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Problems with new Maximus VIII Formula (or possibly Skylake problems)

Hi all thanks in advance for taking the time to read this and chiming in if you feel you can help.I built a new rig almost two weeks ago and it has been running amazingly until just two nights ago when I suddenly started getting "WHEA_uncorrectable_e...

ASUS software problems. Is it the board, bios or the software? Anyone else?

On second Maximus VIII Extreme Board. Both had same issues. Bios = 1402, have tried on previous versions. Using Windows 10 Pro 64This post is related to issues that occur when using some of ASUS's programs and AI Suite III. 1) Q fan - when I run t...

help please. not sure if CPU or MB is toast

Hey. So I just built my first PC about 4 months ago. And it has ran since the start with 0 problems. All the sudden it froze up while gaming. Thought it was odd. But I rebooted and it happened again. I had planned to do a re format the next day so I ...

Maximus VIII Gene sound problem in windows 10

Hi , so I have a strange problem my sound sometimes becomes crackly .The best way to explain it is if you have ever had wireless head phones and there is interference it sounds like that. Its crackling sound when any audio plays.This sometimes happen...

LED Header - Hero Alfa

Hi All. I recently put a new build together using the Hero VIII (Not alfa) and a phantex evolv ATX case. To finish it all off I purchased a strip of phantex LED's. The strips have a specific type of connector which is found on some Phantex cases but ...

VIII Hero defective?

Hey everyone! So, I got my new mainboard, installed everything and bootet up my pc, like everyone else.Played some games with it too, without problems.A day later I booted it up again, without an error. But every program I looked at was showing me we...

Maximus viii hero oc problem, maybe defective.

Hello Everyone,My build is:CPU: 6700KMOBO: VIII HERORAM: G-skill 3000MHZPSU: XFX Pro 750 WGPU: 980 Pny 4gbSSD: 850 Pro x2 RAIDCpu Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVOOperating System: Windows 10 Pro 64bitThe problem I am having is that , when i set m...

Fan control when using Linux?

I have the mentioned motherboard.Running Windows 10 Pro 64bit.I would like to use a different fan controlling software other than Fan Xpert 3.Downloaded SpeedFan, but it can't see any of the fans connected to the motherboard.HWMonitor also can't see ...

Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Desktop mouse and keyboard lag

Hello,I have annoying lag issues with my Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Desktop mouse and keyboard when connecting USB 3.0 storage deviceson the only available external USB3.0 5/6 ports on my Maximus VIII Hero motherboard.Had anyone experienced same proble...

Hero VIII Unknown USB Device?

I'm on my second Hero VIII after some issues with the first. This one seems to work fine but I'm still getting this Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed) In my device manager. I figure if I'm getting it with 2 versions of the same boa...

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