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Title: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: architectonik on January 23, 2019, 10:42:56 PM
Hey All, I need some help.

Using an ASUS Prime Z270-A mobo and attempting to expand to 7 cards.

I have the 7th card in, but I get error code 43: "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)" on any card connected to PCIEX1_4

I think it has something to do with the PCIEX1_4 slot because each card works in every other slot but that one.  ???

I don't think it's a riser or gpu problem because each works great in a different slot except PCIEX1_4.

Has anyone come across this before? Do i have to do something to the motherboard? There is the SLI Bridge that came with the MOBO as well, do i use that? Do i need to reset my virtual memory maybe?

Thanks in advance and any advice is greatly appreciated.


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: architectonik on January 23, 2019, 10:55:04 PM
I think i need M.2 to PCIE adapters.


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: umine on January 23, 2019, 10:59:10 PM
This MoBo supports 8 GPU with no issues.
You just need to setup BIOS: update to the latest version and Enabling 4G encoding.
Even at youtube there is videos howto setup this MoBo


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: JaredKaragen on January 24, 2019, 02:08:01 AM
This MoBo supports 8 GPU with no issues.
You just need to setup BIOS: update to the latest version and Enabling 4G encoding.
Even at youtube there is videos howto setup this MoBo

This is pretty accurate.  I have one of these boards; and I never had any issues with any of the PCIE slots.  The only time was when I was trying to have too many onboard devices and too many GPU at the same time.

Try the above;  and try just a primary GPU in that slot with nothing else (1x-16x riser necessary)


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: architectonik on January 24, 2019, 02:31:38 AM
already done....BIOS are updated per several youtube videos

I think i need the adapters


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: S_Natural on January 24, 2019, 03:21:57 AM
Hey All, I need some help.

Using an ASUS Prime Z270-A mobo and attempting to expand to 7 cards.

I have the 7th card in, but I get error code 43: "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)" on any card connected to PCIEX1_4

I think it has something to do with the PCIEX1_4 slot because each card works in every other slot but that one.  ???

I don't think it's a riser or gpu problem because each works great in a different slot except PCIEX1_4.

Has anyone come across this before? Do i have to do something to the motherboard? There is the SLI Bridge that came with the MOBO as well, do i use that? Do i need to reset my virtual memory maybe?

Thanks in advance and any advice is greatly appreciated.


I think you are using windows 7, change to windows 10 will fix it.  ;)


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: nc50lc on January 24, 2019, 05:20:54 AM
already done....BIOS are updated per several youtube videos
-snip-
Just test it with one card installed in that problematic PCI-e slot.
If it didn't work either, chances that it isn't the BIOS nor the OS is high, one busted/defective PCI-e slot isn't really news.

BTW, you'll only needing the SLI bridge if you're using the board for Gaming and other Graphic-intensive Applications.


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: swogerino on January 24, 2019, 10:21:00 AM
Chances I think are high that the specific Pciex slot is defective if you tried everything else from the replies above. It is an easy fix though in a computer repair shop if that slot is only slightly damaged which in the majority of the cases is true from my IT experience.

This board supports 8 cards without problems and is one of the best for mining.


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: arierep60 on January 24, 2019, 02:06:38 PM
I already used this motherboard with 11 AMD gpus, with all the m.2 to pcie adapters and a splitter but could go up to 12 gpus with no problem.
The thing is, I was using HiveOS with any problem, never tried on windows


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: architectonik on January 26, 2019, 02:02:18 PM
Hey All, I need some help.

Using an ASUS Prime Z270-A mobo and attempting to expand to 7 cards.

I have the 7th card in, but I get error code 43: "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)" on any card connected to PCIEX1_4

I think it has something to do with the PCIEX1_4 slot because each card works in every other slot but that one.  ???

I don't think it's a riser or gpu problem because each works great in a different slot except PCIEX1_4.

Has anyone come across this before? Do i have to do something to the motherboard? There is the SLI Bridge that came with the MOBO as well, do i use that? Do i need to reset my virtual memory maybe?

Thanks in advance and any advice is greatly appreciated.


I think you are using windows 7, change to windows 10 will fix it.  ;)

Is there a work around for windows 7 to get more than 6 cards working? I already attempted the 6xGPU Mod with no luck.

I have ruled out any hardware issues.


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: rednoW on January 26, 2019, 03:08:49 PM
all pci-e t0 Gen2 and enable 4G encoding.

Some pci-e settings in BIOS are located at strange place - in boot menu ))


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: S_Natural on January 26, 2019, 03:51:32 PM
Hey All, I need some help.

Using an ASUS Prime Z270-A mobo and attempting to expand to 7 cards.

I have the 7th card in, but I get error code 43: "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)" on any card connected to PCIEX1_4

I think it has something to do with the PCIEX1_4 slot because each card works in every other slot but that one.  ???

I don't think it's a riser or gpu problem because each works great in a different slot except PCIEX1_4.

