I do happen to have a spare power supply, It is a known working device if you want to arrange a meeting to borrow/test with it. On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 9:23 PM Michael Butash wrote: > Motherboards are intuitive, until they're not. Then they're just > annoying/bug-ridden. > > Most motherboard and bios activity is around hardware function.which > usually exists or doesn't toward whatever gpu or other high-speed device, > like a 100gbe network interface you inserted there. > > Throw in some unexpected gpu(s), it'll crap out. Throw in some 40-400 > gigabit ethernet nics, they do the same. They dare you to use the full > pcie bus. > > -mb > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 9:04 PM Harold Hartley > wrote: > >> When I’ve bought motherboards before, the manual are no help at all. I >> end up searching the web. >> >> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019, at 20:57, Michael Butash wrote: >> >> I've thought the same until after various fiddling with stupid n-by-x >> power connections of different form-factors of power/mobo/gpu - it's just >> some damn formula I never figured out. Last 2 mobo's and gpu's I've had to >> fiddle with both 6 or 8 pin to make work on my gpu/mobo, once it works I >> rather forget being few/far between and curse having to fiddle in the first >> place. >> >> YMMV here is all I'm declaring, either way it's quirky. Don't trust the >> motherboard power. Thank vendor wars. >> >> -mb >> >> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 8:48 PM Harold Hartley >> wrote: >> > __ >> > I’m starting to think that you may have a bad motherboard. >> > >> > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019, at 20:30, Michael Butash wrote: >> >> I've had issues trying to power a gpu and get display with the 6 vs. 8 >> pin connector. Or both, just for functionality's sake. Need to figure out >> which standard they want/prefer. AMD vs. Nvidia. >> >> >> >> One or the other, I've ended up with 1x of either as workable, not >> both, not the wrong one (which ever that is), and then all tends to be >> right with boot. >> >> >> >> It seemed always yet another amd vs nvidia thing which to connect, but >> almost any time in the past 10 years I've need a psu that supported the 6/8 >> pin power connector explicitly. Expect the pcie power to >> fail/glitch/piss-you-off - use external power supply, and a beefy psu at >> that for any/all that gpu of power. >> >> >> >> -mb >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 6:09 PM Adam Mercer >> wrote: >> >> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 9:59 AM Stephen Partington < >> cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > > The PCI-express spec has a limit on the power draw it can allow >> for a GPU If it takes more than that it has extra power connectors. That >> might be a good check. make sure you don't have a connector not connected >> on your GPU. and/or try power on without a GPU connected. (if there is no >> video at least you will get power up and beeps. >> >> > >> >> > Same behaviour with and without the GPU connected, i.e. nothing... >> The >> >> > GPU has an 8 and 6 pin power connector and both were connected when I >> >> > tried with it connected. >> >> > >> >> > Cheers >> >> > >> >> > Adam >> >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >> > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >> > -- >> > Harold Hartley >> > 17632 N. 5th place >> > Phoenix, AZ 85022 >> > wheelie207@ownmail.net >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> -- >> Harold Hartley >> 17632 N. 5th place >> Phoenix, AZ 85022 >> wheelie207@ownmail.net >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen