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    Question New Laptop display behaving strangely, flashing lines across entire screen under some conditions

    Good evening, 3 weeks ago i purchased a Lenovo Legion 5 17. The specs are: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with Radeon Graphics 16,0GB Dual Channel Samsung DDR4 Ram @3200hz LENOVO LNVNB161216 (FP6) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU I use the built in MUX switch to disable the integrated graphics and use the...
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    Will I have to reinstall windows when I replace my GA Z97X-SLI with a GA Z97 HD3

    Sadly after some testing the issues I described are still there with the new motherboard. So either something * up my drivers when the pins bent, or a piece of hardware got damaged. Any idea what might cause the problem I described over at the ubisoft forums...
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    Will I have to reinstall windows when I replace my GA Z97X-SLI with a GA Z97 HD3

    It appears to have accepted the new motherboard. Windows did a "devices are being installed" blackscreen and then booted up normally.
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    Will I have to reinstall windows when I replace my GA Z97X-SLI with a GA Z97 HD3

    Yes, I checked those. Thanks for the help so far, am on my Laptop right now. Will report the outcome.
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    Will I have to reinstall windows when I replace my GA Z97X-SLI with a GA Z97 HD3

    Is it crucial to uninstall the old motherboards drivers before replacing it?
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    Will I have to reinstall windows when I replace my GA Z97X-SLI with a GA Z97 HD3

    http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3382544/acting-strangely-accidently-bending-pins-cpu-socket.html Basically this. A more specific example is here (thread by me, didnt want to explain the bent pins scenario again so i asked what hardware these problems could come from)...
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    Will I have to reinstall windows when I replace my GA Z97X-SLI with a GA Z97 HD3

    Hello, I searched around the internet and there are conflicting opinions. Some say it has to be done everytime, some say only when changing chipset, some say its not a problem with windows 10. So I wanted to ask around if I could just uninstall all the motherboard drivers for the z97x-sli and...
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    ECS Z97-PK or ASUS Z97M-Plus or Gigabyte GA Z97-HD3

    People keep saying the i5 4690k can be OC'd to 4.5 up from 3.5 fairly "easily". Would the two cheaper boards handle that?
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    ECS Z97-PK or ASUS Z97M-Plus or Gigabyte GA Z97-HD3

    Size is not a problem here, my current GA z97x is a 6 slot. The ECS im having an eye on is new, atleast thats what the verified seller on ebay states. According to this link a user on a different thread sent me...
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    Need advice for new z97 motherboard

    Thank you for your time.
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    ECS Z97-PK or ASUS Z97M-Plus or Gigabyte GA Z97-HD3

    Hello, I made a thread earlier asking for peoples opinions on a new z97 motherboard. This is the thread here:http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3383324/advice-z97-motherboard.html#19540048 My current setup is: i5 4690k GTX 1060 6GB 2x4GB DDR3 1600 GA z97x I want the new motherboard to...
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    Need advice for new z97 motherboard

    Im gna open a new topic specifically asking for this mobo. Nothing personal of course, I just want a few more opinions. I searched the internet for a bit and found some old threads with people really disliking ECS for gaming needs.
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    Need advice for new z97 motherboard

    So basically the ECS should be fine for my needs?
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    Need advice for new z97 motherboard

    Is there a way to compare the one I listed earlier with the z97m? As I said, I dont really have high needs. What i need it to do is to handle OC of an i5 4690k, have all the sockets i need it to have and not break within like 2 years. I have the money to spend on the z97, but obviously if theres...