I left my computer idle at the desktop this evening to go out to dinner and a show. Gone about 4 hours. I had family at home so I know there was no power outage while I was gone. I use 55" LCD TV as my monitor.When I got home the screen was on but wa...

1) Downloaded the MAXIMUS VIII GENE BIOS 1202 for Windows 10 64-bit from here:https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/MAXIMUS-VIII-GENE/HelpDesk_Download/2) Extracted the .zip file.3) Renamed the file M8G.CAP4) Copied the file to the root directory of F...

I encountered this error installing Spore on my new Windows 10 Maximus VIII Gene based PC. After much Googling I found these links.https://support.rockstargames.com/hc/communities/public/questions/205359867-A-required-security-module-cannot-be-activa...

http://promos.asus.com/US/PR_2015/Z170/image03.jpgThere is a header for connecting a fan extension card on the Gene motherboard as documented/illustrated here:https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/MAXIMUS-VIII-GENE/The header is at the bottom of the b...

I selected this heatsink as it was recommended by JJ in this youtube video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBzND3Hyk7IHowever, I have become spooked by news I have read herehttp://hothardware.com/news/intel-skylake-cpus-are-warping-under-heat-sink-mo...