motherboard

Forum discussion tagged with motherboard.
  1. spaceguy15

    Question New PC has broken my spirit. Bad MOBO?

    Built a new pc few days ago, here is the build: i7-13700k Asus ROG Strix B760-I Gaming Mini ATX Mobo EVGA 3080 GPU 2TB Samsung 990 Pro m.2 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM Case: Cooler Master NRP200MAX (Built in AIO/PSU) Let me start by saying I've had a hell of time with this build mainly...
  2. Sxythee

    Question New motherboards keep getting burned ?

    I bought a Asus rog strix B550-f a few weeks back and was using it with a ryzen 5 2600 it worked fine for a few days put then the next day i turn my pc back on there came a little smoke from under the cpu cooler so the motherboard died,i took my old board b450 gaming plus put my ryzen 5 in there...
  3. H

    Question PC can't boot after enabling over 4G encoding, I even swapped most components ?

    Hi I've recently run into an issue on one system, that seemingly carried over onto my new build. First Specs MSI X370 SLI Plus Motherboard AMD Ryzen 5 1600 RTX 3060 TI Corsair DDR4 RAM 16GB 500GB SSD Main Drive and 2TB HDD (x2) Thermaltake 850 watt Tough Power Grand Series Gold I was in my...
  4. L

    Question PC seems completely dead….

    Hello - I was wondering if anyone could help? So I just rebuilt my water cooled system, turned it on and it remained on for a little while and then just suddenly turned off… when I reseat things sometimes it comes up cpu fan error (I just need to go into bios and disable cpu fan as I use a...
  5. L

    [SOLVED] 990Pro No Longer Appearing BIOS

    I have a 960Pro 512GB that I cloned to the 990Pro 1TB. I am running on an ASRock Z370 Extreme4. My 990Pro was undetected the first three times I loaded my pc. My ASRock has 2 M.2 slots that work simultaneously and I have no other drives installed. Fourth time I tried reseating the 990Pro, it...
  6. gaalex

    Question Motherboard screw not coming out

    Hey guys, I noticed some of the motherboard screws got stuck in the standoffs on the case, so I took them out and saw online that I could use a pair of pliers to hold the standoffs and unscrew the screws. It worked with 2, but in the end with one when pressing the separator with the pliers the...
  7. souldanger

    [SOLVED] Third RAM slot on mobo is not working properly ?

    (sorry for my english in advance) Greetings all! Recently I bought myself a RAM (2 for 8) as a set to the already available exactly the same, in the same amount - Ripjaws v 3200, cl 16-18-18-38. 1.35 . In the end 32gb. Chocked all 4 slots, went into the bios and set xmp profile 3200 16-18-18-38...
  8. F

    Question I can't boot any of my drives since updating the BIOS ?

    Hey! So as the title reads, I can't boot anything, not even my USB stick which has a fresh Windows installer on it. Before all this happened, my PC was working fine. So how did this start? Well, I recently picked up my new ram sticks and plugged them in my computer. I noticed that the speed...
  9. Rivsu

    Question Need some help with a Bluetooth card to my motherboard

    So I have a HP Elitedesk 800 G3 SFF and I bought a Bluetooth card it’s telling me to plug it into a usb-f in the motherboard yet I don’t have one there is a usb_c but it didn’t seem to work if anyone know what I could do thank you
  10. J

    Question Gen 5 NVME Motherboards

    I'm looking at Tom's top motherboards, but unfortunately not all of them have a gen 5.0 NVME slot and the other features that contribute to high end gaming performance. I am am neutral between getting a i7-13700K and 7700X CPU, although AMD seems to be more cost-performance effective as well...
  11. snowplow420

    Question Need help reinstalling windows on a new nvme SSD

    Hello all, seeking some advice. My old hard drive was corrupted and stuck in a reboot cycle and I couldn't fix it. There was no data I needed on the drive and it was cheap so I threw it out. My problem now is that my motherboard will not recognize my new SSD. Motherboard: gigabyte ultra...
  12. nag shankar

    Question Best mid range Mobo for Ryzen 5600x?

    Looking for best mid range ATX/mATX Mobo for 5600x(preferably B550 chipset, don't have budget for 570s), my considerations are good VRMs, ease of overclocking, easy BIOS setup, must have features like - front USB C support, at least one M.2 Gen 4 PCIe slot for fast memory etc.,
  13. codrintechno123

    Question Is my motherboard zapped? ASUS B85M-G

    Hello. Recently I've been trying to reuse some of my old parts to make a system for my young sister. I have an LGA1150 Asus B85M-G motherboard paired with an I3-4160 and 4x2 GB of ram. My issue is, whenever I'd go ahead and push the start button the CPU fan would spin for 1 second and then stop...
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    Question AM5 bent pins, Are these severe?

