Gigabyte-GA-H110-D3A Mining board SUCKS! Can't get 6gpu up and running

[dlezama]

RTFM https://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/462/mining.html

[1715582819]

1715582819

[1715582819]

1715582819

[1715582819]

1715582819

[leo46]

Hello
I have quite the same problem.
I use bios version 23a.
UEFI mode, with partition GPT.
I installed Windows 10 pro with mining mode enabled, 4G Decoding on, Gen 2 on i-can't-remember-the-option.
3 GPUs : works fine with every miner.
4 GPUs : can't get to windows, it freezes at windows startup when i the small circle is moving and windows background is displayed.

I tried to install just one GPU. Then a second, go to windows, wait for peripheral to be recognized.
Then a third one.
And at the fourth, boom.

I interchanged the RISER, same bug.
If i try to connect the molex 4P power on the motherboard (shown as PCIE_12V_1 and 2) it doesn't start.
I also tried without mining mode, with or without the IGFX as primary and internal graphic enabled or disabled.

Any ideas ?

[saro8802]

Did you check the power consumption, what PSU? Watts?

[leo46]

Yes I am around 500W with a Seasonic 850W PSU.
I've found that my 4th PCIE slot is not working : as soon as i connect a riser on it (i've tried all my risers and all my graphic cards) the system freezes at windows loading (with windows background and the small circle turning around).
So I succeeded to use 4 GPUS by using only PCIE 16x, PCIE 3rd (the 2nd is blocked by the GPU on the PCIE16x), PCIE 5th and 6th. I only have 3 risers at the moment.

So i don't why but i'm unable to use the 4th PCIE slot.

[SouthMining]

if you use a gpu in the x16 slot plugged directly it may use too much pcie lanes. get another riser (they only use up x1, a gpu on the board consumes x16 lanes)

This board works without any problems for me, 6 GPUs, setting up, starting miner, runs forever

[trustincrypto9]

I was in a 24h nightmare to setup 5 GPUS with this one, I will recommend you the following:

1. Update to the last BIOS.
2. Do not use "Mining" crappy mode.
3. Setup Windows with an USB Flash Drive, use Rufus to create the bootable drive and use GTP partition to UEFI.
4. Format hard drive using GTP partition (VERY IMPORTANT). If you use MBR partitions, when 4G Decoding will be enabled you will get a big black screen at start up.
5. Setup Windows 10 Pro and drivers with up to 3 GPU (NO MORE), and with 4G Decoding Disabled.
6. Once the first 3 GPU are installed. Turn off and connect the 4th GPU an turn on, go to BIOS and enable 4G and Gen1.
7. Wait for Windows starts and configures 4th GPU. Once it is complete, turn off, and install 5th GPU, and turn on again.
8. Repeat untill 6th GPU.

For this experience, I will never buy this motherboard, Gigabyte, great mobos for gaming, for mining Asrock, Biostar and MSI.

Thank you man! that really helped!

but i have a question. when should I enable the mining mode?

[malthrax]

if you use a gpu in the x16 slot plugged directly it may use too much pcie lanes. get another riser (they only use up x1, a gpu on the board consumes x16 lanes)

This board works without any problems for me, 6 GPUs, setting up, starting miner, runs forever

That might be the problem for everyone saying that this is a crappy mobo...  its so tempting to plug a card directly into the mobo instead of using a riser.

[malthrax]

Yes I am around 500W with a Seasonic 850W PSU.
I've found that my 4th PCIE slot is not working : as soon as i connect a riser on it (i've tried all my risers and all my graphic cards) the system freezes at windows loading (with windows background and the small circle turning around).
So I succeeded to use 4 GPUS by using only PCIE 16x, PCIE 3rd (the 2nd is blocked by the GPU on the PCIE16x), PCIE 5th and 6th. I only have 3 risers at the moment.

So i don't why but i'm unable to use the 4th PCIE slot.

Put a riser in the x16 slot as well - if you plug a GFX card directly in, it'll try to use all 16 hardwired PCI lanes to the CPU.

[vilkerbezerra]

After add a third card on this motherboard, the second one loses hashrate. After add the forth, the second and the third loses. The 4 cards are identicals.

Can anyone help me? What I'm missing?

What does PCIE_12V_1 do?

I'm using Windows 10 Home, this is a problem?

