Recent content by Specops125

This is super frustrating now. I tried a new CPU as well, I am still having the same issue. At this point, the only components I have not tried replacing are the memory and the storage. Could either memory or storage cause an issue like this? The memory, I have tried using one stick at a time...

Thanks, it seems I will have to try replacing it. No pins look bent in the socket or on the CPU. On both motherboards I have now tried, I was careful to place the CPU correctly the first time (with the triangle on the CPU lined up with the corner of the socket that has the same triangle...

Well this is frustrating. I ended up getting my new motherboard (Gigabyte B660M DS3H AX DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700), flashed it to the most recent BIOS using Gigabyte's Qflash Plus and still can't get POST. I even tried flashing the prior version BIOS (the first BIOS to support 13th gen intel...

Then I must not be so great with searching, all the boards that I came across that were 12th and 13th gen supporting that were manufactured earlier than the last month or so seemingly needed a BIOS update to get POST with a 13th gen chip. Is there a terminology or something you are seeing with...

Yes, I hope so. That’s been a negative of jumping on a new generation CPU immediately. Seemingly all the boards absolutely require a BIOS update to work.

I had missed your post earlier. I ended up contacting Asus support, they thought I should still have been able to update BIOS, they walked me through it and it didn’t work so they wanted to initiate an RMA. I didn’t want to remove the motherboard, I thought maybe it really is the PSU because...

I found these instructions on the Asus website specific for my motherboard - is this something that is possible to do without POST? https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1049128

You know, I think I might need to do that. It is a 13th gen chip on a MB that was originally designed for 12th gen. I am having trouble figuring out how to do it with this MB though. My prior build had a more feature rich Asus board and I think I used EZ Flash, but my new board doesn’t seem to...

Hello, I am building a new work PC and seem to have a power issue. Whenever I boot the system, all the components turn on, but I get nothing on my TV (using it as a test monitor). The light on my chassis blinks very fast a few seconds after I power on which is what is telling me I have some...

Haswell-E will have DDR4, but I'm not sure that's worth waiting for if you need the system now given how minimal variation there is in RAM performance. If you are doing CPU intensive work where numerous cores could be utilized there is no question the 4930K is superior. If not, you are right...

A better GPU and getting up to 8GB of RAM. Everquest is a very old game though, you don't need to upgrade anything for that to run on the highest settings.