    Hey guys I got an Asus rog strix b650e-e motherboard for a great discount I didn't want to pass on, I'm yet to receive my 7800x3d. When I took a look at the pins some of them seems to be somewhat misaligned, this is my first time working with this socket, can you tell of it's fine or not...
  15. Deus Vu1t

    Question 5 beeps on Asrock X370 Killer SLI ?

    Hi all I recently bought an unopened Asrock ATX board for basically free which I want to use with my second system. I have a Ryzen 7 1700 which doesn't seem to POST and when I put a speaker in it gives me 5 beeps. All that happens is that my monitor says "No signal detected" so it recognizes...
  16. S

    Question z87 motherboard fans refuse to respond. Anyone have any ideas?

    I have an older motherboard, sabertooth z87. Recently I had to replace my PSU, reinstall windows 10 and ever since my motherboard assist fans have gone whack. The assistant fan 1 is going on full turbo all the time (8000rpm) and the noise of it is driving me crazy. I imagine it's not good for...
  17. Max-Enrik

    Question RTX 30s for asus Motherboard p9x79 pro

    Hi, I want to buy RTX 30s for asus Motherboard p9x79 pro. 1. Does they compatible? 2. What is your additional advice? 3. If yes, which RTX 30 brand manufacturer is worth buying by price and efficiency? Thank you, Max
  18. K

    Build Advice System not booting, smoke coming from GPU/PCIE slot after turning it on

    System not booting, smoke coming from GPU/PCIE slot after turning it on. Hi everyone. As mentioned above, this has just started happening when I turn on my PC before it turns itself off. It was fine a couple of hours ago when I was using it and I wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary that...
  19. RealAstroHere

    Question CPU_FAN header has 4 pins, we used 3. SOLVED

    SOLVED: Hey Forum,me and my dad started to build a system today, the specs are the following: Intel Core i9 13900KF GigaByte Aorus 750 Elite AX Corsair H100i Elite LCD ASUS ROG Strix 4090 OC G.Skill Trident Z5-6200 (DDR5) 2x16GB Samsung 990 Pro 2TB Corsair iCue 4000x Corsair HX1200 So, we've...
  20. S

    Question No matter what I do I can't avoid the 1 long beep, 3 short beeps POST code

    Tried to refit my system with new RAM, got this beep code, tried to reset the CMOS battery, and got this error again. Specs are: CPU: Ryzen 5600g Cooler: Stock GPU: Integrated/5600g (new) RAM: XPG Z1 DDR4 3200MHz (PC4 25600) (2x8GB) Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B450M-A II PSU: Corsair CX600M Hi...
  21. absence209

    Question Old GPU won't work in the top slot, however, newer GPU does.

    Hi, I have an MSI b450M Mortar, and I tried plugging in an ATI HD5450 into the top slot (the silver one, nearest CPU) and it does not boot or anything. When I switched out the GPU with a GTX1050ti, the PC started just fine. For now I have the GPU plugged into the bottom slot of the motherboard...
  22. F

    Question What MOBO is safe for AMD 7950x

    Hi guys. I am building pc for rendering and I am confused what MOBO to get due to recent events with ASUS. Some people claim it's for all am5 MOBOs, others say only ASrock is not affected. What should I get? It's so overwhelming for a noob like myself and I just don't want to make a mistake...
  23. A

    Question Crucial P1 M.2 SSD is not appearing in BIOS or Windows ?

    Hello. I bought an Gigabyte B550M DS3H motherboard (rev 1.5) and when I get into BIOS the M.2 SSD is not appearing, also it's not appearing in Windows either. Anyone know what may be causing this problem? and how can I solve this?
  24. Wraazum

    Question My psu's power cable burnt scratch, what do i do?

    Greetings My pc suddenly restarted 2-3 times and then turned off without wanting to turn on again. Then i smelled something burn near the pc and accidently saw that the power cord where is connected to the pc's psu have little scratch which smelled like burnt so i figured out why my pc wont...
  25. consptheory77

    Question What is proper motherboard etiquette?

    So I am trying to do my build. I got everything assembled, first try, no power up. It's a dead PSU. (MSI A1000G). Got my replacement PSU yesterday (Corsair Shift 1000W). Paper clip test works (I know, it doesn't measure proper voltages but rules out DOA), fan spins up and then stops, I...
  26. Haracarlo

    Upgrading System from Intel to Amd

    Hello everyone! Thank you in advance to everyone will reply to this ;) I actually have my I5 9600k a bit overclocked as well and in pair with my rtx 3060ti, I noticed some bottleneck mainly in certain kind of game really heavy on the GPU of course. So I decided to upgarde to a Ryzen 7 5800X and...
  27. stoqn.petrov

    Question ASUS ROG Maximus IX Code - Memory (RAM)

    Hello people, can someone help me picking memory for a CPU i7 6700K with ASUS ROG Maximus IX Code z270 motherboard. [ btw I currently have Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB (2 x 8GB), DDR4, 2133MHz, Non-ECC, CL14 ] Thanks.
  28. V

    Question Swapped my CPU-MOBO-RAM, and now the PC won't boot. Also peripherals doesn't turn on (but USB ports do have power) and no video at all.

