MSI Z170A GAMING M5 - 7 GPU [SOLVED]

[jotay]

thanks talat .         u seem like from middle east ..     me too .. I,m for Egypt ..

but tell me ?   is there is a Celeron Skylake ?     or its I series only ?  i3 i5  i7 ?
will sky lake dual core work ?
Intel Pentium G4400 Skylake Dual-Core 3.3GHz LGA 1151   ??

can u tell me which processor u were using first ?  I don,t want to fall into the same problem

It doesn't work ..... í te with a G4400 Skylake and  when i  turn on the G4 option the system doesn't start    

Ok i made it work. On Windows 10x64 .... it is a pain in the A** .... i modify bios to version 1d ,  Above 4G Decoding set to Enabled.... but most important Windows OS Configuration
Windows 8.1 / 10 = "Enabled"....

It was very hard to install correctly the driver but finally it works

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[alnemer]

MSI Z170A GAMING M5 board not support more than 4 cards

it`s wright in manual

should be crack bios to support

[botros]

MSI Z170A GAMING M5 board not support more than 4 cards

it`s wright in manual

should be crack bios to support

can u tell me what page in the manual  

there r people who done it actually if u read the post from start u will notice that .

[asianjanedoe]

thanks for the update ...  

but I,m still more greedy to know if G3900 would work fine ?    its Skylake too

 

I'm running into problems after inserting the 5th GPU.
Error code12 appears

- Into BIOS
Settings>Advanced>PCI subsystem Setting
Above 4G Decoding set to Enabled (Makes windows not startup after booting)


PEG 0 and PEG 1 set to Gen1 (nothing changed)

noooo help me!
I installed Windows 10 using iso burned to CD.

Z170A M5 Board (Most recent bios flashed 1.D)

Intel Celeron G3900 Skylake Dual-Core LG1151

Can anyone help a girl out?

[alred911]

Hi

in order to have the rig working with 4G enabled you need to have you HDD in GPT not MBR,
its easy ish to convert with a appropriate tool.

[asianjanedoe]

Reinstalling windows 10 in GPT.
Will keep y'alls posted.

[asianjanedoe]

Well, I installed windows using GPT.
It still doesn't let me boot with Above 4G Decoding set to Enabled.
How come it's giving me a blank screen again?
Diskpart shows my drive is in fact in GPT.

[alred911]

I jsut complete the set up and got my  7 rx480 4G
i will be happy to help anyone
my set up

-msi z170a M5
-GTP drive
-g4400 skylake
-7* rx480 4G

Bios-

GEN2
4G decoding enabled

[tarnum]

Well, I installed windows using GPT.
It still doesn't let me boot with Above 4G Decoding set to Enabled.
How come it's giving me a blank screen again?
Diskpart shows my drive is in fact in GPT.

Pick out motherdboard battery for 20seconds or so, restart windows without any gpu, shutdown.
Setup bios as described before. Restart.
Then install all gpus again, and finally turn on rig.

[alred911]

Well, I installed windows using GPT.
It still doesn't let me boot with Above 4G Decoding set to Enabled.
How come it's giving me a blank screen again?
Diskpart shows my drive is in fact in GPT.

you need to be able to boot in eufi

[asianjanedoe]

Bios-

GEN2
4G decoding enabled

Made my display work! Thanks! Now trying my cards again. Wish me luck!

[asianjanedoe]

Maybe it's the CPU.
My screen now displays a weird message.

"Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error info, and we'll restart for you."
0% complete

It has been 5 mins with 0% complete still.... wth.

[asianjanedoe]

Update... Changed PEG 0 and 1 to GEN 3 instead.
Inserted my 2nd GPU and things are looking okay.
Going to try all 5 now.
*crossing fingers*

[asianjanedoe]

That error messages came back on again.
What am I doing wrong guys?
My PMS is about to activate.
Menstrual cycle approaching.

[tarnum]

That error messages came back on again.
What am I doing wrong guys?
I'm PMS is about to activate.
Menstrual cycle approaching.

Try what i said

[asianjanedoe]

It didnt work

[asianjanedoe]

Well, I installed windows using GPT.
It still doesn't let me boot with Above 4G Decoding set to Enabled.
How come it's giving me a blank screen again?
Diskpart shows my drive is in fact in GPT.

you need to be able to boot in eufi

Hi Alred911,
It is set to LEGACY+UEFI.
Can I ask which bios you flashed the mobo with?
Was it the 1.D rom file?

[tarnum]

It didnt work

I made 3 rigs with this steps, and all are wrking perfect with 7gpus. U missed some point 100%sure

[asianjanedoe]

Okay guys,
I forgot to enable Windows 10 in the motherboard advance settings area. So I enabled that, and right now I'm just troubleshooting one of my PCI Express ports. Looks like my 5th port magically disappeared. I no longer see it in the chipset area.
Will update again soon.

[U253]

I also have two such boards. Since my risers are on the way from China, now I only directly put 3 cards on board. I will say this board is actually not that great in supplying power directly to all three full PCIEs. I only get 2 X 1080 Ti + 1 X 1070 working on board, but not 3 X 1080 Ti which caused a problem of starting or failed to recognize one card. Also it usually requires a few reboots to finally get 2 X 1080 Ti + 1 X EVGA 1070FTW (225W TDP) all recognized, while the other combo with EVGA 1070 SC (150W TDP) is always running fine.

Anyone can comments whether Bios 1A is working with 7 GPUs or you have to get 1D?