Insufficient resources for GTX 980? Asrock X99 OC Formula issues with 4-way SLI...Plz HELP!!!

[si7a14]

I consider myself a newbie, I have done very few builds, among them an X99 Asrock OC formula for a friend with a 4-way GTX 980 which went really fine and found the OC formula pretty capable in basic Auto overclocking. Anyways, I decided to go for a similar build, so this is a list of my hardware:
1. Asrock X99 OC formula E-ATX
2. EVGA G2 1600w PSU (Only for future proofing)
3. Intel I7-5960x
4. 4 x 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws 3000Mhz DDR4
5. Samsung 850 EVO 1TB
6. 4 x EVGA Nvidia GTX 980 (hoping for a 4-way SLI)
7. Thermaltake water 3.0 Ultimate AIO liquid cooler
8. LG Internal Blu-Ray reader/CD&DVD writer and reader

To cut everything short, everything was fine till the 3rd GTX 980 was installed, has been recognized in Nvidia control panel and Device Manager. Installed the 4th GPU and here starts the problems, I noticed the boot time is taking a bit longer than before, like 5 seconds more, then the dreadful message shows in the Device manager, “Device does not have enough resources – CODE 12” and It does not show at all in Nvidia Control Panel (Only 3 GPUs showing). I tried so many things, swapped all 4 GPUs, swapped all PCIe slots, swapped all VGA power cables, same result, the 4th GTX 980 is always with no enough resources
I Cleared CMOS, rebooted, F1 function to enter new Set-Up, Loaded UEFI defaults then F10 to Save & Exit and rebooted: Same issue. So, I cleared CMOS with same previous steps and re-installed windows: Same problem remains, but I noticed something two strange things that might be useful in solving this mystery:
First thing: The Mobo has 4 switches that control the 4 PCIE x16, when I disabled the 4th switch, it completely disabled the 4th Graphic Card (no power, no LED, nothing) which what it supposed to do but It somehow disabled PCIE1 with the video output because there was no video output whatsoever all the time when the 4th switch was turned off. The GPU plugged into PCIE1 was still on and running but had no video output from neither HDMI or DP!!
Second thing: In device manager – although I am no expert – 2 of the GTX 980 cards had the same slot number, so I click on PROPERTIED and this is what it says :
GTX 980 # 1: PCI slot 0 (PCI bus 4, device 0, function 0)
GTX 980 # 2: (the one in question): PCI slot 6 (PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0)
GTX 980 # 3: PCI slot 0 (PCI bus 2, device 0, function 0)
GTX 980 # 4: PCI slot 4 (PCI bus 3. Device 0, function 0)

Slot 0 is occupied twice? Anyways, after some experimenting, I know now that my system assigns “Slot 0” to 2 PCIE slots, #1 and #5 (#3 is a 2.0 and is not used in 4-way SLI set-ups, so 4-way cards are installed on PCIE 1, 2, 4 & 5 on the X99 OC formula)
Please help! Is my Mobo faulty or is it a software thing? I haven’t been sleeping for 2 days, staying up experimenting, because of this damn system!

 

[alexoiu]

Try testing with single card the 4th PCIe slot. See if running at x8.

 

[Jeffery Legere]

NM that was the 970

 

[si7a14]

let me post my issue in more details as it has been more than 1 week since all that has started and the issue has not been resolved. I became obsessed with it.
I build systems as something I do on the side. I purchased 3 motherboards of the X99 OC formula in the last few weeks, 2 of them I had problem with , the very same problem.
The problem is in regards the 4-way SLI setup.
On the first motherboard, everything went smoothly. On the second and 3rd motherboard, I followed every step I used in the first system but I found Windows 7 and NVIDIA control panel both unable to enable the 4th graphic card, with error code 12," device with insufficient resources" showing in Device Manager.
I tried disabling and also swapping every single component in that system , starting from the power supply to the SSD (drive) I am using, the RAM modules , the CPU, the optical drive, the graphic card(s) even the cables. I suspected that 1 of the PCIE Slots is dysfunctional but that was debunked by the fact that I tried a 3-way SLI setup with different scenarios that included all 4 slots. In all scenarios , 3 GPUs were always recognized by windows and NVIDIA control panel no matter which slot they occupy and once the 4th GPU is installed , then the error code 12 " insufficient resources..... "shows up!! I even cleared CMOS using the jumper method ( this was confirmed by a message showing upon rebooting stating that CPU has changed and to press F1 to enter Setup). All that didn't work. The thing is, in both cases, when I swapped the motherboard with a different one , reinstalled windows , 4-way SLI was enabled right away. The first time I swapped it with a Gigabyte GA-X99-SOC Champion and the second time with an EVGA X99 FTW. Like I previously said, all components remained the same in both cases except I swapped the motherboard and the 4th GPU became recognized then 4-way SLI was enabled.
The following is a list of my hardware I used in all 3 systems:
PSU: Evga G2 1300w
Drive: Samsung 850 EVO 1TB
CPU: Intel i7-5960x
CPU COOLER: Thermaltake water 3.0 Ultimate
RAM: 4 x 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws 3000mhz also tried 4 x 4GB Kingston hyperX 3000mhz
Optical drive : LG internal Blu-ray drive
GPUs: 4 x EVGA SC ACX 2.0 GTX 980 (2983-kr model)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
The weird part is that I have a running system with the very same MoBo: Asrock X99 OC Formula with 4 x Evga GTX 980 enabled in 4-way SLI. The system has the G.Skill Ripjaws 3000mhz and similar hardware as the aforementioned one. My built sequence and strategy as well as software install was the same in each case. I am not sure if this is a buggy Bios or something I should have enabled in Bios but I should have had the same issue with the first system and I didn't. (Made sure all PCIE switches are ON). I really need HELP , I really like that MOBO, I like its overclocking capabilities and features but I have been trying to resolve this issue for over a week now and I couldn't. Please I need help. Thanks

 

[si7a14]

Another weird piece of info I just ran into, when running Passmark the benchmark tool, it starts collecting info about the system you are running for the first few seconds before you can run any benchmark test, and I noticed that it detects that I do have 12 GPU(s): 12 x GTX 980...!!! what the...!!?? What kind of nightmare is this??!!

 

[si7a14]

Problem solved, flashed bios to most recent version 1.80 (dated 3/19/15 so it is pretty recent), after reboot, all 4 GPUs were enabled and showing in Nvidia CP. Nightmare over.

 

[Jeffery Legere]

lol. all that frustration because asrock dropped the ball on the FW.