10-06-2018, 05:16 PM
(08-12-2018, 02:14 PM)joe2gaan Wrote:(08-10-2018, 11:56 AM)MobileJAD Wrote:(07-31-2018, 12:40 AM)joe2gaan Wrote:(07-30-2018, 10:38 PM)MobileJAD Wrote:(07-30-2018, 06:07 PM)joe2gaan Wrote: Plus there's also a plethora of pcie ribbon cables and slot adapters, if I were to build a system using the Rock Pro 64, I wouldn't necessarily cram a full size GTX 1080ti with a three slot wide gaming cooler on it, and crush the poor SBC underneath it. I could mount the GPU to the side of the SBC in a small pcie chassis like the ones those egpu kits use and run a pcie ribbon cable to the Rock Pro 64.
Right now I just want to know what the Rock Pro 64 would do if a Nvidia or AMD graphics card were plugged into its pcie slot.
Done! Now to install some drivers. This was done in Arch Linux.
Can it output video to the video card? Without any displays hooked up to the SBC?
I am testing that now. I need to reconfigure my image.
Any luck?
I just purchased a Rockpro64 kit, I'm very curious what PCIe cards will work using drivers included with the Linux kernel and what devices will work but only after some extra work.
I have been on vacation. I will be getting back to work on it this week. So far a GTX 1050 has been recognized by the OS Bionic and Arch Linux but no video output. I am looking at options to compile drivers for it. If anyone has any suggestions let me know..
Another thing that I have noticed is that sometimes it takes multiple tries to boot with the card in. It gets hung with error -2 loading firmware..
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If you're not using a powered PCIe riser, power consumption could be your issue. The GTX 1050 uses up to 75W of power, more than even the entire output 12V 5A power supply (60W). In the description of the NAS enclosure for the RockPro64, the customer is asked to use the 5A adapter due to SATA drive power consumption, leading me to believe that the board itself already uses close to 3A (36W). That leaves probably 2.5A (30W) of power for peripherals at the most, nowhere near enough to power a 1050. That figure might explain the error you're getting on bootup, when the board is active and drawing more current. You might be getting some voltage sagging or increased rippling, leading to instability. However, the peak power consumption of the GT 710 is a much more comfortable 19W, approximately 1.6A at 12V. Have you had any better luck with it?