I have not installed the system on a UEFI partition, can this be?

https://i.imgur.com/cZDq5q5.png

[vilkerbezerra]

After add a third card on this motherboard, the second one loses hashrate. After add the forth, the second and the third loses. The 4 cards are identicals.

Can anyone help me? What I'm missing?

What does PCIE_12V_1 do?

I'm using Windows 10 Home, this is a problem?

I have not installed the system on a UEFI partition, can this be?

https://i.imgur.com/cZDq5q5.png

I'm suspecting that is the Hynix memory RAM...

[vtchaicovski]

I managed to make all 6 cards mine with the correct hash. I cant use the voltage control in AB. Any sugestions?

[DefinitelyBears]

How does this board compare to Asus B250 MINING EXPERT? Not that I can afford a bunch of GPUs. But useful information to know for the future.

[Bitblockchain]

I was in a 24h nightmare to setup 5 GPUS with this one, I will recommend you the following:

1. Update to the last BIOS.
2. Do not use "Mining" crappy mode.
3. Setup Windows with an USB Flash Drive, use Rufus to create the bootable drive and use GTP partition to UEFI.
4. Format hard drive using GTP partition (VERY IMPORTANT). If you use MBR partitions, when 4G Decoding will be enabled you will get a big black screen at start up.
5. Setup Windows 10 Pro and drivers with up to 3 GPU (NO MORE), and with 4G Decoding Disabled.
6. Once the first 3 GPU are installed. Turn off and connect the 4th GPU an turn on, go to BIOS and enable 4G and Gen1.
7. Wait for Windows starts and configures 4th GPU. Once it is complete, turn off, and install 5th GPU, and turn on again.
8. Repeat untill 6th GPU.

For this experience, I will never buy this motherboard, Gigabyte, great mobos for gaming, for mining Asrock, Biostar and MSI.

Thank you man! that really helped!

but i have a question. when should I enable the mining mode?

My mobo detect only 3 gpu. I tryed all the speps here and cant see the 4 gpu. Device manager just dont show 4th gpu. Have win 10 pro 64bit, amd 17.6.2 drivers.
Any more ideas?

[shibob]

My mobo detect only 3 gpu. I tryed all the speps here and cant see the 4 gpu. Device manager just dont show 4th gpu. Have win 10 pro 64bit, amd 17.6.2 drivers.
Any more ideas?

If in the device manager, you should check every section, then if I saw something like VGA, right click on it and update driver.

[MaverickSSX]

Bumping this thread, as I am having the same issue with 5/6 GPUs detected.  I have tried everything in the thread and still no luck.  Could it be the OS?  I am using the vanilla install of Simple Mining OS.

[Bitblockchain]

My mobo detect only 3 gpu. I tryed all the speps here and cant see the 4 gpu. Device manager just dont show 4th gpu. Have win 10 pro 64bit, amd 17.6.2 drivers.
Any more ideas?

If in the device manager, you should check every section, then if I saw something like VGA, right click on it and update driver.

No, there is no new device in device manager.
But i found the problem, the ATX PSU is defective. I use server PSU and ATX PSU. But the atx gone. There are some suggestions the problem was i didnt ground psu together with same ground cable. But  dont know how to ground them? Just to connect both black wires from both PSUs?

[huntingthesnark]

Read this thread about 8 times when I was having a mare setting this board up with vegas. In case it helps anyone - the 16x slot seems to use resources differently to the others.

Enabling mining, Gen 2, using internal graphics brings the shorter slots online, but if you use that longer slot it hogs <something>, especially with Vegas. I had crash after crash till I swapped from using that 16x slot.

[themacks]

My H110-D3A wouldn't see past 5 GPU's either.

I'm running nvOC - PXA. 

It is now seeing and running 6 GPUs successfully.

This is what I did

• I upgraded the bios for mining  (not sure if there was any point?
• Disabled onboard video
• Set video to use GPU
• enabling Mining Mode just caused to jump back to BIOS settings after Save and Exit, So I left it disabled
• I enabled Above 4G
• Disabled serial and parallel ports
• Othe PCI devices = Do Not Launch
• Windows features = Other OS

Hope this may help

[eXme]

Do not give up. I had Asrock BTC Pro took me 2 days to figure out how to connect everything, the second one took me 1 hour to setup whole rig... Same happened to Gigabyte took me whole day the next one same as asrock only 1 hour... Just google!

[PowerRangerX]

this board works perfect for me, run 6 x 1070 with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS no problem at all, run very smooth and run auto pilot, no need to tweak except I change mining coin.