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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Claymore's ZCash AMD GPU Miner v8.0
by
Simon_Grape
on 27/11/2016, 14:01:53 UTC
I'm beginning to believe my motherboard is not capable of handling more than 2 cards ugh! Msi z170a gaming pro carbon either on boot (windows 8 or 10) doesn't recognize cards, afterburner doesn't show temps and card crashes or opencl hangs on miner
I got a Z170 board not knowing issues.  It will see and mine with 4 GPUs no problem (470/480), though if you try 5, it will lock up at bios, even though board has 7 slots. I have http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128838 Then I just decided to get H81 BTC pro boards (harder to find).

This MSI Z97 works just as good as an H81 BTC - cheaper in most cases - plus it has 7 pcie slots - I have 2 rigs with this board and 7 RX480's each. Works great.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K8KPXUO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

anel and cooling (in summer, Georgia), but I can recommend to friends.

For that Motherboard, do you need to short the A1B17 manually or it is automatic like the ASrock boards?
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You do not need to short anything. Just make sure your PSU and O/S can handle 7 cards - I'm using Ubuntu 16.4.1/Win 10 dual boot and a 1600W T2 PSU