Z170 Z170A BIOS setting 7 GPU mining success - page 2.

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Quote from: deadsix on March 09, 2017, 04:37:06 PM

Quote from: andrewaka on March 09, 2017, 12:05:40 PM

Quote from: deadsix on March 09, 2017, 04:55:26 AM

Quote from: andrewaka on March 09, 2017, 02:27:58 AM

Quote from: miropp on February 28, 2017, 12:01:52 PM

I want to buy new version MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon or Asus Prime Z270-A.
Do you think that it will be working with all PCIE slots (6/7 GPUs)?

I've got asus z270-a. 7 gpu works fine

Could you post a screening of your system running 7 cards off an Asus Z270 a?

https://lut.im/QMKYpY9fDQ/j9KQKytcA82C1snE.JPG
https://lut.im/2gs0PillR8/rkswMTaNDgdmgFxs.JPG
https://lut.im/4JCWQAkDua/TBkwuKdZxwEN88zG.JPG

Thank you man, that's great news, I guess ill order one right away

Hi guys. Please please help me with my asus prime z270-A. i cant find 4g enable in bios even i update my bios. Please can you help me. Thank you!

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DMI stands for "Digital Media Interface" and is the connection between the Intel processor and the chipset.
This link can be run with different speeds. Among other things the chipset provides the communication to the
onboard LAN controllers, USB controllers, onboard SAS/SATA controllers and, if applicable, also to PCIe
slots, etc. In order to reduce power consumption the speed of the DMI link from "GEN 2" to "GEN 1" can be
reduced for environments, in which the communication provided by the chipset is only little used.

Without disabling sata and USB ports these settings (peg0,peg1,enabled 4 G coding) will allow you to run 7 GPUs.However, uou may experience a black screen if your mobo does not provide enough energy.

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Quote from: matmator on March 26, 2017, 07:04:47 AM

Hello, I have a big problem with this motherboard!

I can not boot on USB key to install windows10!

Has anyone had this problem?

What do you select in the bios to start on usb key? When I select usb key.j 'has a black screen, but no boot.

an idea ?

thank you

Disable Above 4G Decoding for installing your OS, but make sure BIOS is set to UEFI only

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Quote from: andrewaka on March 17, 2017, 04:24:17 PM

Quote from: groovy1962 on March 17, 2017, 03:27:26 PM

Quote from: andrewaka on March 09, 2017, 02:27:58 AM

Quote from: miropp on February 28, 2017, 12:01:52 PM

I want to buy new version MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon or Asus Prime Z270-A.
Do you think that it will be working with all PCIE slots (6/7 GPUs)?

I've got asus z270-a. 7 gpu works fine

What BIOS settings? How much RAM in your GPUs?

I have same MB and can only run 4 GPUs

pc ram - 4gb
7 x rx480 8gb

I dont know what exactly helped to run 7 gpu, but here what I changed:
above 4g decoding - enabled
pcie switch to gen 1
dmi max link speed switch to gen1
disable all sata, which is not used
disable all usb, with is not used

Where do you found above 4G decoding setting?
OK, found it in Boot Menü. All Cards are recognized. but SSD exxtreme slowly

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@andrewaka

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https://lut.im/4JCWQAkDua/TBkwuKdZxwEN88zG.JPG

What power consumption you have @wall?

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Quote from: deadsix on April 14, 2017, 02:34:20 AM

Quote from: drrobert on April 14, 2017, 02:24:15 AM

Deadsix did you try to use m2 to PCI to add 8th gpu ?

No, 8 cards do not work on Windows, only work on Linux. And I can not under-volt on linux, so my 1000W PSU can not handle 8 cards.

Even with very advanced undervolting, a 1000W PSU wouldn't handle 8 GPU (or only on XMR, which is not 'that' profitable atm)

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Quote from: drrobert on April 14, 2017, 02:24:15 AM

Deadsix did you try to use m2 to PCI to add 8th gpu ?

No, 8 cards do not work on Windows, only work on Linux. And I can not under-volt on linux, so my 1000W PSU can not handle 8 cards.

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Deadsix did you try to use m2 to PCI to add 8th gpu ?

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Has anyone tried 7 gpu edited bios?

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There is a way to get 5 cards running without the above 4g encoding option and skylake cpu.

-set pcie gen 1
-Enable the internal graphics, but use the pci for the screen. (dual display)
-boot. (if you get a freeze, you need to reinstall windows from scratch.)

install the driver for the 5 cards. then disable the internal graphics. Reeboot, and you have 5 working cards.

