Topic: Road to RX 570/580 7 GPU MINING RIG - page 9. (Read 83745 times)

finally able to use 6x RX580 but on my z77 mpower msi.
is anyone also using here XFX BE GTS RX580 8gb? i have samsung mem but not stable memshift

how many watt?

i am trying to run 6 rx 580 nitro+ with modded bios's hashing 30 mhs each on a z270 a pro gaming mobo from msi.. Am I missing something? 16gb ram.. 1500 watt psu silverstone.. overkill? After 4 cards I just get the black screen if the 4g decoding is on, and if it's off it just sais code error 12 "this device cannot find enough free resources blah blah" on 3 out of 2 cards. should i try what the dude was saying earlier and plug in 2 cards at a time so they can get recognized first? I'm just gathering info for tonight when I get on it again. thanks ya'll

I am running Windows 10 x64.

I use 16.12.2 / 17.4.4.  I do get a warning about having an unsigned driver but after the driver installs I run pixel patcher 1.4.5.

There are versions of 16.x.x and 17.x.x for Windows 7/7x64 10/10x64 etc...

 IF I AM RUNNING WINDOWS 10 64bit, DO I

Run DDU, uninstall everything.
Extract the 16.9.2 package and the 17.4.3 package.

16.9.2 being for rx 480 windows 10?? and 17.4.3 for rx 580 windows 7? or 10?

Copy the contents of the B30##### folder from the 16.9.2 package into the B31##### folder of the 17.4.3 package. Confirm overwrite files.
Run the Setup.exe in the 17.4.3 package. Install AMD display drivers. Accept unsigned drivers.

I did all that except i used windows 10 17.4.3.. didnt work. do i need to use win7  17.4.3 as in original instructions??

Yes, that is what I did. however look at step 5


5. Copy and replace all content from "C:\AMD\Non-WHQL-Win10-64Bit-Radeon-Software-Crimson-16.9.2-Sep21\Packages\Drivers\Display\WT6A_INF\B307117"  to "C:\AMD\WHQL-Win7-64Bit-Radeon-Software-Crimson-ReLive-17.4.3-Apr17\Packages\Drivers\Display\W76A_INF\B313057" (Basically you copy the old driver over the new)


it sais win 10 package on 16.9.2-Sept21 and it sais WIN7 on 17.4.3-Apr 17. Is that a typpo??

Run DDU, uninstall everything.
Extract the 16.9.2 package and the 17.4.3 package.
Copy the contents of the B30##### folder from the 16.9.2 package into the B31##### folder of the 17.4.3 package. Confirm overwrite files.
Run the Setup.exe in the 17.4.3 package. Install AMD display drivers. Accept unsigned drivers.

I did this, but i did it with windows 10 drivers and it didnt work. Then i noticed that you downloaded win 10 64bit 16.9.2 software and WINDOWS 7 64bit 17.4.3. Is that what I did wrong? I need to use 17.4.3 for windows 7?

I have 4 gpu's in my rig (will try 5 when I get home).  The driver "trick" works perfect.

In addition to working fine -- I am no longer seeing high voltages on my cards.  Before they would go to 1.xx volt despite being set to 0.925 in the bios -- If I changed the clock speed in afterburner to 1150 then back to 1200 they would run at 0.925.

NOW they are using the voltage correctly.  I am also seeing a reduction of around 15w per card.

Definitely, let me know if you get it running. Sounds like a good plan, motherboards can be finicky sometimes. I think one by one is probably a good call. Sometimes slower is faster. I haven't modded my bios yet. I'm newer to mining and while I have modded a bios before in my gaming days - I currently have this weird rules that until I get my ROI, I'm not going to take a chance to brick my video cards. I should have my investment covered in a few months. I have the MSI RX 580 Gaming X 8G. I got a good deal on them - so I went for it.

Which addon board are you using?  I have been shopping around a bit.


Great work guys!  I have been pulling my hair out trying to get 5x570 work on ASRock H170A-X1.

I still haven't found the "4G Decoding in Bios" option.  Does anyone happen to know if this board/bios has the option.

Are you guys adjusting the TOLUD setting?  I know on my TB-250 I had to set it to 3.5.  If I set it to 3.5 with the H170A the PC will not display video.  It does work at 2.5 though.


