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So what is happening with the PC right now is I had a power surge on a USB port and I'm still getting fluctuating link width on the PCI-e lane. The lane will vary between 2.0 x16 and 2.0 x8, at one point it dropped as low as 2.0 x1.
The good news is it doesn't simply cut off leaving the power button LED lit anymore.
There are long periods of time where it just won't boot, but if I let it sit for several hours then it will boot only to freeze up within 10 minutes of operation. No noise, just a silent total freeze.
Nope.Have you been getting shocks when you touch the case that don't feel like a normal static shock?
It was a single surge and I corrected the problem by powering the machine down, disconnecting the USB devices and then hooking them back up.If your getting power surges, then no matter what MB you get, it will do the same as the Gigabyte MB.
It's only statistical that a demographic of people will be able to run Gigabyte systems just fine. I think Kia's are crap cars, but some people have them and they last a long time for them. Doesn't make them good by any standard in my mind.Like I said before, I have 5 Gigabyte systems and no problems at all.
Not a chance in the world.Give that replacement MB a chance.
UPDATE: After testing multiple outlets in my house with a multimeter I was getting AC voltage readings of 123.2~123.8 and this is within a 5% range of 120V so it should be acceptable. The NEC says 120V +/- 5%.
Not a chance in the world.
You want it? When I get the replacement I'll give you first dibs before attempting to sell it on ebay.Ok then, sell me the MB
Well, the nightmare continues.
I got my formula-z board today and put everything together only to find out the mounting bracket for my triton liquid cooler doesn't fit because some of the board's vrm heatsinks are in the way.
The mounting plate fits on all sides except one since there is one section of the vrm heatsinks which has an extra layer of fins the other vrm heatsinks don't have.
Essentially I'm going to have to take the metal plate to a friend of mine who has a grinder and shave 3/4 of an inch off.
It's ridiculous that I even have to do this, but this is the fault of Asus designing it this way because this mounting kit for my cooler fits all AM3/AM3+ motherboards EXCEPT this one.
I had heard so much about the form-z and the ROG boards which is why I didn't mind paying a little more for it.I wouldn't call it a 'fault'. The ROG boards are that much better of a board. The standards are a little higher than the normal reference boards. Most items that work with every other board will not work with ROG boards.
Windows 10 Home x64 build 1511.Win 7? There's a bug with SP1 that causes that iirc.
I figured out the update thing. Well, I didn't figure out what was wrong, I just did a full format and clean reinstall which fixed it.maybe you do have a problem with your HDD?