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By any chance you wouldn't know of a guide to setting up a linux mint vm, by any chance?

Hello I know, I am almost thinking what is going to be the next problem??? Sorry for the late response. Thank you very much again. It has been great to have the working NAS for the households file storage and I am still now able to keep using the same PC for a daily computer, which is able to coup with the photography and minor video editing. for this build would it be a problem to have the NAS and it's traffic from the families computers and the VM to be going through a single cable? since the Taichi mother board had two ports? if so any pointers on known good PCIe to network cards? And is it a case of install and let the unraid OS to do its thing, or will it require a install and configuring? The final thing since now I have the 7th gen cpu and a motherboard the asus Z170 deluxe since this also ran a vm with the amd card. I am thinking of creating a smaller unit to be a media server, (it is a given not to use the Taichi since it would not give the GPU up for a VM it stands to reason that it would be the same for the hardware of the home media server. I am wondering if you know of any very simple step by step guide to setting one up? I have also caught on to your post on resent attacks. I have also found this really helpful, since I have updated the password to the server. the shares are all set to private and only users with the passwords are able to get access to its related files, this is how I had it set from the get go. I am not 100% sure on the port forwarding in the case of how to apply your suggestions?, and I also do not think I intend to use the server remotely out side of the house. I have also installed the password validator plugin. As you recommended a VPN is a very good Idea but how do you set one up on the sever? Really thank you very much for your help, in getting the system up for me again. It was driving my around the bend and it was completely new ground for me in dealing with servers and virtualisation. I will keep this post updated for a few weeks. Touch wood at the moment it is doing what we expect it to do. Thanks again!

Hello I have very good news, found out what the issue with the splash screen lock up it was one or more items in the USB tree. (the tree from the PC Passed through USB3 Card: Port 1 Cable to USB Switch (like a KVM Switch but only USB) Port 2 Cable to external optical drive Port 3 to a powered USB3 Hub with port by port on/off switch Port 4 clear USB Switch: Port 1 keyboard Port 2 Keyboard USB Passthrough which is connected to the mouse Port 3 Monitor USB HUB Port 3 USB hub 3 ports + 1 cardreader powered USB3 Hub with port by port on/off switch port 1 Printer port 2,3,4 external data/media drives. port 5 CCTV magnifier/poor microscope Port 6 Power to a battery charger Port 7 cable to mobile port 8 clear Monitor USB HUB: Port 0 links to USB Switch Port 1 a 4 port USB hub clear Port 2 web cam Port 3 clear ) When the powered USB3 Hub with port by port on/off switch is usually off until required. but the USB switch I noticed that when it is turned on before the VM power on then I got the splash screen lock up, but when the usb switch is off then the vm boots up so it just means waiting for the windows logon screen to appear before I turn the USB switch on! So, it seems the switch or something further back down the tree might be the issue. At least I have a work around for this. The next thing the USB card and the passed through AMD Graphics card are still working since I am able to access the keyboard and mouse and the other USB devices and I am still getting a output from the graphics card. Since I found the workaround I was able to get the M.2 boot drive through Spacesaver One's adapted clover image. it is now booting off the m.2 and the machine type is Q35 and is running like a standard PC!!! So, I have gotten to where I wanted with the Desktop PC and NAS storage for the household in the computer!!! I have finally made it Since all the Issues. I am going report back in here in a few weeks to report in for the reliability of the VM. But it is finally working, Thanks again for all the help! It has taken sometime, but I have a working Windows10 VM and a Working UNRAID NAS storage WE MADE IT!

So I have an working array back, and that's working fine The VM last time I was able to to get to it, booted up and I got the USB card and the AMD Graphics card to work. This is even after our full sever power down and back up with a few hours in-between. Which this never got past until recently. So, A few days later I am now looking at sorting out the Disk copy to m.2 and replacing the original vdisk in domains for space savers one adapted clover image. but I have not been able to get the thing to boot. it gets stuck on the splash screen and the windows ten spinning white dots are not displaying! This is a new issue I have not had to deal with before. Please help as usual any advise will be helpful. Log for:construct.pdf monolith-diagnostics-20210330-1214.zip

Hello. THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!! the array is back!!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!! I have just done as you said and yes that is the case. I have not been in there post update to 6.9. I wonder if the HBA has the iD or path that the USB card had before on the Z270 chipset with the I7 7700K? because when I was there I had a looked and the USB card that was stubbed in 6.8.3 is currently not? But the HBA was and in 6.8.3 the m.2 and the USB card where the only two items stubbed in the configuration. Has this sort of mistaken identity happened before? I would of never of guess to going and look at the stubbing settings! Post OS update. The HBA was stubbed makes perfect sense, for what I was seeing, why didn't I think of checking those settings??? Thank you, at least it was a very simple issue to fix Now that we have the array back up and operational I can sleep easy and get to sorting out the vm tomorrow. As I said I will keep this post updated with the progress. Thanks again so much, that has really saved the day. Thank you.

