Rampage VI & Strix X299 Series

Load VGA bios error

Hardware in my signature. I have seen this error twice now. Boots OK until right before it gets to windows and then sticks with "Load VGA bios". The Q code appears to be AD. Any ideas? Things work fine otherwise and I had the same error once with the...

What is this Part? [Onboard Heatsink]

Hey,I just took out what I thought was blocking my access to M.2_1(SOCKET3). What is its function otherwise? E.g. does it protect graphics card from heat generated by something under? It *was* sort of warm when I got it out (freshly turned off).

Intel 905p M.2 Temps

Temperature is at 41C with my Intel 905p M.2 with the heatsink supplied with the R6EO in the DIMM.2 slot. I think that's pretty good, but seems like my other drives were in the 30s C. Just wanted opinions on the temps here. I do have the option of in...

R6EO Hangs In BIOS Update

Never got my R6E stable during post, even with default settings, so to RMA the board I needed a replacement (my dealer was not willing to do some cross-shipping). Got a brand new Rampage VI Extreme Omega and I am already regretting my decision, but ...

Issues with 2080tis in NVlink

Wanted to see if anyone else is having issues with using dual 2080ti's? I am getting weird post issues (no video output, and sometimes post issues that cycle post a few times) and CODE 97 Load VGA BIOS. A quick reset switch tap will let the PC boot...

Terrible Raid 5/10 speeds on Strix x299

Oh this just been a nightmare....and about to shoot my toes. I upgraded my system wanting to build a raid 5 with 5 8tb hdd Seagate Barracuda ST8000DM004 using the onboard IRST ports. After almost 2 weeks of initializing which completed, I decided to ...

Decision, Decisions, 7920x or 9920x

The x299 chipset is ideal for my use case.. The only thing I have to decide on is the cpu. 7920x or the 9920x. The only differences I noticed is the 9920x has slightly higher clocks, and the cpu is soldered. The 7920x can be delided... How much o...

Aura for R6EO

I don't see a version of Aura for the R6EO. Would version 1.07.35 on the R6E page work for the R6EO?

Setting adaptive vcore doesn't seem to work, still on auto?

So I've tried setting an adaptive vcore like i would on my old x99 board, but the voltage doesn't change, if i set adaptive to 0.1 vs 1.1 there no change and the cores still seem to be using an auto voltage, manual voltage seems to work just fine.

R6E and 2 small questions

Hi, i am building a new pc and since it has been over 14 years from the last i built i am a bit rusty. I bought below parts and i am starting to put them together1- Rampage VI Extreme2- Dual Strix 1080TI OC in SLI3- Samsung 1TB NVMe4- Delidded I9 79...

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