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Quote from: Truthchanter on March 30, 2017, 04:06:19 PM

Quote from: bughatti on March 08, 2017, 10:38:12 PM

Hello team, I am really hoping someone can help here. I am on my second MSI z170A carbon and I can not get a boot screen to show up. I have followed the guide and not installed any gpu's and am using the onboard HDMI and tried the onboard dvi. Tried 2 different monitors, also 2 sets of ram and 2 different procs. When I watch both of them boot i see the diagnostic lights flash for ram and cpu but never for vga. I have reset the cmos. Am I missing something here?

Proc: Intel BX80677G3930 7th Gen Celeron Desktop Processors
Mem: Kingston HyperX FURY Black 8GB Kit (2x4GB) 2133MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL14 DIMM Desktop Memory (HX421C14FBK2/8)
Tried memory with just 1 stick in slot 2

Your problem seems clear. As far as I know, 7th gen is kaby lake cpu and the z170a mobos are not compatible. You either need a skylake (older) cpu or a z270a mobo to support a kaby lake cpu.

Actually they are compatible with kaby lake once you update the BIOS to the last version.
However to do this, you need ... a skylake CPU :p

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Quote from: Bare on March 24, 2017, 02:19:54 PM

Quote from: sp_ on March 19, 2017, 10:58:34 AM

Managed to run 6 cards on Msi Z170-A-PRO.

-Download and install the latest bios
- pcie gen 1
-above 4g decoding - enabled

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170-A-PRO.html

AMI BIOS
Version   1.H   File Size   6.8 MB

Description   - Enhanced M.2 Genie function.
- Improved Board Explorer function.
- Improved NVME device compatibility.
- Updated VBIOS and GOP.
- Support multi graphic cards.

Please elaborate more on how.

I have the exact motherboard and I've installed latest bios 1.H version, set these settings in bios as you described
- pcie gen 1
-above 4g decoding - enabled

but no success, still works only with 4 cards, when I plug 5th card in I get error code 48 this time, different error than before(code 12 not enough resources)
(haven't tried plugging all 6 cards because all my cards are 390x's and fury's
- that's 2x8pin power connectors per card and my 1700w platimax PSU doesn't have more than 10 x8pin connectors so I'm limited to 5 cards per rig with my setup)

Note that I use windows 7 x64.
ram 8gb
cpu intel i3

did you manage to get it working on win7 or win10? also, have you tried running with only 5 cards?

Thanks!

I use nvidia 1070 cards. on amd Code 48 can be fixed with gpu mod software.

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Quote from: bughatti on March 08, 2017, 10:38:12 PM

Hello team, I am really hoping someone can help here. I am on my second MSI z170A carbon and I can not get a boot screen to show up. I have followed the guide and not installed any gpu's and am using the onboard HDMI and tried the onboard dvi. Tried 2 different monitors, also 2 sets of ram and 2 different procs. When I watch both of them boot i see the diagnostic lights flash for ram and cpu but never for vga. I have reset the cmos. Am I missing something here?

Proc: Intel BX80677G3930 7th Gen Celeron Desktop Processors
Mem: Kingston HyperX FURY Black 8GB Kit (2x4GB) 2133MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL14 DIMM Desktop Memory (HX421C14FBK2/8)
Tried memory with just 1 stick in slot 2

Your problem seems clear. As far as I know, 7th gen is kaby lake cpu and the z170a mobos are not compatible. You either need a skylake (older) cpu or a z270a mobo to support a kaby lake cpu.

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Quote from: Bare on March 24, 2017, 02:19:54 PM

Quote from: sp_ on March 19, 2017, 10:58:34 AM

Managed to run 6 cards on Msi Z170-A-PRO.

-Download and install the latest bios
- pcie gen 1
-above 4g decoding - enabled

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170-A-PRO.html

AMI BIOS
Version   1.H   File Size   6.8 MB

Description   - Enhanced M.2 Genie function.
- Improved Board Explorer function.
- Improved NVME device compatibility.
- Updated VBIOS and GOP.
- Support multi graphic cards.

Please elaborate more on how.

I have the exact motherboard and I've installed latest bios 1.H version, set these settings in bios as you described
- pcie gen 1
-above 4g decoding - enabled

but no success, still works only with 4 cards, when I plug 5th card in I get error code 48 this time, different error than before(code 12 not enough resources)
(haven't tried plugging all 6 cards because all my cards are 390x's and fury's
- that's 2x8pin power connectors per card and my 1700w platimax PSU doesn't have more than 10 x8pin connectors so I'm limited to 5 cards per rig with my setup)

Note that I use windows 7 x64.
ram 8gb
cpu intel i3

did you manage to get it working on win7 or win10? also, have you tried running with only 5 cards?