Hello Yes, But I really thought I was going to get some where when the I had it on the test setup it just worked! I guess as it should but installed it into the case, connected the drives to the HBA and two the cache drives on to the onboard SATA and powered on. Then it booted up fine and then went to the web GUI and no array I have enclosed the zip file you require. I must be close since the HBA worked with 2 drives connected (WD red 2&4Tb) and I got a working VM with the AMD Card and it booted fine after the drivers installed and passed the milestone of booted back up after a full server shut down and boot up after a good few hours in-between. . monolith-diagnostics-20210322-2233.zip

Whats' happened: Server Info: CPU i7 7700k. Ram: 32gb. GPU: Sapphire Raideon RX 580. Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Taichi. Past: none stable server when started at first unraid 6.9 beta. then moved to 6.8.3 "stable" still unstable it kept freezing locking up. changed the Corsair RMI power supply from 850 watts to 1000watts. Updated Bios of the motherboard changed the ram speed from 2666mhz to 2400mhz now server became stable. Now came the VM issue: Virtual machine over Local IP booted fine in the short term hit and miss in the long term. The VM managers IOMMU Groups Divider set to "Downstream". USB card pass through worked fine after adding VIFO-PCIe plugin and applying that. Passing through the GPU was fine in setting the VM result not good. We got a black screen. found the Q35 machine type. So Made a VM with this type and... Got a picture but when a new driver added replacing the VERTIO one download driver fine but so as it start to install the picture goes and doesn't return replaced by the black screen. Replaced the AMD GPU for Nvidia (EVGA 1070TI SC 8GB). passed through the edited removed header of the cards bios from tech powerup site and a hex editor. Outcome black screen. then found that maybe added a low power gpu might free up the intended GPU so added a nividia 1030 GT to the 1st slot, outcome no change AMD card lockup when drivers installed. Nvidia black screen at vm boot up. So, now the search for a compatible motherboard? suggested: Gigabyte H270M-D3SH-CF I found one only to be told it had already been sold and the seller forgot to take down the item. So now put together a test sever: PSU: Corsair 650CV (spare I had) CPU: i5 7500 Ram: balistix 8Gb kit (x2 4Gb 2400Mhz) 2nd hand eBay. GPU: both of the mentioned GPUS Same model and capacity USB used on the original server. difference the unraid stable version now 6.9.1 Drives: Parity- WD red 4Tb Data- WD red 2Tb Cache- Crucial BX500 240 GB SSD. Case: None Later added: Ram: corsair 16Gb 2666mhz LPX (x2 8gb kit). HBA: LSI 6Gbps SAS HBA LSI 9201-8i 9211-8i IT Mode ZFS FreeNAS unRAID +2x 8087 SATA. (Party drive and data drive added to this card). Found a YouTube using an Asus Z170 Deluxe, and this worked! found mention of Supermicro boards being mentioned on the forum. So found models: C7Z270-CG(-L then found this out on arrival, problem struggled with the boards red highlight due to vision impairment) board gets into BIOS okay but any further lock up so a no go. found a C7Z270-CG the green version still not arrived. also acquired a i7 9700k + Asus Prime Z390-A these also worked. So installed the i7 7700k into the Asus Z170 Deluxe and placed into case with HBA fail to boot... ?! So Installed the i7 9700k and the Asus Prime Z390-A Outcome: Parity & Data drives not showing unraid says missing! cache drives and USB show due to onboard Sata and USB ports used. VM's unable to test. So, i7 7700K and Taichi board installed in test server without HBA. running NAS but no VM Problems still present. I cannot work out why the HBA and the new motherboard worked with the test configuration and the test USB but put into the a PC case and hook up the x2 14TB x6 10Tb and two 2Tb SSDs and no array. so unable to access data on the drives and unable to run a VM!! It was just a straight swap and it was working on the test setup and looked like issue solved, but now not even the NAS side is not working. I have got a replacement HBA on the way. To see if this a way forward. But I am really, really stuck!!!! Please, Please Help!

