Finally I get a proper mining mobo

[chriscambridge]

You can tell its a mining mobo as it has the word: BTC, which stands for Bitcoin!

These mobo offers 6 PCIE slots to run six GPUs, on socket LGA 1150 (i7-4790)

[UBT - Timbo]

Hi Chris

For a recent mobo, I'm surprised to see that it has a serial port and a 25 pin parallel port...I thought those had been consigned to the "old tech" junk pile...!!

regards
Tim

[chriscambridge]

Yeah it is a bit strange especially the parallel port; perhaps they own shares in a company that still makes and sells dot matrix printers!

[chriscambridge]

Just to update about this mobo, it worked fine until Windows did a mandatory update at which point it knocked out CUDA. So in the end had to RMA/Return it back to Amazon.

[UBT - Timbo]

Hi Chris

Have you seen this news story ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46150107

Looks like some GPUs mounted on risers in open chassis racks !!

regadrs
Tim

[chriscambridge]

They just look like normal mining rigs?

[Woodles]

I think the Russians had a better idea - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43003740

The suspects had tried to use one of Russia's most powerful supercomputers to mine Bitcoins

Mark

[chriscambridge]

Never discount the Chinese either - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46150107

A Chinese headmaster has been fired after a secret stack of crypto-currency mining machines was found connected to his school's electricity supply.