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X99-E WS (multi GPU + TBoltExII Card) issues

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April 17, 2015
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Good morning,>

So recently I purchased a ton of gear to get into the x99/DDR4 platform. I have 3 GPUs from my previous build but cannot get 2 of them to work if the TBolt Card is installed. >

The LCD on the board says 95 then restarts over and over ..never going past 95. Asus Tech support says that means there are not enough lanes to support my needs. I am using an i7-5960x CPU. I have 64 GB G.Skill ram. >

My previous build (Z9PE-D8 WS board) ran all 3 GPUs just fine.>

The GPU's I have are the quadro 4000 + quadro K2000 + tesla C2075. >

Any thoughts as to what I can do to get this to work? I am on Bios version 1003. I would hate to have gone this far to be limited due to the TBoltEx card eating up tons of lanes.

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Blackship Paris

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I'm strugglng getting this to work too...

I ve tried pulling out the TB card from the slot and leaving the cable plug in the mobo and the card but still can get the intel thunderbolt option in the bios to show up.

Any ideas ?

My rig is Asusx99 ws bios 2006

64 gb ram

5960x

dual titan x

ECBowen

Inspiring

You can't get the Thunderbolt settings to show under advanced in the bios?

Eric

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Blackship Paris

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Hi !

Yep... i leave the cable plug in at both end, but pulled out the card, it doesn't show up in advanced.

Obviously when i boot with only one GPU, and the card in the slot i ve got the option.

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josterday

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I have an X99-E WS board with a pair of Titan-X's and still can't get my EXII Card to function in Windows 10:

- in Slot 2 with single Titan in Slot 3

- BIOS Recognizes the card. Everything is set to what rsukhram and ecbowen showed.

- The MB header and Display Port cables are both connected.

- Tried 8.1 and W10 Thunderbolt Drivers

- Tried installing card before and after fresh Driver installs

- Tried installing fresh Chipset Drivers

After installing and running the Thunderbolt Software Package I tried connecting various different devices but none of them show in the Device Manager. My BMD Ultrastudio DOES however power up when you connect the TB cable, so I know the card is providing power.

Thanks for any advice.

Forest Hightower

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I will be trying ASRock mobo extreme now to test their Thunderbolt Adapter instead of Asus...

Forest Hightower

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I am planning to allocate funds for a x99 system myself, mine is going to be only with 1 gpu at this stage, mainly for Adobe Premier / After Effects, with some Cinema 4d work if I can.

I am considering Asus motherboards because of Thunderbolt, what do you guys recommend at this stage? also for the GPU I realize A lot of people going for 980ti, but also there is this PNY Quadro m4000 card that some folks suggested for my budget, I am wondering if I will have any issues with a TB card?

Ren SukhramAuthor

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Anyone with this config install Windows 10 yet? Im more concerned about the TBolt adapter since it connects to my main Raid 5 enclosure.

Ren SukhramAuthor

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FYI I just did a fresh install (via the UEFI method and a DVD) and used the latest drivers available for the TBoltII card and Areca Raid enclosure (which is only win 8.1) and got everything to work with no issues.

Irenabys

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I have finally had success with the following configuration with Thunderbolt display routing and thunderbolt drive access in both Windows 10 and hackintosh OS X 10.10 (not no hot swapping in OS X)

ASUS X99-DELUXE BIOS Version 1901

Intel Core i7 5930K

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB

ThunderboltEX II Card

Clover Bootloader

Windows 10 / Hackintosh OSX 10.10 Yosemite

In addition to the comments in this thread I found Josh Olsons description at the link below to be most useful and have added my install steps on stack exchange at:

bios - Thunderbolt on PC on an X99 motherboard (and the R9 295x2)? - Super User

Thanks to everyone who contributed system info here.

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jasonwd

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I'm so glad you guys started talking about this...

I have an X99 Deluxe with a 5960K and a pair of 970s - built for 3D rendering grunt in February

When I built the system I messed with it no end and couldn't get the stupid thing to work, so it has been sitting there ever since, blocking air to the top GPU.