Please Help!!! I have spent the day switching over the motherboard, CPU, Ram and connecting the HBA and just booted up the sever to find found two data disks. the parity drives and 4 more data disks are gone, but it is all wired up/connected. Why is nothing going right, it was working fine with the test sever so why when put into the case and hooked up to a bigger power supply with two more sata drives and the m.2. Please, Please any help is great here.

Hello, Thanks again for that piece of information. So with that, I have backed up the flash drive with version 6.8.3 one and then I have updated monolith ( my big unraid server) to version 6.9.1 and run the back up again after the update, and again after downloading the new vertio iso and the sorting out the plugins so nice and clean ready for the swap/update in hardware with no problems found on fix common problems plugin. the Test, running with the updated hardware is running well and the vm is still booting and working. just to remind the proposed update: CPU: i7 7700k --> i7 9700k Motherboard: asrock Z270 Taichi --> Asus Prime Z390-A. Sata: Taichi's onboard 10 sata ports --> to a pre flashed 'ITMode' HBA (model: LSI 6Gbps SAS HBA LSI 9201-8i 9211-8i IT Mode ZFS FreeNAS unRAID +2x 8087 SATA). I thought i be waiting a week it has been 4 days so far there has been no issue with the test server setup and I have the oppatunity to make the swap tomorrow 17th. The current main server (monolith) is ready to swap. The only thing I have in the back of my mind is there anything I should do or not regarding moving the drives over from the onboard sata to the HBA? (is the data on the array safe just removing the sata data cable and plugging in the HBA Cables?) Since there are 8 ports on the new system I am think use two ports for the cache and parity drives along with the two m.2 drives. So, all the data drives will be on the HBA. So two onboard ports will not be used. There is room for another HBA in the system but the case is full with the drives that are currently in place. I have not used a lot of the space available and this server was put together for the long term and far, far future upgrade root is the use of another HBA and is looking like a server based case is looking like from the current BIG consumer case. It is just really nice to see that we are nearly there, the end is insight after problems for so long. I have really learnt a lot from these past months. I am extremely thankful for all the help and advice that i received. I will keep this post updated through the swap and for a period of time regarding the VM. Thanks again for the help!

Hello, A small up date just turned the server and power on the the VM. and it booted up a okay it is still has the AMD Raaideon rx 580 in place, i am on going to give it a week and then do the same with the 1070ti. but there is the variable of the test system is on the stable 6.9 release and the 7700k system with the issue regarding vms is on the stable 6.8.3 release. I recall that there was a time limit of a year and it has not a year? Because the date I moved the licence key from 6.9 beta to 6.8.3 was early October 2020 and the 9700k and AMD Raideon on the Asus Z390-A motherboard seem to be working fine on v6.9? Is there a way for me to move the setup (so the data on the array is still safe and dosen't require re loading again?) and licence over to the new hardware (newer/different: CPU, Motherboard and an additional HBA to run all those drives) and then to up date the Unraid OS from 6.8.3 to 6.9, before October 2021?

