Is there a reason for the variance in people saying GEN 1 or GEN 2?
People say a lot of stuff without fully understanding it.

Someone writes a tutorial somewhere on the web, and then people just start repeating stuff from it whenever they see fit. You don't have to go for Gen 1 if you only run up to 8 GPUs — Gen 2 will work fine. But it's too much for more cards, so if you want 12+ GPUs, for example, you'll have to use Gen 1. In reality though there's usually no difference in hashrate for mining, so selecting Gen 1 is not likely to hurt you. Then again, if you can get more bandwidth with Gen 2 without sacrificing anything else, why not go for it.
Ah I see, thank you for the clarification!
Ive seen people having issues with those mining mother boards.
Somehow I borked windows. so. reinstalling again.
Are there any procedures that I should follow seeing as how im doing a clean install of windows 10 pro? this is the first time I've reached out to the community. Thought I should ask.
Should I follow the guide stickied at the top of this forum? use the scripts and such?
I just think my issue is very peculiar due to two work fine, but then two will, one won't unless its hooked directly to the motherboard, and now 3 work fine. haven't tried the motherboard with the 4th one yet.
are the very latest NVIDIA drivers good to use? Should I use older ones?
Really, any information would be helpful. :-)