Recent content by Christian_33

UPS just delivered an Asus H170 motherboard. The box was not sealed, nor was the anti-static wrap. This is my first Asus, and every other motherboard I bought in my life was sealed. Is it usual for an Asus board unsealed? Or did the seller send me a used board?

I don't think I need a better performance from a motherboard. HOWEVER, there's one thing very annoying about the MSI B150M board. My USB keyboard & mouse are allowed to wake up my system from sleep. What that means is, thanks to the MSI Bios, my USB keyboard/mouse are also allowed to power on...

I blocked Win 10 auto update by (1) selecting "Never install driver software from Win Update" in Driver Installation Setting, (2) using the "Show/Hide Update" troubleshooter, and (3) setting my Wi-Fi connection as Metered. So I see only critical updates (not driver) listed at Windows Updates...

I just built a system: MSI B150M Mortar, i5-6500, Win 10 64, Samsung SSD, GTX 960, etc. It's working fine and stable. However, I keep thinking that I should've bought a Z or H board although I'm a casual gamer. Money is not an issue, but I wonder if it's worth spending a few hours to replace...

I just built a new system using the Gigabyte B150M-D3H MoBo, Intel i6500 & Crucial DDR4. I powered it up and went to the BIOS screen. Then, the screen froze and showed some garbage. I rebooted and the screen showed nothing. The PC powers up but shows nothing. What could be wrong?