Update: Yesterday the HBA pre flashed appeared so I started creating a test server using the PCIe Expansion cards: Slots used in order: slot 1 a x1 slot so the usb 3 card has been placed. slot 2 the 1st x16 slot that is where the GPU is Placed. slot 3 a x1 slot not used due to GPU covering part of that slot depth. Slot 4 the 2nd x16 on PCIe v3 so x8-4 one or the other, but the HBA is placed. testing components: PSU: CORSAIR CV650. (had a while for testing) RAM: 8gb 2400mhz (x2 4Gb make Ballistixs, found really cheap on ebay 2nd hand). STORAGE: X1 4TB HDD X1 2TB HDD & X1 SATA 2.5" SSD 240GB. COOLING: AN OLD NOCTUA HEATSINK AND FAN. (I knew I had in trhe loft somewhere). CPU: 7th gen I5 7500, 9th gen i7 9700k (Ebay on the extremely cheap for the i5, colleague work for the 9th gen i7). MOTHERBOARDS: SUPERMICRO C7Z270-CG-L, ASUS Z170 DELUXE, ASUS PRIME Z390-A. Ebay amazon uk Same colleague from work. Refurbish "grade B". 2nd hand 2nd hand known history. GPUS: x1 EVGA 1070ti and the AMD Raideon Sapphire RX 580 (both with 8Gb video memory). PCIe CARDS: x1 USB3 card and the HBA. Windows as above, summery: Supermicro ...CG-L: Would work getting to the bios and worked within the bios but any further in the boot up process would result in a complete lock up. So after trying different ports and usb drives even tried installing via dvd installation disk, offical and home made. Results still no go. no visible damage to hard ware. Asus .... Deluxe: Installed windows as expected and both videos cards ran as how would expect and no issue installing the drivers. Asus .... -A: installed windows as expected but the drivers was made really easy one piece of software that windows found and the drivers where installed. and both videos card ran without a problem. hence the conclusion of acquire additional drives and case and we have both a work NAS & VM running as my desktop. Now since we have most of the parts a media server but running off the ASUS Z170 deluxe. So, Yesterday spent setting up the the ASUS Prime z390-a up as a test server with unraid, I wait for the sync to complete. and the additional plug-ins and set up a temporary share and user. but the hitch being this server is running 6.9 and the one I have and is the main server is running on 6.8! is there a way to upgrade to 6.9 since when I put the server together I had installed on a 6.9beta then downgraded too 6.8 is there a way of me to upgrade to 6.9 when I not sure that it has been a year between the two. Today: is setting up the VM and testing the it. I set up an i400fx* vm with 4 codes and 1/2 the ram (4GB) with the usb card passed through. This was insstalled onto a 240GB ssd which also was passed through using path: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-CT240BX500SSD1_2045E4C4F00F since I am happy with the whole drive being passed through. the result being with the amd card lock up on boot when the gpu was passed through the nvidia card not yet tested. So I tried again with the Q35 machine and it install the amd card graphics driver without a hitch and did not freeze after installation. so powered down and rebooted the VM and still works there is progress. So now I have powered down the VM and server I have also turn the PSU off and have waited over an hour now I am going to try and start it up once more. That to has worked this had never progressed this far before! I am wondering do I call it a day here and leave this setup and see what happens over this coming week? I am also thinking if i can get the 1070ti to work on the z170 deluxe i can use this system for a plex media server? We have progress at the moment fingers crossed it is going to last. Is there a way to bring the main server up to date ie 6.9 like the test server that seems to be working at the moment?

Hello, I would settle advice on features to look out for or what is more likely to work like brands, chipsets that our more likely compatible or ones to avoid. to be steered towards the right path, as it where. I have been doing some reading on this subject more on the forum than anywhere else. Most of the posts when describing their systems mention, CPU, Ram, GPU if required and drivers and interface cards without mentioning the piece of the puzzle I am after the motherboard. and when they do it turns out the article is more focused on a sever based system so no call for vm. when the odd motherboard is mentioned it is a case of someone asking a question, which didn't get answered. When I look up Z170/270 chipsets it is people debating a server class set ups, or a guy asking for advice on a 3D vm with two other vm's running side by side. There was another hit regarding these cheap sets that back in 2017 there seemed to be an error in the CPU code and made things go wrong whilst running OS like unraid and the only work around was to disable hyper threading!? I am really hoping now that in 2021 the BIOS patch has been added into a new version back in 2017? Which the ASRock Z270 Taichi latest BIOS Update was early march 2018 (v2.30), which I have running on the machine at this present moment. Speaking of boards: I found and tested the following: with the following CPU: i5 7500 Ram: 8GB Ballistix DDR4 2400mhz (2x4Gb)kit GPU: Sapphire Pulse AMD RAIDEON RX580 & The EVGA Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070ti PSU Corsair CV 650 and the only the one drive a Crucial BX500 240 GB. As you know the promising lead of the gigabyte board vanished when the guy had sold it before and got about the Ebay listing. SuperMicro C7Z270-CG-L I was really hoping it was just the *-CG version as it was listed. I was really disappointed with this board as it was not stable at all it to kept locking up outside the BIOS this was during boot to a USB OS installer (a USB 2 16Gb flash drive), or to the blank SSD. I put the board under a microscope and found no visible defects. So was unable to load an OS! I also followed up on the board that was in a you video (ASUS Z170 deluxe). and it acted just as it should of done when I installed windows onto it to double check that the video cards and the usb card works together. which it worked fine with both video cards. one after another with the use of DDU. Sadly I couldn't test the unraid configuration since I do not have a HBA to connect up the drives and I have one of the pre-flashed into it mode on the way too. so when it comes I can continue the test. Then good news, a work college put up an add to sell their 9th gen PC! They are after a top of the line PC So we came to an agreement which they kept their expensive RGB ram and PSU and etc. and I got just the CPU and motherboard. these parts being an i7 9700k and a ASUS Prime Z390-A. and when trying out the cards on windows bare metal again everything installed and work just as you expect. I wish I found this out sooner. Or is there any known problems with the 9700k and the Asus Prime z390-a? because i am now thinking use this 9th gen parts for the main nas.pc and use the 7th gen as a media server? Please let me know if I have made a mistake here?

