My case is a Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh with 5x Arctic P12 ~1200rpm and in front it's the radiator of my Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 with 3x Arctic P12 too ~900rpm (more rpm causes terrible vibration...) so I'm pretty sure that my airflow isn't the problem here.
(sorry for the bad quality)
Now that I have put my main SSD back to the M.2_1 port, the chipset is less hot but I can confirm that changing these settings (disabling PCI Express Native Power Management, ASPM and PCI Express Clock Gating) have a real impact on the chipset temperature. Z690 seems to be a hot chipset.
The room temperature was 22°C during the tests.
I've tried the latest Intel Chipset Driver 10.1.19013.8304, it makes no difference. (for WHEA, freezes and temperatures)
(sorry for the bad quality)
Now that I have put my main SSD back to the M.2_1 port, the chipset is less hot but I can confirm that changing these settings (disabling PCI Express Native Power Management, ASPM and PCI Express Clock Gating) have a real impact on the chipset temperature. Z690 seems to be a hot chipset.
The room temperature was 22°C during the tests.
I've tried the latest Intel Chipset Driver 10.1.19013.8304, it makes no difference. (for WHEA, freezes and temperatures)
Hey Girls and Boys!
Yesterday I've build very small PC.
Z690-I, 12700k, 64GB, 3090 TUF, 750W, Lian Li H20-X4, 2x 1TB M.2 980 Pro
Righ after start i had problems with MB not seeing M.2_2. But I ran OCCT and it showed WHEA.
When I run TM5 WHEA bursted into 1280 Errors in 15min.
I've corrected the M.2_2 mounting (Hell on Earth when it's all built).
But WHEA persisted. So I turned off Link State Power Management in Advanced power plan settings (Power & Sleep).
WHEA dropped to 12. OK. So I went to BIOS(UEFI) and forced Link GEN4 por PCIE_16.
Still 4 WHEA errors. So I went to BIOS(UEFI)- Advanced->Misc->PCIE Native Power Managemet : switched to DISABLED.
Outcomes:
1. No WHEA whatsoever.
2. When GEN4 PCIE link is forced the PC is starting like 3 times faster.
Hope you'll find it helpful.
Cheers
Peter
Yesterday I've build very small PC.
Z690-I, 12700k, 64GB, 3090 TUF, 750W, Lian Li H20-X4, 2x 1TB M.2 980 Pro
Righ after start i had problems with MB not seeing M.2_2. But I ran OCCT and it showed WHEA.
When I run TM5 WHEA bursted into 1280 Errors in 15min.
I've corrected the M.2_2 mounting (Hell on Earth when it's all built).
But WHEA persisted. So I turned off Link State Power Management in Advanced power plan settings (Power & Sleep).
WHEA dropped to 12. OK. So I went to BIOS(UEFI) and forced Link GEN4 por PCIE_16.
Still 4 WHEA errors. So I went to BIOS(UEFI)- Advanced->Misc->PCIE Native Power Managemet : switched to DISABLED.
Outcomes:
1. No WHEA whatsoever.
2. When GEN4 PCIE link is forced the PC is starting like 3 times faster.
Hope you'll find it helpful.
Cheers
Peter
ADVenturePO wrote:
Hey Girls and Boys!
Yesterday I've build very small PC.
Z690-I, 12700k, 64GB, 3090 TUF, 750W, Lian Li H20-X4, 2x 1TB M.2 980 Pro
Righ after start i had problems with MB not seeing M.2_2. But I ran OCCT and it showed WHEA.
When I run TM5 WHEA bursted into 1280 Errors in 15min.
I've corrected the M.2_2 mounting (Hell on Earth when it's all built).
But WHEA persisted. So I turned off Link State Power Management in Advanced power plan settings (Power & Sleep).
WHEA dropped to 12. OK. So I went to BIOS(UEFI) and forced Link GEN4 por PCIE_16.
Still 4 WHEA errors. So I went to BIOS(UEFI)- Advanced->Misc->PCIE Native Power Managemet : switched to DISABLED.
Outcomes:
1. No WHEA whatsoever.
2. When GEN4 PCIE link is forced the PC is starting like 3 times faster.
Hope you'll find it helpful.
Cheers
Peter
Peter, I stress you search through the thread, especially my posts on the topic with a similar issue to you.
Setting PCIEx native power management certainly stops the WHEA errors, but it does not fix instability, you will still have problems with this board when using the top NVME slot which is linked directly to the CPU.
You will find if you use the bottom NVME slot instead, you can keep all the power saving features enabled and you will not get WHEA errors and you will not have any instability. But the top slot, even with PCIEx Native power management will give you problems with an unstable system occasionally.
After a long time troubleshooting the issue, and finding outside my return policy the instability I managed to get a refund for my Z690I from Amazon. Asus refuses to admit there is a problem and they think disabling PCIEx native power management is a fix. I'd recommend to save yourself headaches down the line to return your board while you still can.
I am now a proud owner of an Asrock Z790 PG-ITX/TB4 which costs a fraction of the Asus Z690 ITX board and has zero problems with WHEA errors or instability. It was simply a matter of plug and play. The board has no stupid tiered NVME SSD tower which I think is the cause for the issues with the Asus board.
Anyway, take or leave my advice as you wish, but I want to make sure you are not another user in the thread who is left with a broken system with Asus unwilling to help.
