afterburner in the RDP session.
We built the rig with 5 rx480 (no more risers currently) on that mobo and Win10 (driver 16.11.5), but have a problem: MSI Afterburner doesn't show GPU voltage/temperature/load and so on for RX cards.
What i suspect that i set to first initialize cpu's intel graphic card in the BIOS, because we connected monitor to it during install/setup. Maybe this confused afterburner in some way?
So, any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks.
ps: i start Afterburner in the RDP session.
thx botros, but the PSU is ok to power 7 cards without any issues,
i finnally got my 7 cards back, it was all about the drivers !
i uninstall the last amd driver and now i got my 7 showing, im about to install an older driver and see if its stable enough.
Which drivers are you guys suggesting for rx480 4g ?
i finnally got my 7 cards back, it was all about the drivers !
i uninstall the last amd driver and now i got my 7 showing, im about to install an older driver and see if its stable enough.
Which drivers are you guys suggesting for rx480 4g ?
most people with modded Bios use 16 9 2
if u r on stock Bios so u better use 15 12 as its adviced in Claymore read me file
its good that u solved yr problem ,,, but if it happened again I think u shouls check wattage at wall with watt meter like kill a watt from amazon
https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494466147&sr=8-1&keywords=kill+a+watt
and if u have euro plug u can get it from ebay
ok for 15.12 for me it wasn't working.(radeon saphire nitro 480/4g)
i run the driver 16.40 that comes with the GPU -a good old CD-and disabled auto-update (amd/windows)
I now run claymore eth only at 173.512Mh/s and zcash at 2040
i think its really good considering it is all stock settings.
i run the driver 16.40 that comes with the GPU -a good old CD-and disabled auto-update (amd/windows)
I now run claymore eth only at 173.512Mh/s and zcash at 2040
i think its really good considering it is all stock settings.
thx botros, but the PSU is ok to power 7 cards without any issues,
i finnally got my 7 cards back, it was all about the drivers !
i uninstall the last amd driver and now i got my 7 showing, im about to install an older driver and see if its stable enough.
Which drivers are you guys suggesting for rx480 4g ?
15.12 i finnally got my 7 cards back, it was all about the drivers !
i uninstall the last amd driver and now i got my 7 showing, im about to install an older driver and see if its stable enough.
Which drivers are you guys suggesting for rx480 4g ?
thx botros, but the PSU is ok to power 7 cards without any issues,
i finnally got my 7 cards back, it was all about the drivers !
i uninstall the last amd driver and now i got my 7 showing, im about to install an older driver and see if its stable enough.
Which drivers are you guys suggesting for rx480 4g ?
i finnally got my 7 cards back, it was all about the drivers !
i uninstall the last amd driver and now i got my 7 showing, im about to install an older driver and see if its stable enough.
Which drivers are you guys suggesting for rx480 4g ?
Is the first initial post updated/corrected with the right info?
these problem doesn,t relate to the 7 Gpu on mother board . there is either of 2 things u need to check :
1 if u don,t use a modded bios on yr rig then the 1300 PSU is small for the 7 GPU cause 480sonsume 225 watt " from sapphire website"
so in that case u better use 1600watt PSU or try to undervolt from wattool a bit ...
2 if u use a modded bios and was aggressive in the under voltage these things can happen ....
but I think its the 1st option ,,, and to make sure u can try any watt meter to check how much watt u consume at the wall .
1 if u don,t use a modded bios on yr rig then the 1300 PSU is small for the 7 GPU cause 480sonsume 225 watt " from sapphire website"
so in that case u better use 1600watt PSU or try to undervolt from wattool a bit ...
2 if u use a modded bios and was aggressive in the under voltage these things can happen ....
but I think its the 1st option ,,, and to make sure u can try any watt meter to check how much watt u consume at the wall .
well well well...
After recognizing 7 gpu and mining for a while, the rig freezed,
now its impossible to boot with 7 cards. (i guess there is some error screen, but i dont have any display plugged in)
*edit: windows goes into diagnostic & repair mode when a 6th or 7th card is plugged in.
With 5 card i dont have any issues and its mining OK.
i got the last driver from amd.com for my rx480 4g nitro.
bios setting is unchanged
windows 10 pro up to date
1300w psu
any ideas ?
which driver you guys are using with the z170/rx480 combo ?
After recognizing 7 gpu and mining for a while, the rig freezed,
now its impossible to boot with 7 cards. (i guess there is some error screen, but i dont have any display plugged in)
*edit: windows goes into diagnostic & repair mode when a 6th or 7th card is plugged in.
