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• Under Windows : 
  Each brand of VGA card support up to 8.(VGA card driver limitation)
  So,you could deploy AMD*8+Nvidia*4 or AMD*4+Nvidia*8 or AMD*6+Nvidia*6 ...etc
  
  ***UPDATE***According AMD relaese VGA card driver ReLive Edition 17.11.1  , It can support up to 12 VGA card.(as picture)
  AMD Website : https://support.amd.com/en-us/download
  
  How to set up mining Rig:
  http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/event/crypto_mining/page4_2.htm
  
  
  
   

• Under EthOS :
  Only support one brand VGA card to use at same time.
  Example : 9 Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G have to use EthOS.
  If AMD card , Enable CSM support option.(Path : BIOS/Boot Menu/CSM Support => Enable)
  Easy 5 Steps to Install ethOS USB on TB250-BTC PRO 
  http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/event/crypto_mining/page7.htm
  
• Note: We couldn't guarantee that overclock VGA card will be work stable and smoothly.

(1) Install two PCI-E M.2 SSD on motherboard.

(2) Boot into BIOS/Advanced/SATA and RST configuration

(3) Set SATA mode selection to Intel RST Premium, both PCIe storage to RST controlled

(4) Set Boot/storge to UEFI, then Save & Exit BIOS

(5) After reboot, get into BIOS/Advanced/Intel® Raple storage Technology

 (6)Select create RAID Volume

(7) Choose Raid Level for RAID0 or RAID1

(8) Select both device by press SPACE Key, then the [x] will appear (Do not press enter to avoid system crash)

(9) Select Create Volume.

(10) Choose Volume1

(11) Press F10 to save and exit

(12) Create a Win10 installation USB drive

(13) Copy Intel RST driver into Win10 USB drive (32bit or 64bit according to your system)

download link 

32bit https://download.biostar.com.tw/temp/User/f6flpy-x86.zip

64bit https://download.biostar.com.tw/temp/User/f6flpy-x64.zip

(15) During the installation OS will ask you to load RST driver, select the directory with RST driver and continue. 

• BIOS(X370GT5) : 

1. Into BIOS and Enable APCI / PME Wake Up from S5.
2. ErP (EuP) Control set to Disabled.
3. Press "F10" Save & Exit.
   

• Windows :

1. Into device manager / Network adapter / Power Management /
   Enable =>Only allow a magic packet to wake the computer.
2. Into device manager / Network adapter / Advanced /
   Enable => Shutdown Wake on Lan.
3. Control Panel / Hardware and Sound / Power Options / System Settings/
   Disable => Turn on fast startup.
4. Reboot the device and into OS to check whether correct.
5. If configuration properly , shut down  for test.
    

Please update ethOS to the latest version (1.2.3 or above) and enable CSM support in BIOS for multiple AMD GPU mining.

note: update BIOS to the latest version according to your motherboard model. mining mode is set to enabled as default. Nvidia GPU does not need to enable CSM support.

For mining purpose in  BIOS version (7/10) and later version of BIOS, default setting for CSM is set to disabled. In which video is set to UEFI mode. If your GPU does not support UEFI then display through GPU is not supported. Please disconnect all GPU and connect monitor to on-board DVI port, then set on-board display as primary display device in BIOS. Then you can connect GPU back to motherboard and display through on-board DVI at the same time.

1. Power off and unplug all VGA card.
2. Connect moniter display with onboard DVI.
3. Power on and press "DEL" into BIOS set primary display from onboard.(BIOS/Chipset/System Agest(SA) Configuration/Primary display => IGFX).
   Then press "F10" save & exit.
4. Power off again and plug back all VGA card and power on to check whether get all VGA cards.
   PEX1_1-PEX1_5 => Chipset Menu / PCI Express Configuration.
   PEX16_1 => Chipset Menu / System Agent(SA) Configuration
5. If not get all , please check riser card whether work properly.  

If  AMD VGA card overclock and after install driver still show Yellow exclamation mark in Device Manager , here has a method might be fixed issue.

1.  Enter into Windows OS, and install graphic cards driver.
2. After installed driver finished,restart system and check :
   My Computer > Device Manager > To check the graphic cards if all can be recognized OK. 
   ==> If graphics cards show Yellow exclamation mark, it needs install Patch file
3. Run Patch file as Administrator then install.  After install done,please restart system and enter into Windows OS, and check all graphic cards can be recognized well with No Yellow exclamation mark . 
   
4. If check no problem,customer can start to mining.

Patch file download link : https://download.biostar.com.tw/temp/FAE/AMD_GraphicCard_Patch.rar

How to automatically run any applications after Windows 10 start up

Step 1,

Press Win+X to open Windows Power User Menu

Step 2,

Select run and type shell:startup

Step 3,

Place the Mining Application (*Shortcut) into the folder In order to run the Start-Up Program when Initial the Windows.

*Shortcut = BAT File Which Include the Mining Setting and Account

  How to automatically power up the system

Step 1,

Press Del at POST screen to get into BIOS,

Step 2,

Go to Advanced/ACPI settings/Restore AC Power Loss and set as Power On

Step 3,

Save and Exit BIOS to restart the system.

When first boot up your system or install new CPU/RAM, BIOS will scan the system for new devices. The scan will reboot up to 3-5 times, after finished initial boot up process BIOS will remember the settings and fast boot up with no reboot hereafter. (clear CMOS will reset BIOS to default setting thus cause the same reboot behavior)

 1. Please disable CPU Load-Line Calibration for stable CPU voltage (X370GT7 only)

4. Save and Exit to reboot the system, if boot up fail please add more CPU voltage.

 If you are using RYZEN it should not be any problem, there are APU limitation with 7th Gen A-series processor, please refer to below image: