16 Graphics cards Mining system Building S.O.

Notes:
1. For now the AMD and NVIDIA drivers only support up to 8x GPU for multi-GPU
setting. That means miners who want to build a mining system with the
maximum of 16x GPU in WIN 10 have to mix 8 NVIDIA and 8 AMD graphics cards
together. Besides, only 13 regular cards could be installed onto motherboard
because of the limitation of I/O space. Miners have to use the graphics cards that
don’t occupy I/O space to set up 16x GPU mining system. So we recommend 8
NVIDIA P106 and 8 same AMD graphics cards for stability.
2. A mining system with 16 x GPU needs massive memory space, so we recommend
2 X 16G memory and 16GB-20GB of virtual memory for stability.

3. It will take quite a while for OS mounting graphics drivers, so we recommend SSD
instead of HDD.
4. We recommend three power supplies that are designed for mining which can
provide enough PCI-E 8 pin(or 6pin) cables, SATA cables and a minimum power of
3750W in total (2*1250W + 1*1350W are recommended).
5. This S.O.P only provides the way to set up a 16-GPUs mining system.
6. We recommend WIN 10 for your mining system.
7. Pay attention to the correspondence between the power supplies and graphics
cards. SATA cable and PCI-E 8pin(or 6pin) cable for the graphics cards in one
 group should be from the power supply in the same group. For instance, your
system will be instable if you use a PSU from group B to power up a graphics card
in group C.

8. POST UI will make it easy to check the graphics cards’ connectivity.

When you boot up the system after installation, POST UI (power on in-screen
image) will indicate the status of each GPU (Working / Error / None). If there is
any error block, you should power down and fix the bad connection showed in
the POST UI until all your graphics cards are all working.
STEPS:
1. Install WIN 10 and Support CD.

There is no difference between a mining build and a normal build for B250
MINING EXPERT during installing an OS. Customers don’t need additional
operations in BIOS because Mining Mode is enabled by BIOS default. Just install
your UEFI OS and Support CD as you do for a normal build.
 *To power up a mining system with 16 graphics cards you may need 2 or 3 power
supplies. For your first power supply, you need to plug 24pin ATX cable into the
EATXPWR_A connector and 8pin(4+4) ESP/ATX12V cable into the EXTA12V
connector onboard. And for the second or the third power supply you just need
to plug the 24pin ATX cable. (If you just use one power supply when installing
your OS, you need to plug the 24pin ATX cable into EATXPWR_A header.)

2. Install NVIDIA Driver

a. Add one NVIDIA P106 graphics card into A01 slot of your board (with PCI-Ex1
to PCI-Ex16 kits) and use onboard HDMI as video output.
Here is the simulation picture of first 1* NVIDIA P106 that plugs into A01

*How to use PCI-Ex1 to PCI-Ex16 kits to install your graphics cards.

The most used PCI-Ex1 to PCI-Ex16 kit is like what’s in the picture below.

Plug the PCI-E x1 Riser card into a PIC-Ex1 slot.

Connect the PCI-E x1 Riser card and the PCI-E x16 Riser card with USB3.0
cable.

Plug your graphics card into the PCI-E x16 Riser card.

Use SATA cable and PCI-E 8pin(or 6pin) cable to power up your graphics card.
 Install NVIDIA driver and you will find your graphics card in WIN 10 device
manager after installation.

b. Add all your remaining 7 NVIDIA P106 graphics cards to your build (with
PCI-Ex1 to PCI-Ex16 kits).
Here is the simulation picture of 8* NVIDIA P106 that plug into mining board.

Enter OS and WIN 10 will mount driver for the newly added graphics cards
automatically.
You may find a BSOD with a restart notice.
 Just restart your system and continue to mount driver until you can find all
your 8 NVIDIA graphics cards in WIN 10 device manager.

3. Install AMD Driver(Just the same as NVIDIA)

a. Add one AMD graphics card to your board (with PCI-Ex1 to PCI-Ex16 kits).
Here is the simulation picture of 8* NVIDIA P106 & 1* AMD graphics card
that plug into mining board

Install AMD driver and you will find your graphics card in WIN 10 device
manager after installation.
b. Add all your remaining 7 AMD graphics cards to your build (with PCI-Ex1 to
PCI-Ex16 kits).

Here is the simulation picture of 8* NVIDIA P106 & 8* AMD graphics cards
that plug into mining board
Enter OS and WIN 10 will mount driver for the new added graphics cards
automatically. WIN 10 may spend a while on Login Screen, just wait until it is
done.

WIN 10 will continue to mount driver for the new graphics cards
automatically after Login, you should wait until all your 16 graphics cards are
ready.
If you still got graphics cards with driver install failure. Try the following steps:
a. Double click to choose the graphics card that hasn’t mounted with
corresponding driver.

b. Click Reinstall Driver Button

c. Choose “Search automatically for updated driver software” in the new
window to mount driver.

d. Wait until WIN 10 successfully updated the graphics driver.

 e. Close the driver window you will find it is functional now in your WIN 10
manager.

4. If you can see all your 16 graphics cards show in WIN 10 device manager, then
you can start your mining work.