Looking for a Z170 board with enough PCI-E lanes

[ATMINSIDE]

Tried a Q-Flash of the BIOS?

 

[torin3]

Tried a Q-Flash of the BIOS?

Yep. The light flashed 4 times (should be either 3 for working, or 5 for not working) then solid on. After 45 minutes of solid on, I shut the power off, as I'm sure it doesn't take that long to flash if it was working.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

I'd talk to ASUS then, unless you would rather RMA with the seller.

 

[torin3]

I'd talk to ASUS then, unless you would rather RMA with the seller.

I got it from Newegg, and it has a replacement warranty option through them until the end of the month. It is already on its way to CA. I should get the replacement by the end of next week.

 

[wingman99]

Post back how it works out.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

I got it from Newegg, and it has a replacement warranty option through them until the end of the month. It is already on its way to CA. I should get the replacement by the end of next week.

I hope the next one works as planned

 

[torin3]

RMA verified and replacement board shipped out today from CA. 3 day, so it should get to me on Friday.

 

[wingman99]

Sounds good, hope it works out well.

 

[torin3]

Got to love how some companies handle shipping. The board arrive at the local FedEx facility today in time to make it on the truck, but they held it because it wasn't scheduled for today. But same level of shipping gets delivered the next day when ordered 1 state away, instead of the opposite coast.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

I've never had good luck with FedEx in general...

 

[torin3]

Board arrived today. I'll try and install it tonight or tomorrow. Wish me luck.

 

[wingman99]

I'm glad you have the board hope it works well. Is the motherboard new or refurbished?

 

[torin3]

I'm glad you have the board hope it works well. Is the motherboard new or refurbished?

I believe new. It game in the full retail package and was from Newegg, not from ASUS support.

 

[torin3]

Replacement board booted right into to the BIOS, so the old board was obviously not working.

Now I'm deal with the fact I cant see the NVM SSD to install the OS to, despite having added the NVE drivers to the install image of Win 7 Pro.

 

[wingman99]

Well at least the motherboard is working well. Does the NVMe SSD show up in Bios?

 

[EarthDog]

just to keep things less confusing and in one thread... http://www.overclockers.com/forums/...schooling-on-NVM-drives?p=7985875#post7985875

He mentions it there.