I just updated the BIOS and all the drivers for Win10 and, thanks to you guys' advice I feel metalled to have another go at making it work.

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dcwoodsdesign

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If you follow ECBowmen's advice, you'll get it to work. I had almost the same setup and I got it to work. I upgraded to an Asus X99 Sabertooth after a failure on the X99 Deluxe (thank god for Microcenter's warranty/return policy) and the same problem exists on that board. Got it to work eventually on that too. Best of luck!

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dcwoodsdesign

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This is a known issue. I have the same problem with 2 980 Ti's (yes brand spankin new). I've tried 2 980's also and it seems to be a problem with the GPU UEFI based on dozens of other forum posts. Funny thing is I've also tested with 2 Titan Blacks and the Titans work fine. I was on the phone with both customer tech support from Asus and EVGA and both blamed it on each other. After EXTENSIVE research it is a problem with both. Asus BIOS hasn't dealt with modern GPU UEFI's (newer GPUs fail to show up on their "qualified vendor list" for their flagship X99 boards, and the GPU UEFI if disabled can lead to a successful TB2 card boot. I've been struggling with this for months now but have not contacted EVGA to figure out what can be done with the GPU UEFI. Ever get any more info than what I mentioned? I would love to have closure on this!

Ren SukhramAuthor

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Sorry I can't give closure on this. My config now has a single Titan-X with the TBolt card + M.2 for primary.

astross

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I have a single Titan-x with Thunderbolt card but I have had no luck getting to to run. What is your slot configuration?

ECBowen

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There are some bios settings that have to be done to get more than 1 GPU to work with the TB card. Also you have to have the latest bios version which you do have. The TB card has to be in slot 2. You have to setup the bios correctly with just 1 GPU and then add the 2nd GPU once you have those settings in so the resource charts build around 2 cards. The 3rd card probably wont happen without an expansion chassis because of the slot spacing in most ATX cases.

Eric

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Ren SukhramAuthor

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I currently have 1 GPU (Quadro 4000) in slot 1. The TBolt card is in slot 2.

Would you happen to know what those settings should be? My 2nd GPU will be the Tesla C2075 until i replace all my GPUS with the Titan-X.

Also note that I have a CM Cosmos II chasis so space is not an issue.

thanks ECB

ECBowen

Inspiring

I posted them in the red forums. I am pasting them below.

Try the following:

Pull TB card but leave cable plugged in.

Go into the bios

Go to advanced mode

Go to the boot tab

Disable fast boot

Int19 trap response - change to postponed

Above 4G Decoding - Change to enabled.

Save and exit.

Let the systemboard build the resource charts again which may take several reboots shortly after post. Then make sure it boots to the OS. Shut the system down and then put in the TB card. If it still doesnt work take the card out and disable AIC support totally. Then try it again. As long as you have the security cable plugged in it should still give you the TB card setting options. Also You may have to disable the Sata express port to free up resources. I did that here on a WS to get the latest bios to work with 2 980GTX cards and the Thunderbolt card with a Xeon chip

Eric

ADK

cc_merchant

Inspiring

Why not sell off those cards and replace them with two GTX 980's. That should leave you sufficient PCIe lanes and be much faster than what you have now.

Ren SukhramAuthor

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I am also using a Samsung XP941 (which could also be eating up some lanes). I was actually considering using 1 Titan-X and rebuilding my dual xeon (with the QuaDRO 4000 + Tesla C2075) as a render only machine. Not sure how I would set that up tho.

Is there a way to see how many lanes are being used by a device?

Bill Gehrke

Inspiring

rsukhram@tgioa.com wrote:

Is there a way to see how many lanes are being used by a device?

If you run GPU-Z you can see how many lanes each GPU is actually using when they are loaded. You can actually run multiple instances of GPU-Z for each GPU card installed. I also am having problems with my X99-E WS living up to its specifications even without a ThunderBolt card (three GPU's) and a SM951 M.2 SSD installed.

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