My first mining rig. I understand the basics (I think) but I have a question regarding the Zotac GEforce 3070 and my PSU

Has it been stable so far?

Hi @Sanblz33,

So far so good, no invalid shares :grinning:

@Sanblz33,

Just made a change on the fan % of the GPUs with only two fans and set them to 80%

Very nice. I need to give RaveOS a try.

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Just a heads up, RaveOS is only free if you use the 2Minners Pools

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@Sanblz33,

Please read this https://2miners.com/blog/how-to-mine-on-raveos-detailed-guide-and-mining-setup/ or RaveOS main page https://raveos.com/

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@Sanblz33

If you register at RaveOS please use my referal link:

Thanks :wink:

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I have two more questions.

Does the CPU/MOBO tell the fans on the PSU when to turn on? Asking because I added another PSU to the rig however only a riser and a VGA wire is being powered by this (I left the CPU 4+4 disconnected) and I have not seen the fans turn on for the past hour the rig has been running. It has been running great so far.

Also is it possible to get the ASRock H110 Pro BTC+ MOBO to read more than two GPUā€™s in WIN10 or should I ditch WIN10 and go with HiveOS or RaveOS? My 2nd rig is being handicapped because the MOBO will not read more than 2 GPU (if I add more than this WIN10 will not boot). I am planning on making the switch to another OS when I get free time but want to see what can be done with WIN10. Thanks again.

The psu probaly has a thermal sensor and it doesnt think it needs the fans. On windows you should be able to run 12 gpus but Iā€™m not a windows miner so i cant help with that but check and see if 4g decoding is enabled in bios and that pcie gen is set to 2. You can also try increasing the windows page size.

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Hi @Sanblz33,

About the first question, you donā€™t need to have the CPU cable connected, some PSUs have a hybrid fan mode that only starts the fan if it is really necessary to cool down the PSU, per example, my Kolink Continuum 1500W 80+ Platinum when it had only 2 GPUs connected it didnā€™t start the fanā€¦
So I believe that in this case because you have only one riser and GPU connected and working it means that itā€™s all good with your PSU and you should check the manualā€¦
BTW, please post the brand model of the PSU, please :smiley:

For the second question, I recommend moving to RaveOS or HiveOS because they are both very easy to set up and to work with, no need to know anything about Linux.

If you need windows for another kind of work you can:

  • install RaveOS or HiveOS on a USB Drive
  • change the boot priority on your mobo bios to boot first from the USB
  • if you need to boot windows just disconnect the USB drive and the windows previously installed will boot normally.

Another approach as @spaz mentioned you can check your mobo bios settings, on the 1660 super rig I have the https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z390-A-PRO and to be able (even with RaveOS) to get more than 4 GPUs running I need to add 4GB of RAM to a total of 8GB and change the setting ā€œAbove 4G memory/Crypto Currency miningā€ on the BIOS to enable as explained on this link https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/insufficient-pci-resources.331876/

Also, I find this thread from BitCoinTalk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4812117.0 read the last post, itā€™s a step by step to try to make it work with windows.
Some users say that some Windows builds are unable to get more than 8 NVidia cards, not your case, but found this article interesting https://cryptomining-blog.com/tag/13-gpu-mining-rig/

Hope it helps :wink:

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Hi everyone,

Letā€™s talk about GPU temperature, for the 3070 or GPUs in general what should be a good temperature range to have them mining?

Thanks :blush:

Core or memory?

Hi @Sanblz33

I only see one temperature on Raveos going to try to check if itā€™s core or memory temp

Hi @Sanblz33

It only says temperature doesnā€™t specify if itā€™s from core or memory.

Here is my doubts

Why is this one highlighted with the red box equal to other 3 GPUs with a core velocity and high temperature that the other?

Please see pictures


Thanks