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Hello all, I just wanted to give an update Regarding where I am: VM 01 GTX 1080 with BIOS Dumpped Slot 1 8GB RAM 32 Cores Running Furmark and CPU at 100% VM 02 GTX 1060 Slot 2 8GB RAM 32 Cores Running Furmark and CPU at 100% Ran both systems for 12 hours, no issue at all. The above is just a test scenario. Obviously there's a lot more consideration needs to be done regarding the CPUs, and a variety of other things. Today I should receive another GTX1060 where I can test all three video cards at the same time. I have not done any tweaking as such, however John's recommendation of resetting the BIOS really helped when the VM's were fairly slow and sluggish. Without UNRAID, I have overclocked the CPU to 3.6 GHz on all cores stable. However after resetting the BIOS to optimal defaults, and changing the CPU ratio from auto to 36. All the VMs become sluggish again. I am not sure why this is the case. Any Insights are more than welcomed. Next steps: Figure out the USB configuration, which USB controllers should be passed through. Maybe use of a HUB Tester video capture card, and see if it is viable Pin down the appropriate cause to the appropriate VM's benchmark systems accordingly and compare VM to bare metal performance Thank you all for your support. It is really appreciated!

Thank you for the input.

Hello John, As you have become somewhat of an expert on this matter and we have the same hardware I would like to ask you a question please if I may. PCI Slot 1 - GTX 1080Ti PCI Slot 2 - GTX 1080Ti PCI Slot 3 - GTX 1080Ti PCI Slot 4 - Elgato 4k 60 Pro Capture Card PCI Slot 5 - Black Magic Deck Link Duo 2 Do you think it is viable to have the following? VM 1 - Gaming (GTX 1080Ti) 8 Cores VM 2 - Video Editing (GTX 1080Ti) 24 Cores VM 3 - Streaming Machine (GTX 1080Ti, Elgato 4k 60 Pro Capture Card,Black Magic Deck Link Duo 2) 24 Cores VM 4 - * - Small automation Tasks ( The rest of the cores) The reason I am asking this is that, I know that a lot of time will be needed to set this kind of system up. So that is why am curious to see if this is viable from your prospective? If it is not viable, can you suggest a better setup, or should I just have two separate machines. Thank you very much.

FYI, with VM with VNC / Lates BIOS

Well that means also getting a new motherboard. Because of the new memory configuration in the CPU, a new board will be required. :((

Fixed it. I had the OLD bios. LOL... Thanks

Hello John, I should give you an update what's happened with my install. Unfortunately I had some water damage so I had to go through the insurance company and buy a new motherboard and memory. I have a few questions for you if I may: What version by us are you running. I have installed the latest one. Version 2001 when installing a VM, it is installing incredibly slow. What are your settings regarding the BIOS and any other special settings. Please note I am using only a SSD at the moment. And I would like to get it working first before I try using the MVMe I am not using a second video card just yet. But when installing Windows 10 it is incredibly slow, so I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong. Thank you very much.

Hello all, The ROG ZA has 2 NICs. 1. 1GBit 2. 10Gbit If I use the 1 Gb Everything starts perfectly and I am assigned an IP address. The moment I plug in a cable to the 10 Gb LAN port. The system panics. I am not sure what is going on, I have the latest version of UNRAID And the latest BIOS. Thank you very much

I switched the cards and now it is working. It does not like the 650 TI boost... I will keep you all updated. Thank you

Hello John, I'm not passing multiple GPUs. PCI1 - 1080 GTX is for UNraid GUI at present PCI4 - GTX 650 TI Boost 1VM using the GTX650 Ti Boost. Your box standard set up . When turning on the VM. Nothing is outputted from the GTX 650

Can anyone help me wit this please or point me in the right direction. Thank you

Hi All. Okay, I did what John said on the first post. Thank you John. So, I have disabled ACS. The VM boots but I get not output from the GTX 650TI. 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Hey all. I have an issue. However, I have just read the first post. I will get back to you once I have made the changes to the BIOS. Execution error internal error: qemu unexpectedly closed the monitor: 2019-06-14T16:42:54.367135Z qemu-system-x86_64: -device vfio-pci,host=0b:00.0,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5: vfio 0000:0b:00.0: failed to setup container for group 20: failed to set iommu for container: Operation not permitted This was 1 VM I setup with 2 video card, GTX 1080 and a GTX 650TI. I will keep you updated. Thank you

FYI. Just to let you know I am getting stability issues at 4 GHz. Really high temperatures. VRM Get a little bit too hot. I will put everything back. And install UNRAID.

Thank you for the information. I'm using the default profile to over clock it to 4 GHz. But sometimes it seems to be a bit on stable by Windows 10 locking up. What is your profile regarding overclocking? Thank you very much

Hello John and all, Right, I am going to start now. Please can you tell me which is the best USB port to use for the UNRAID OS. Thank you

Hello all, First successful boot. Everything seems to be working. Just testing it with Windows 10.. Will keep you fully updated cannot wait to get unraid on it

Absolutely fantastic work John. I have my 2990WX and ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme Alpha X399 For over a month now and I have not even booted it once. What a pain in the arse. But it's because I'm working too much at the moment and next week I shall boot it for the first time. I am really looking forward to getting UNRAID working on it really well, Thank you very much John.

Fantastic... Well.. As we are in the same boat I am really looking forward to working with you....!!! As I need to install a video capture card. THanks

Fantastic work John. It look like I will be getting this board with a TR 2990wx. I will keep you updated. Thanks John.