Thanks again for this great information

Lol I've said many a time that I'm using a Z270-A Pro with an addon board

I think we all need that information. MOTHERBOARD? How did you get 8 PCI-E? SPECS? 

thanks for all the info. mine doesn't have the PCIEx16_3. hmm? i need to recheck the bios if updated. Later i will put more time on it just to make sure there's no fault in all the risers and gpus. i'm also thinking that i don't have to use the 3rd red pcie slot. but I did. later i will reinstall 1 by 1 all the gpu to make sure everything is detected. to sort out whats wrong. thanks man! i will update you once it works

btw, did you mod your bios for your 580s? also which brand you have? i got the XFX Black Edition GTS 8gb. left it mining eth then after an hour it freezes. im using now teamviewer so i cannot solve the problem.
i will visit my rig later XD

I'm using BIOS 1903
I'm not using all 3 red pcie slots. I'm using the first 6 from top to bottom.
I did initially only use the first 2 red pcie slots to make sure it recognized the cards. Once I realized it recognized the cards - then I put all of them in there. I never installed the drivers at this point. I wanted to make sure that the mobo and windows recognized them. At that time, it was only 5 cards, because I experienced the issue with other rigs. Then I installed the driver 17.4.4. Ran, but was unstable. Kept get GPU 1 hangs in open cl errors.

Then once the driver trick came out - I DDU the AMD driver. Restarted my computer. Did the driver trick and restarted with 5 cards. I first wanted to make sure it was stable with just the 5 cards, because of the error in claymore I kept getting. Then about an hour later when I realized it was stable, I shut it down and inserted the 6th card. Started it - opened up the device manager right away. Seen the incompatible VGA card message. Then waited about 2-4 minutes and the system caught it. It installed the driver and the sixth card showed up.

But at this point - I think you should see if your machine will at least see all six cards without the drivers. No one had a problem with their mobo/windows seeing all six or seven cards without the drivers. It was as soon as the driver was installed that it would not boot if you had more than 5 cards. If your machine sees the cards - then I think you'll have no problem making it work.

On my bios - it says this. PCIEx16_1 - Gen 2, PCIEx16_2 - gen 2, PCIEx16_3 - gen 2 (but also says "not used," because I have nothing in this slot). Then lastly it says Gen3 preset - preset 1. I'm pretty sure that the gen 3 doesn't do much, but for consistency that's what I have it on and mine is working.

CPU - just in case is I5-3570 Ivy Bridge.

Hopefully this info helps you, but if it doesn't feel free to ask more questions. I'll help anyway I can. I know it works. I'm not pulling your leg, promise - I think it's just a matter of fiddling with it.



 

I like what I see there!



What motherboard are you using for 8 GPUs? Are you using a 1 to 3 PCI-E addon board?

what is your bios? also yeah im using windows 10.
mine only shows two PCIE that I can put Gen 2. then Preset1 that's it. also which slots did you used? did you use all 3 red pcie slots?
laat, did you install card 1 by 1 or altogether? just want to be sure that im doing correctly thanks

No clue how you get those hashrates done. I read your other threads but my RX 580 dont even come close. I have them at 28mh/s - 362 mh/s  with a bios mod and 1150 / 2150 settings on Trixx.

Double checked my settings - and that's it. I have Gen 2, Gen 2, Gen 2 and then preset 1. You might double check your risers, power and or maybe even put it in a different slot. I do remember a slight delay when it recognized my card. I started it up, went to device manager and seen a line item that said unrecognized VGA device under something other than the display adapters. 2-3 minutes went by and then the screen flickered and it installed the driver and recognized all the cards.

You might also check your device manager to see if you see anything along those lines - unrecognized VGA device.

I'm assuming you have the most up to date bios too?

Windows 10?

Meaning - you won't see the Radeon panel. The settings when you right click and see "radeon settings" or in the bottom right corner - see the little radeon icon. Any modifications such as overclocking, underclocking, overvolting or undervolting, you'll need to use MSI afterburner or do it in claymore itself.

Are you trying to overclock/underclock or adjust voltage? Do you have your 4g encode enabled for the boards that have it? Did you check the logs to see if there are any errors such as GPU 1 hangs in open cl?