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Re: [OS] nvOC easy-to-use Linux Nvidia Mining v0019
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philipma1957
on 03/09/2017, 14:47:27 UTC

I just placed an order for some g4600's. I will see how that works - the rig that had been crashing every couple hours crashed after 24 hours after I turned off teamviewer - hopefully this puts me over the top.

As for power, both are built the same way. Each is running on 2 750w EVGA G3 power supplies. Each SATA/molex power connector is running no more than 2 GPU risers. The molex connectors (and single SATA) hooked to the board each share with the riser for a single GPU (this means 13 GPU's, 2 motherboard molex, and 1 motherboard SATA to connect. The PSU's each have 3 SATA and 1 Perif (molex) connector, hence my using two connections per cable). I did have a 550w PSU in the mix (as a third) to see if that would change things, but it did not.

The only other discernable different is that not all GPU's are the same brand/make (but all are 1060 6GB), and the risers are not all identical (though I have switched them out in troubleshooting).

Good, G4600 is 2 core, 4 threads CPU. That will definetely help, much better than Celerons you have.

As for the mixed GPU's, try to put as many of the same brand/model in the same rig. Then you will have to manualy set overclocking for each GPU. Don't use the global OC for all. Try with the lowest stable value for all (I believe it was about 600 memory for you), then increase +50 memory on one brand/model and see if it's stable, then try +50 on different model and see if it's stable, then repeat until you get max for all models. It will take a while to fine tune it, that's the downside of mixed cards. Good luck and keep us posted.

Yesterday I swapped both Celeron G3930's for G4600's.

Overnight, the stable rig remained stable, the unstable rig crashed again.

Short of replacing all my risers again (and I am still open to specifics on what version to get) or RMA'ing the motherboard, is there anything else I might be missing?

So if I said you are being stupid cheap would you be insulted?

How about penny wise pound foolish?

Buy a third mobo that will use some cards from the rig that crashes.

Run a 13 card a 8 card and a 5 card.  Problem should be solved.

Or don't buy a new mobo take the troubled mobo and use say 7 identical cards on it with gentle clocks and lower tdp say 70.

If the bad mobo works add 1 card if it works add 1 card.

Frankly more mobos makes more sense in your case.