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Title: PCI expansion question Post by: billU on September 29, 2016, 12:42:23 AM Question.
I made a mistake when I purchased my first mobo (ASRock H97M Anniversary )for mining Etherium. The description said 6 slots, and I thought it was 6 PCI slots. I purchased 6 GPUs, and now I am 3 slots short. Can I use an Ebay find, which is a PCI Express to 3 or 4 slot USB adapter card to add the extra GPU's? Or do I have to purchase a whole new mobo, and start from scratch? Thanks in advance. BillU Title: Re: PCI expansion question Post by: mirny on September 29, 2016, 01:09:46 AM Question. I made a mistake when I purchased my first mobo (ASRock H97M Anniversary )for mining Etherium. The description said 6 slots, and I thought it was 6 PCI slots. I purchased 6 GPUs, and now I am 3 slots short. Can I use an Ebay find, which is a PCI Express to 3 or 4 slot USB adapter card to add the extra GPU's? Or do I have to purchase a whole new mobo, and start from scratch? Thanks in advance. BillU lol, sell your hw, and forget about mining etherium... Title: Re: PCI expansion question Post by: joblo on September 29, 2016, 01:24:26 AM It's new, exchange it.
Title: Re: PCI expansion question Post by: billU on September 29, 2016, 01:26:58 AM It's past the 30 day return policy. I'd have to ship it back to the factory in perfect condition.
I was thinking of getting one of these from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004F3DM6C/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A3K929QT0IENFR&th=1 Title: Re: PCI expansion question Post by: vapourminer on September 29, 2016, 11:47:04 AM ?
thats the wrong adapter. you would want pci to pcie adapter, like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158190 not really worth it imo but you should be able to use them in the pci slots on that motherboard you have now. you would also need risers in a open build (ie no case) to run that as the adapter is 1/2 height and you would not be able to use a pc case. Title: Re: PCI expansion question Post by: BTCBusinessConsult on September 29, 2016, 01:13:49 PM it pains my heart to see posts like this.
If you do not even understand the basics of how a GPU fits into a mobo then you have no business trying this mining game. Do yourself a favor and at least spend 5 seconds reading before you drop 2k to build a mining rig. Title: Re: PCI expansion question Post by: joblo on September 29, 2016, 01:32:08 PM it pains my heart to see posts like this. If you do not even understand the basics of how a GPU fits into a mobo then you have no business trying this mining game. Do yourself a favor and at least spend 5 seconds reading before you drop 2k to build a mining rig. I have a similar feeling. First he gets the wrong mobo and it takes him more than 30 days to realize it. Now he wants to go radical and try to use a PCIe splitter. Chances of success = 0. I didn't check the specs of the mobo but I assume it has 2 x16 slots and probably a couple of x1. This is very usable for mining, but more importantly for learning. Title: Re: PCI expansion question Post by: Zorg33 on September 29, 2016, 07:21:47 PM I want to believe that we've been fooled by a troll.
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