I recently put a system together with an LGA 1150 socket motherboard. The bios has changed since the last system I built. It seems to be UEFI. I installed win 7 32 bit from a MS official iso on a USB3 device.All went well and windows is running great...
What's the deal with the calls home? An Asus process (AI Suite? aaHMsvc.exe?) is using TCP to reach an ftp port at variations of 103.10.4.40, an IP owned by Asus Taiwan. What's up with that? Which Asus process is using it and, more importantly, why?
I was installing an aftermarket cooler today. I had to use a screw driver to remove the existing cooler, and of course, it slipped. It knocked a tiny chip or transistor (??) off. I'm wondering how much of an issue this is. There don't seem to be any ...
I'm currently using GSKILL F3-12800CL7D-8GBXM in two 4GB sticks. They have a heat spreader on them that just touches the fan casing on the hyper 212 evo cpu cooler I just installed. The stick in A1 seems to barely touch the fan casing...leaning ever...
I have a Kingston SV300S37A120G 120 GB SSD. This drive is not found on the Secure Erase compatible SSDs list at Asus.com. I understand the likelihood that the list is obsolete, so I ask here. Is the above Kingston drive compatible with secure erase?...
Hi Greg. I can't say I have had the issues you describe, but then again, I only run AIsuite on occasion. This phoning home business seems pretty shady, given there seems to be no explanation.
The process is indeed AISuite.exe. And, since I never did allow it to start at boot, it only runs when I manually start it (i.e., to monitor core temps, etc.). the source IP is Asus Taiwan and the destination is the machine with the Hero. I have my s...
Hi Tokens210. EZ-Update appears to be manual updating process. I haven't yet discerned any patterns (times and frequency) that would give me any clues, but the few times I've monitored, it happens at night (here...daytime in Taiwan) and occurs freque...