Hello, again sorry. The Gigabyte mother board had fallen through as the seller refunded me , apparently the seller had sold the board before and had totally forgotten all about it being up on ebay In the meantime I being searching to find other motherbaords that are known to work with the 7700K: I have come across an article from 2017 that was concerning I am wondering is this still an issue currently. the focus being on intel's 7th gen chipsets that had an error with hyper threading? on these searches the manufacture supermicro kept cropping up. I am wondering if there motherboards news (good or bad)on their C7Z270-cg, c7z270-pg or c7z170-0ce, as possible leads? There is an c7z170-sq board but I am having to rule this one out due to my vision and the motherboard using a lot of red on the board. The only other possible lead is the you tuber nas and two vm bulid using an asus prime z170 deluxe, but I am not sure if it was plane sailing for them or they did they have to put alot of work into it, to get it to function.

Hello. The guys from the unraid support, suggested that I come here. That you guy’s might have a better knowledge in good CPU motherboard combinations. I am new to unraid I am not to confident on editing codes. This is my first unraid build which is meant to be the family NAS plus my own PC as a VM. This is where the problem lies. My background with computers, has been around since I was at school due to my vision difficulty the school decided to lend me one of the schools old laptops. This had to look at the resources to enable the external speech synthesizer to run alongside the OS and the screen magnifier at the same time. Since then I have been adjusting computers since. To this end I am having to transfer back from apple since there newer OSX’s have become less and less accessible, I would consider Linux if it was able to run the more mainstream software suite and fonts more easterly, but the windows environment may not be the best but there are lot of accessibility support by third party software. I have put PC to together and get them up and running for friends and family but this was in an aid to help my self. Hence why unraid was a no brainer, user friendly NAS side with the addition of powerful virtualisation software to boot. The server so far: CPU: intel i7 7700k (looking at 2 cores for unraid and 2 for a VM). Motherboard: ASrock Z270 Taichi. Ram: HyperX Fury 2666mhz (dialled back to 2400mhz This was my first head ache). Made of a 32Gb and 16Gb kit. 32Gb for the unraid NAS and 16Gb for the VM. Power Supply: Originally an Corsair 850watt RMI now a 1000watt RMI. (Unraid support thinking originally ther server lock up and freeze was a power draw issue). Graphics: the intel on boards graphics & Originally an Sapphire AMD Raideon RX580 8Gb. Now a EVGA Nvida GTX 1070ti SC 8Gb. NOTE: I am limited to the 6-8Gb video memory as Zoom text requires a minium of 4Gb and Photoshop suite of applications require 2GB which leave 2gb for the OS and potential head room. Drives: 2x 14Tb Seagate Iron Wolf Pro’s (as Parity). 2x 2Tb Samsung QVO SATA SSD’s (as array cache). 6X 10Tb Seagate Iron Wolfs (as Data array). Managed with the on board 10 port SATA 3 controller. 1x 1Tb Samsung 970qvo NVME (Via PCIe adaptor card, for a Windows10 VM (priority)). 1x 500Gb Samsung 970qvo NVME (Via PCIe adaptor card, for a Linux VM (hopefully)). 1x 5 port USB3 PCIe card. And the USB 2 Unraid USB key. Aim: Future proof the array possibly adding more drives, way, way down the line. And having a windows10 VM as my own desktop PC running in the same case. With looking at having another vm on the 500GB running Linux more likely a version of Mint. A would like to have is a older version of Apple Mac OSX but not essential. But these Vm’s will ever only be active one at a time I cannot see me running one at a time anyway. Usage case graphic’s editing, light video editing, audio file conversion, DVD copying for house hold use ie copy all the DVD’s at home and put them on the array to free up physical space in the house. Word processing and internet browsing. Just with the video memory hog of a accessibility tool. The issue I am having at the moment is regarding the VM’s I cannot get one to boot and be reliable. The AMD card, I can install windows it will go black screen as the video driver starts to install and is non retrievable here on after. This also occurs after 20mins of VM runtime. But I have experienced a black screen if I power down the VM and the server, it seems whatever connection was made to the GPU is after the server reboot is broken. The Unraid support team. Asked me to switch to an Nvida RTX/GTX card hence the purchase of the 2nd EVGA card which is still a problem for the GTX 10 series. And this has never produced a video signal just black screen after one another even if I boot the VM and try to access it via a remote connection, it is just the same black screen. The card works on bare metal PC’s in fact both cards the AMD and Nvida run fine in that instance. It is just stops working when the GPU is Passed through in unraid to the VM? I have already: Set the primary video to onboard. Enabled the Vrt D and Vrt X Enabled above 4G Got the server booting in legacy. Edited the nvidia gpu’s bios rom file, and passed it through. Made sure that both video and audio are passed through on the same virtual slot. Both tried I440FX v4.2 and Q35 v4.2 machine types for both cards. The whole Vm side has turned into a nightmare, I swear I might of lost my mind on occasion, trying to figure this out. Talk about jumping into the deep end! So, now the unraid support team is thinking it is the motherboard CPU combination. I managed to get one suggested on a known good combination been a gigabyte H270M-D3SH-CF. So, I am looking at seeking a known good motherboard with the 7700K for £200-300? Plus, since I will be losing the 10 SATA ports I will need to look at ether a handful of SATA PCIe cards or an HBA which I do not know how to reflashed into the “IT Mode”? Or are they available preflashed? Or worst case senerio of sell the taichi and 7700k and get an 8th gen or 9th gen intel cpu and motherboard, for the £500 mark. In this case any known good combinations of an i7 there is no way of me acquiring a i9 CPU.it is out of budget. In this case I would be looking for a 4 or more core around the high 3.*Ghz – 4.1/2/3Ghz type of processor. Please any help, advice, part combinations welcome….

