Installing 4th Graphics card and my problems.

in #mining7 years ago

I received my 4th 1060 today and i was dying to get it installed. I thought i would give you a bit of a walk through of my time installing it at what problems i came across.

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So when i had the GPU out of the box i make sure i keep all of the packaging just in case i send it back for some reason or i decide to sell it at some point if the difficulty goes up faster than i expected.

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Because i have been building this alone i have made sure i have already drilled all the holes into the case brackets as shown below to make life easier for me when i am attaching the Gpu. You can use a screwdriver to attach them after or even a drill but just take it slow as you don't want to damage the hardware.

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I attach the Gpu without attaching all the cables as it is easier to work on then. Once it is attached i connect it with a riser (Shown below) so the GPU can be elevated from the board. This helps with air flow around the cards and is why we build cases open.

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My card is now attached so i am ready to boot. However here is where the problems begin.
My motherboard isn't posting so i unplug the gpu and try without and it works fine. So i know it is the instillation that is causing the problem. so i check some things and realise my motherboard isn't detecting the Gpu so i check the EZ flash option on my BIOS and make sure the bios is updated. Ok i am still getting the same issue. Finally i figure out that 4G isn't enabled on my motherboard and it needs to be for 4 cards.
From here it was clear sky's i made sure i tested that it was stable by benchmarking it and then i did an overclock.

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As you can see i am now hashing at just above 90GHz and it is stable as ever.

As always i am willing to answer any questions in the comments and thank you for reading.

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wow! thank you for sharing!

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