Has anyone come across this before? Do i have to do something to the motherboard? There is the SLI Bridge that came with the MOBO as well, do i use that? Do i need to reset my virtual memory maybe?

Thanks in advance and any advice is greatly appreciated.


I think you are using windows 7, change to windows 10 will fix it.  ;)

Is there a work around for windows 7 to get more than 6 cards working? I already attempted the 6xGPU Mod with no luck.

I have ruled out any hardware issues.


We could run 7 cards with some mods in windows 7 but it isn't stable. You should upgrade to windows 10 and run 8 cards with this mother board.  ;)


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: architectonik on February 02, 2019, 10:55:10 AM
When going to Win10, was there a difference in hashrate for you with the same cards?


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: S_Natural on February 02, 2019, 11:12:43 AM
When going to Win10, was there a difference in hashrate for you with the same cards?

Hashrate is the same but the error Code 43 will never come back  :)


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: RuMiner on February 02, 2019, 09:07:23 PM
I have 12 GPUs under Windows 10 LTSB on z270a with no problems (M2 and 1 to 3 GPU adapters from Aliexpress are used)


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: architectonik on February 03, 2019, 07:15:02 PM
12 cards is very impressive. What PSUs are you using with 12 cards? NVidia gpus?


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: RuMiner on February 03, 2019, 10:00:34 PM
12 cards is very impressive. What PSUs are you using with 12 cards? NVidia gpus?
PSU IBM DPS-2500BB or DPS-200BB on most of my rigs

http://funkyimg.com/i/2QVLq.png (http://funkyimg.com/view/2QVLq)


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: umine on February 04, 2019, 07:54:18 AM
12 cards is very impressive. What PSUs are you using with 12 cards? NVidia gpus?
PSU IBM DPS-2500BB or DPS-200BB on most of my rigs

http://funkyimg.com/i/2QVLq.png (http://funkyimg.com/view/2QVLq)

Could you post a photo of your rig? How you placed 12GPUs and how you make a maintenance? Dust removing etc.?
Also cooling system of the rig is interesting


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: RuMiner on February 04, 2019, 08:47:49 AM
Could you post a photo of your rig? How you placed 12GPUs and how you make a maintenance? Dust removing etc.?
Also cooling system of the rig is interesting
don't have a good photo, just CCTV image for now (clickable). it is a classic layout aluminium 8-GPU rig plus 4 cards from the side nearest to PCIE slots. metal shelfs are transparent for easy maintenance, dust removing using air blower. standard onboard GPU coolers, nothing special. narrow room has forced air flow about 6000 m3/hour per ~9kW of rigs.
http://funkyimg.com/p/2QWsy.png (http://funkyimg.com/view/2QWsy)


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: rednoW on February 04, 2019, 08:57:25 AM
2 RuMiner

Oh yeah! Almost useless rigs now )) Guess they are 3gb and 4gb card version )) And with weak celeron cpu which cannot hold grin with all of them ))


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: RuMiner on February 04, 2019, 10:15:31 AM
Oh yeah! Almost useless rigs now )) Guess they are 3gb and 4gb card version )) And with weak celeron cpu which cannot hold grin with all of them ))
nope, not a single 3gb card in rack. 1060 are 6gb, most "reds" are 8gb. digging ETH for a long time. power is less than $0.05 per kWh, do envy me :)


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: umine on February 05, 2019, 07:12:00 PM
Could you post a photo of your rig? How you placed 12GPUs and how you make a maintenance? Dust removing etc.?
Also cooling system of the rig is interesting
don't have a good photo, just CCTV image for now (clickable). it is a classic layout aluminium 8-GPU rig plus 4 cards from the side nearest to PCIE slots. metal shelfs are transparent for easy maintenance, dust removing using air blower. standard onboard GPU coolers, nothing special. narrow room has forced air flow about 6000 m3/hour per ~9kW of rigs.
http://funkyimg.com/p/2QWsy.png (http://funkyimg.com/view/2QWsy)

Looks like cityflat balcony) What is the noise level of out fan? Is it comparable with standard outer Air conditioning unit noise level?


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: RuMiner on February 05, 2019, 07:45:51 PM
Looks like cityflat balcony) What is the noise level of out fan? Is it comparable with standard outer Air conditioning unit noise level?
yes, it is a balcony ) fan is Stadler Form Charly C-060, I would say it is even less noisy than AC unit. people living around don't guess what's inside =)


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: architectonik on February 07, 2019, 01:15:30 PM
I very mich like the airflow you have in there with the fans. I assume thats directly to the outside? What is your average temperature in that space?


Title: Re: ASUS Prime Z270-A Help
Post by: RuMiner on February 08, 2019, 11:11:38 PM
yes, outdoors right behind the fan. air inflow is just an opened window with a filter at room opposite side so temperature depends of outer temp. 30-40 °C during summer, 11°C right now )