Hello. that is what, i thoought but i was not sure puttinmg the gpu ist and the storage card in 2nd. Thank you I will ask the question to the form (https://forums.unraid.net/forum/9-hardware/) for their suggestions on sata/HBA cards something tells me HBA due to the number of drives, and any other known motherboards work ell with the 7700k Thanks again. I will keep this post updated, when they happen (emperhsis on when). It is a shame that the ASrock Z70 Tacihi dosen't work with vms. with the on board 10 sata 3 ports and the normal number of PCIe slots looked like an ideal board for the task, it even had an on board usb port ideal for the unraid USB key as wel; Hopefully, finger crossed the NAS side keeps going and working VM's.

Sorry, I have got twos questions. Do I put the Sata card in the 1st PCIe x16 slot or the GPU? And any recommendations on sata card or HBA cards?

Hello. I have managed to acquire the refurbished Gigabyte motherboard. Estimated delivery Tue, 06 Apr - Thu, 29 Apr. Is there anything I need to do in preparation in the meantime?

Hello. Thank you, that is good news, thank you. I be heading into town in a moment to enable me to get the new/refurbished board.

Hello. I am going to try and get the refurbished gigabyte H270M-D3SH-CF motherboard tomorrow. I have not seen another of this motherboard out there to buy. If this is the only way then there is no other option. I would concider the remopte service session but I am really concerned about the cost, since all i know about the service is "there are no guarantees" and "it's not cheap". Unless anyone has another suggeestions? I have got it booting in Legacy now rather than the EUFI Because the VM's work with VNC Graphics accesed by real VNC and nomachine, but soon as I added the 1070ti to the either VM. The outcome being, there is no video signal. When I try to acess the VM by starting up the nomachine program, the VM's are not displaying in the main widow of the program. So the VM's are not acessable or veiwableb through the passed through hardware or remote access, when a GPU is passed through??? For known good motherboard combonations with an 17 7700k? For asa fall back if I miss the gigabyte motherboard. Are any of these know to work with a large unraid arry and have working VMs? Are are the same Chip set as the gigabyte H270M-D3SH-CF would these be a vaid option? gigabyte GA-H270-HD3P (rev. 1.0) (6th/7th gen) gigabyte GA-H270M-DS3H (rev. 1.0) (6th/7th gen) MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC The top one of these Z270 Chipset motherboards I found in a youtube guide showing unraid use case. The motherboard used question, dose it have known problems with VM's or Is it known good? (video: Asus prime Z170 Deluxe Asus prime Z170- pro gaming (6th 7th gen via bios update) Asus Z170-a MSI Z170A PC MATE (6th 7th via bios update) These a are the same chipset as my current motherbooard the ASrock Z270 Tacihi, but are theses known to work? gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 9 (rev. 1.0) (7th/8thgen) gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD3 (rev. 1.0) (7th/8thgen) gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H (rev. 1.0) I know these are 8th gen but if I miss the gigabyte motherboard and 7th gen is not good are any of these known to work with an i7 of a simular clock speed to the 7700K? Asus prime H370 (8th gen). MSI B360-A PRO (8th gen) ASrock B365 Pro4 (8th gen) If swapping out the motherboard is the only way. Is it possible to transplant this current array into the other motherboard setup? Secondly snice I had to transfer my lience key over back in Octoeber 2020, is there away of moving it across with out paying for another pro lience, since it is under 12 months since I last transferred my key? I really, really need to get the VM's to be relieable. I have been without desktop Since I put the server together? Please, pleas help! Enclosed Are the VM 1&2 templates and codes vm manager and the vfio plugin pages and the current downl;oad able diganostics. 