Problems adding additional GPU
#1
I have been working with Hashcat for a while now running with 2x290 on an intel DP69BGB3 motherboard. I recently purchased two additional cards which i would like to add to this rig but i can't seem to get them working. Additionally, i have a 1600 watt power supply for this rig in anticipation of running the 4 cards from it - so power isn't an issue.
 
The first two cards are connected directly into the 16x slots on the motherboard while the second two will be connected using 1X risers. I know that the computer is recognizing that the three cards are there as you can see from the output below:
 
$ lspci -vnn | grep VGA -A 12



01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Hawaii XT / Grenada XT [Radeon R9 290X/390X] [1002:67b0] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
 
        Subsystem: PC Partner Limited / Sapphire Technology R9 290X Tri-X OC [174b:e285]
 
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41
 
        Memory at a0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) 

        Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) 

        I/O ports at 4000 

        Memory at f0d00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) 

        Expansion ROM at f0d60000 [disabled] 

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci



01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Hawaii HDMI Audio [1002:aac8]

        Subsystem: PC Partner Limited / Sapphire Technology Device [174b:aac8]

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02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Hawaii XT / Grenada XT [Radeon R9 290X/390X] [1002:67b0] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

        Subsystem: PC Partner Limited / Sapphire Technology R9 290X Tri-X OC [174b:e285]

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42

        Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) 

        Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) 

        I/O ports at 3000 

        Memory at f0c00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) 

        Expansion ROM at f0c60000 [disabled] 

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci



02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Hawaii HDMI Audio [1002:aac8]

        Subsystem: PC Partner Limited / Sapphire Technology Device [174b:aac8]

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07:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Hawaii XT / Grenada XT [Radeon R9 290X/390X] [1002:67b0] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:0b00]

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43

        Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) 

        Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) 

        I/O ports at 2000 

        Memory at f0900000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) 

        Expansion ROM at f0960000 [disabled] 

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci



07:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Hawaii HDMI Audio [1002:aac8]
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Hawaii HDMI Audio [1002:aac8]


All three cards can be seen by the comp, but when i try to run Hashcat to benchmark the program just hangs..

Any thoughts on what the problem could be? I would really appreciate any help you could provide me with.
#2
I would suspect your risers are to blame. Also be sure to regenerate xorg.conf with amdconfig.