    I updated my PC recently, i went from an ASUS H61M-K to an ASUS A320M-K, and upgraded my CPU from an i7 3770 to a Ryzen 3 4100. Eventually, i was forced to change my RAM too, went from DDR3 to DDR4. I have x2 8GB PNY DDR4 3200MHz CL16 1.35V, don't remember the model name tho. Also i've added an...
  29. DMW888

    Question TPM & bitlocker when selling motherboard ?

    I've been selling off a few previously used hardware components due to an upgrade (NOT the harddrives) and have a question about the B360M motherboard and TPM. I'm aware TPM holds cryptographic keys that can be used to lock systems or sensitive information such as with bitlocker, with which my...
  30. V

    Question Does this motherboard come with more PCIe lanes than the pre-installed processor can use?

    I was looking at this mining motherboard, with numerous Slots for GPUs and such. (It has eight PCI slots.) Alas, the processor is advertised as a Celeron 1037U. If you look it up, you will find: PCI Express Revision...
  31. vikaskumar2299

    Question HD audio on front panel started working after few hours of building PC

    Hi. I finished my pc build today. In my B660M-A Pro WiFi, front panel audio wasn't working (it wasn't even detecting) which is connected to JAUD1 on motherboard. I tried everything. Tried reconnecting wire/cable two times. (The rear audio ports which are built on motherboard itself on worked as...
  32. A

    Question to which socket or could connect this connector

    I had to disassemble the computer when moving and now I collect it in another place. I did not mark where which cable and which connector fits. there is such a cable from the power supply unit: where should it be connected on motherboard Asus H410M-E?
  33. M

    Question New Motherboard Seems To Destroy RAM

    I'm building a new desktop rig for photo editing. Because memory is key, I picked a motherboard that takes up to 128GB. BIOS / UEFI Version 6.05 ME Firmware - 16.1.25.2091 CPU - Intel Core i9-13900K 3 GHz 24-Core LGA 1700 Processor CPU Fan - ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 420 Motherboard - ASRock...
  34. N

    Question Unstable PC since several days, restart leading to different components.

    Hello, I will post my full PC specifications first: - Nvidia RTX 3070 Founders - Intel Core 12600K (no OC) - G.Skill Trident 16GB 3400MhZ - Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4 - Corsair RM 850X So, since several days my PC been pretty unstable, and thus - unusable. For the past 3 days, I think I had as...
  35. Celalyvan

    Question Wich is the best motherboard for my future setup?

    Hi forum! I'm trying to upgreade some of my specs and since in my country (Argentina) there aren't that many options I can't really pick one (and prices vary A LOT). the hardware I already own are: GPU: MSI Geforce rtx 3080 ti gaming gaming X trio RAM: Corsair vengance Vengeange pro 2x8 gb 3600...
  36. rounakr94

    Question ASRock X570 - - -the DRAM Debug LED shows a faint glow, is the LED dying ?

    Just noticed today that the DRAM Debug LED is glowing faintly, and by faintly I mean that its not the full brightness glow which happens when PC is at POST phase. Is this a dying LED or is something else wrong here? All my memory sticks are detected with proper XMP and dual channel and PC is...
  37. stoqn.petrov

    Question ASUS ROG Maximus IX Code - NVMe SSD

    Hello people, can someone tell me what is the best fit (NVMe SSD) for my motherboard . Thanks.
  38. Bradharker

    Question Msi z370 gaming pro carbon EX degug lights

    Hey, looking for a bit of advice, recently obtained an Msi z370 GPC, booted up and no post just the rgb, Cpu and dram debug lights flashing alternately. I’ve tried clearing the cmos, tested the dimm slots individually and checked for any bent pins, tried with an 8th and 9th gen Cpu and...
  39. Ayaz31

    Question Ethernet stops working after I put my SSD to PCI slot

    I just bought this SSD (Gigabyte Aorus 1TB RGB aıc NVMe) to my rig cuz I didn't have another M.2 slot Right now whenever I plug this in to the second PCI Slot, Ethernet gets disabled and random freezes, stutter appear. I can see that Ethernet device is recognized in Bios but it just doesn't or...
  40. NoLongerHuman

    Question 4090 with half performance after short

    All was well but then a week later pc seemed to switch to integrated graphics from 7950x after a game crashed. After I restarted the pc twice the gpu started to work again but at about half the performance. I ram Time Spy Extreme and got 7000 vs before the short I got 15000. Is my gpu busted? Or...