1 VM Code.pdf 1 vm log.pdf 1 Vm template.pdf 2 Vm code.pdf 2 VM log.pdf 2 Vm Template.pdf VFIO Plug Page Current.pdf VM Manager.pdf monolith-diagnostics-20210208-0110.zip

Hello. Yes I did that i installed on vnc using vnc veiwer shutr the vm down and started it up again and logged in with nomachine. and it worked. So, power down and added the 1070ti ande powered on the vm unraid webgui said it was running but not video and no machine in the nomachine's main window. I have done this for both the new vm's the i440frx and the q35 both v4.2 and the only other thing added to the vms was the usb card, (vm's are labelled 1 & 2 on the above pics).

this is now what i see

Hello. I have added the video card to the vms and the machines both started so the web gui is showing but they are not appearing in no machine and nothing through the HDMI cable ether. just like before but they should display on the nomachine? if this is the case what can be causing the unraid to think to s working but the machine itself is not booting?

Hello. just made the new i440fx and q35 vm and just installed no machine on both. now it is time to and the 1070it to see if that works.

hello. Use nomachine instead. Okay I will try that. DP to HDMI converters are fairly cheap. Yes but none at hand I am putting on on order now. By any chance do you know of any known good 7700K and motherboard combinations??? Jonp came up with one and I can only find one refurbished gigabyte H270M-D3SH-CF motherboard which is being sold in africa. I am just after another suggestion as a fall back on if I miss this that particular board.

Hello I see what you mean about outputs, on the old monitor that I did have developed a cracked screen. So I having to make do with a borrowed screen until the end of the month when the replacement should turn up. but I am a little stuck as the screen is VGA, DVI and HMDI. the graphics card is three display ports and 1 HMDI. So I only have the HMDI to work with at the moment. I would of thought that output would work as the others are not in use. all i have is VNC viewer on the laptop to view the VNC graphics but soon as I change to the 1070 that VNC function ends. I have used team viewer the free version and I would be stuck since the program changes the alphanumeric code after each boot I would do see the new code to connect to it via the remote connection. The unraid server says it is booting up in legacy mode, I remember going into the legacy option and giving priority to the USB key in that menu. with the unraid os saying it is booted in legacy mode. I think i must of done something right. I will certainly consider that option to for a service session. I may have to at this rate. Yes I have a friend who has a unread server. the other similarity is that we both use intel. He is reusing their old gaming rig and again half the drives on their array. and i think their gpu is an smaller sized 1060. His experience everything just worked first time, What I have being seeing has got him stumped. Since there are new to unread and he knew I was looking for a reliable vm with nas diy solution. Has Jonathann got any motherboard suggestions that work with an 7700K? where do I go / find the hardware forum?