With 5 card i dont have any issues and its mining OK.
i got the last driver from amd.com for my rx480 4g nitro.
bios setting is unchanged
windows 10 pro up to date
1300w psu
any ideas ?
which driver you guys are using with the z170/rx480 combo ?
Update,
I got it to work!!!
Something weird happened to my PCI Express Ports, and had to just move my cards around.
But the G3900 Celeron Skylake Dual-Core CPU works for more than 4 GPUs.
Z170A M5 Mobo.
Thanks guys!
I can always count on you smart boys.
Also, thanks for telling me to take out the battery.
That really helped reset everything.
I got it to work!!!
Something weird happened to my PCI Express Ports, and had to just move my cards around.
But the G3900 Celeron Skylake Dual-Core CPU works for more than 4 GPUs.
Z170A M5 Mobo.
Thanks guys!
I can always count on you smart boys.
Also, thanks for telling me to take out the battery.
That really helped reset everything.
Okay guys,
I forgot to enable Windows 10 in the motherboard advance settings area. So I enabled that, and right now I'm just troubleshooting one of my PCI Express ports. Looks like my 5th port magically disappeared. I no longer see it in the chipset area.
Will update again soon.
I forgot to enable Windows 10 in the motherboard advance settings area. So I enabled that, and right now I'm just troubleshooting one of my PCI Express ports. Looks like my 5th port magically disappeared. I no longer see it in the chipset area.
Will update again soon.
God, I can't get it to read the 5th card.
Maybe it's the Celeron CPU G3900.
It's just not working.
I also have two such boards. Since my risers are on the way from China, now I only directly put 3 cards on board. I will say this board is actually not that great in supplying power directly to all three full PCIEs. I only get 2 X 1080 Ti + 1 X 1070 working on board, but not 3 X 1080 Ti which caused a problem of starting or failed to recognize one card. Also it usually requires a few reboots to finally get 2 X 1080 Ti + 1 X EVGA 1070FTW (225W TDP) all recognized, while the other combo with EVGA 1070 SC (150W TDP) is always running fine.
Anyone can comments whether Bios 1A is working with 7 GPUs or you have to get 1D?
Anyone can comments whether Bios 1A is working with 7 GPUs or you have to get 1D?
Okay guys,
I forgot to enable Windows 10 in the motherboard advance settings area. So I enabled that, and right now I'm just troubleshooting one of my PCI Express ports. Looks like my 5th port magically disappeared. I no longer see it in the chipset area.
Will update again soon.
I forgot to enable Windows 10 in the motherboard advance settings area. So I enabled that, and right now I'm just troubleshooting one of my PCI Express ports. Looks like my 5th port magically disappeared. I no longer see it in the chipset area.
Will update again soon.
It didnt work 
I made 3 rigs with this steps, and all are wrking perfect with 7gpus. U missed some point 100%sure Well, I installed windows using GPT.
It still doesn't let me boot with Above 4G Decoding set to Enabled.
How come it's giving me a blank screen again?
Diskpart shows my drive is in fact in GPT.
It still doesn't let me boot with Above 4G Decoding set to Enabled.
How come it's giving me a blank screen again?
Diskpart shows my drive is in fact in GPT.
you need to be able to boot in eufi
Hi Alred911,
It is set to LEGACY+UEFI.
Can I ask which bios you flashed the mobo with?
Was it the 1.D rom file?
It didnt work
That error messages came back on again.
What am I doing wrong guys?
I'm PMS is about to activate.
Menstrual cycle approaching.
Try what i said What am I doing wrong guys?
I'm PMS is about to activate.
Menstrual cycle approaching.
That error messages came back on again.
What am I doing wrong guys?
My PMS is about to activate.
Menstrual cycle approaching.
What am I doing wrong guys?
My PMS is about to activate.
Menstrual cycle approaching.
Update... Changed PEG 0 and 1 to GEN 3 instead.
Inserted my 2nd GPU and things are looking okay.
Going to try all 5 now.
*crossing fingers*
Inserted my 2nd GPU and things are looking okay.
Going to try all 5 now.
*crossing fingers*
Maybe it's the CPU.
My screen now displays a weird message.
"Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error info, and we'll restart for you."
0% complete
It has been 5 mins with 0% complete still.... wth.
My screen now displays a weird message.
"Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error info, and we'll restart for you."
0% complete
It has been 5 mins with 0% complete still.... wth.
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