Thanks!

Hi mate, your windows 10 installation should be in uefi or it should support uefi in bios not legacy, windows hardrive should be in gpt format otherwise the above 4g setting won’t work and you will get a black screen when you try to boot into windows 10.

- Windows 10
- PCIe GEN1
- Above 4g decoding enabled
- BIOS Version 1.H

Please notify me if it work.

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bou !

Hello, I have a big problem with this motherboard!

I can not boot on USB key to install windows10!

Has anyone had this problem?

What do you select in the bios to start on usb key? When I select usb key.j 'has a black screen, but no boot.

an idea ?

thank you

Bare

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Quote from: sp_ on March 19, 2017, 10:58:34 AM

Managed to run 6 cards on Msi Z170-A-PRO.

-Download and install the latest bios
- pcie gen 1
-above 4g decoding - enabled

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170-A-PRO.html

AMI BIOS
Version   1.H   File Size   6.8 MB

Description   - Enhanced M.2 Genie function.
- Improved Board Explorer function.
- Improved NVME device compatibility.
- Updated VBIOS and GOP.
- Support multi graphic cards.

Please elaborate more on how.

I have the exact motherboard and I've installed latest bios 1.H version, set these settings in bios as you described
- pcie gen 1
-above 4g decoding - enabled

but no success, still works only with 4 cards, when I plug 5th card in I get error code 48 this time, different error than before(code 12 not enough resources)
(haven't tried plugging all 6 cards because all my cards are 390x's and fury's
- that's 2x8pin power connectors per card and my 1700w platimax PSU doesn't have more than 10 x8pin connectors so I'm limited to 5 cards per rig with my setup)

Note that I use windows 7 x64.
ram 8gb
cpu intel i3

did you manage to get it working on win7 or win10? also, have you tried running with only 5 cards?

Thanks!

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Quote from: andrewaka on March 17, 2017, 04:24:17 PM

pc ram - 4gb
7 x rx480 8gb

I dont know what exactly helped to run 7 gpu, but here what I changed:
above 4g decoding - enabled
pcie switch to gen 1
dmi max link speed switch to gen1
disable all sata, which is not used
disable all usb, with is not used

Ok, I have replicated Andrews experience.

Here's what I found:

-- Had to flash the BIOS. Board shipped with 5.0.0 and I updated it to the latest (7.0.0 I think)-- this is necessary to get the "Above 4g decoding" option. Which appears on the boot menu in the bios.
-- PCIe switched to Gen2
-- Didn't make the other changes.

WARNING WARNING WARNING

When I flashed the BIOS the onboard network hardware stopped working with linux. this caused a bunch of problems.

I had to run this utility to refresh the network drivers ROM to make things work:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19186

Current setup for this board-
-- Ubuntu 16.04 server
-- 7x NVIDIA 1070 8GB Cards

Working fine. (And about %10 more hash under linux than under Windows.)

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Just to clear things up: "above 4G" means 64bit addresses for all devices, including HD so your drive should be GPT and boot should be UEFI

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Quote from: bughatti on March 17, 2017, 11:34:44 AM

Quote from: Diosel on March 17, 2017, 08:00:02 AM

Quote from: mining-hardware on February 28, 2017, 05:17:06 AM

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Secret is BIOS Above 4G Decoding to Enable.

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Hope it helps you.

Hi first thanks for that information but you think that i can put 7 R9 Fury?

Don't waste your breath with this, numerous others on this forum have tried and wasted money on a 150$ motherboard that only holds 4 cards. This thread was probably created to boost sales or something, who knows.

I confirm these settings to be working on a Z170A pro carbon. Thanks @mining-hardware !
@bughatti : It's strange it doesn't work out for you. My setup is the follwing : 7 RX480 Nitro 4GB, G4400 CPU, 4GB Ram (cheapest i could find), 1600W PSU, win10.

sp_

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Managed to run 6 cards on Msi Z170-A-PRO.

-Download and install the latest bios
- pcie gen 1
-above 4g decoding - enabled

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170-A-PRO.html

AMI BIOS
Version   1.H   File Size   6.8 MB

Description   - Enhanced M.2 Genie function.
- Improved Board Explorer function.
- Improved NVME device compatibility.
- Updated VBIOS and GOP.
- Support multi graphic cards.

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