ASRock Forums : B150 Gaming K4 & High-end graphic cards https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:41:54 +0000 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:11:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1852 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[B150 Gaming K4 & High-end graphic cards : Thanks for posting this as it...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1852&PID=9610&title=b150-gaming-k4-highend-graphic-cards#9610 Author: wardog
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Posted: 31 Jan 2016 at 4:11pm

Thanks for posting this as it is a common issue posted here with cards that pull a lot of power from the PCIE slots and have usually the two 6-pin or a 6-pin and 8-pin PCIE power sockets on the card itself.

The molex provides additional power to the PCIE slots for just this purpose. Newer, power hungry cards.

]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:11:38 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1852&PID=9610&title=b150-gaming-k4-highend-graphic-cards#9610 <![CDATA[B150 Gaming K4 & High-end graphic cards : Dear all,I&#039;m writing this...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1852&PID=9406&title=b150-gaming-k4-highend-graphic-cards#9406 Author: supabib
Subject: 1852
Posted: 28 Jan 2016 at 9:35pm

Dear all,

I'm writing this post to share my experience : Had problems with my newly bought B150 Gaming K4 (with core i3-6100) and my graphic card "Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 4GB GDDR5 OC(UEFI), New Edition"

to explain the issue =, Here is the ticket I opened at Sapphire support :
Just bought my new setup ( i3-6100, RAM, Asrock Fatal1ty B150 Gaming K4). I installed W10 64b, installed AMD drivers (latest found on AMD support site), installed provided drivers (CD that came with MB) and when launching a game (tried WoW and GW2) I got driver crash every minute (randomly). I think that the English message is "Display Driver Stopped Responding and Has Recovered" (French was : "le pilote d'affichage ne répondait pas et a récupéré"). Also a lot of BSOD.

So I installed W7 64 bits, same result (but no BSOD). What I did then :
1. Updated MB BIOS to latest version -> No effect
2. Uninstalled AMD drivers, reboot install drivers from Sapphire CD -> No effect
3. Upgraded drivers to latest version using Catalyst control center -> No effect
4. Reset MB UEFI to default settings -> No effect

2 days ago, I was using the same graphic card on an old Intel Core I5-760, on a Gygabyte GA-P55-USB3 MB with 16 GB DDR3 RAM and never had an issue.


Sapphire answer was pretty simple : buy a more powerfull PSU, at least 750 (I have a Corsair HX620). Then I asked them why then it was working on my old setup.

I finally found the solution by myself. The B150 Gaming K4 as an extra molex connector. User's manual says that (ftp://europe.asrock.com/Manual/Fatal1ty%20B150%20Gaming%20K4.pdf page 23) : "Please connect a 4 pin molex power cable to this connector when more than three graphics cards are installed."

I have only one GC but, as I had no lead, I plugged my PSU to this connector. And that's when the "miracle" happened : issue was solved.

So, ASRock TEAM, if you read this, please update your user's manual because with 1 GC that consumes a lot of power, you need to plug this molex connector.

Hope that this post will help someone :)



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