System components:

MSI 970a-g43
FX-4350
2x 4GB DDR3 RAM

GPUs:
6x GTX 1060 3GB
1x GTX 1080ti

PSUs:
1x Seasonic Focus PLUS 850W (secondary)
1x EVGA G2 850W (secondary)
1x XFX 550W (primary, powers the motherboard+CPU+drives)
(All graphics cards are powered by the same PSU that powers their riser, if one is used.)

OS: Windows 7 x64



I am attempting to get the following configuration to work:

(Slots ordered by increasing distance from the CPU)
PCIe x1:
One powered riser to a 1060 (powered by the EVGA)

PCIe x16:
One powered riser to a 1060 (in every case that the system booted, this card in this slot was used for the display, as is expected) (powered by the XFX)

PCIe x1:
One powered riser to a 1060 (powered by the EVGA)

PCIe x16:
The following 4-to-1 splitter, with 3x 1060s and 1x 1080ti installed:
https://www.amazon.com/Ubit-Riser-Adapter-Powered-Extension/dp/B0746H1KY3/
The 1080ti and 2x 1060s powered by the Seasonic, the last 1060 by the EVGA.




Each time I attempt to boot with all 7 cards connected, no graphics output is shown on the monitor.

Even more confusing, after reaching a stable configuration with 6 cards (6 can seemingly be reached with any combination of cards and risers), and attempting to boot with a 7th card connected, something gets munged. When I undo the addition of the seventh card, I find that I can no longer boot with 6 cards, a configuration that had just previously worked. Clearing CMOS at this point, does not help.

I find that I can only boot again with 6 cards after going back to 5 cards, clearing CMOS, booting to Windows with those 5 cards, shutting down, and then adding the 6th card before booting once more.



Previous stable configuration, before attempting to install the 1080ti (again, in order of increasing distance from the CPU):

PCIe x1:
One powered riser to a 1060 (EVGA)

PCIe x16:
One 1060 installed directly onto the motherboard (XFX)

PCIe x1:
BLOCKED by the card installed in the previous slot.

PCIe x16:
The aforementioned 4-to-1 splitter was used with 4x 1060s. (All of which worked flawlessly.)
3 powered by the Seasonic, 1 powered by the EVGA.


Additional notes:

I've tested each of the graphics cards, risers, and PSUs individually. The BIOS for this old board is the latest available (with no settings for 4G decoding or PCIe link speed).

I do not believe that the 4-to-1 splitter itself is the problem, as it still works with 4 cards connected to it.

I've been stumped on this for quite some time now, so I'm about ready to accept that 6 cards is as far as I can expect to push this motherboard. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

[My thought is that the problem is the Pentium CPU's limitations on "PCI Express Configurations", seen on the Intel site, under Expansion options. Does anyone have another idea why I can't get all 5 cards running? http://ark.intel.com/products/77773/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G3220-3M-Cache-3_00-GHz]

Hello, I seem to be having a problem getting all 5 of my cards recognized by any OS, even with the use of dummy plugs.
When I checked it out with BAMT (which shows, upon each boot, which cards it finds), I found that it only saw one of my 77xx series cards.

To continue checking, I removed the 7790 and it saw all 4 remaining cards.  Then I reconnected the 7790 & removed the 7770, however, it also saw all 4 remaining cards.  This leads me to believe that there's some limitation by the motherboard, CPU, OS, or some factor, other than the actual cards (or their connections).

My mining setup:

Asrock H81 Pro BTC
Intel Pentium G3220
1x 2GB DDR3 RAM

3x 7850
1x 7790
1x 7770

Thermaltake 600W PSU & Thermaltake 700W PSU, load distributed as follows:

Thermaltake 600:
Motherboard & CPU
2x 7850

Thermaltake 700:
1x7850
1x7790
1x7770

Operating systems tried:
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 13.04
BAMT 1.4

All risers are powered, and powered in a way such that the riser is always powered by the same PSU as the 6 pin PCIe connector to its corresponding card.


My thought is that the problem is the Pentium CPU's limitations on "PCI Express Configurations", seen on the Intel site, under Expansion options.  Does anyone have another idea why I can't get all 5 cards running?  http://ark.intel.com/products/77773/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G3220-3M-Cache-3_00-GHz

I would appreciate any suggestions!

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