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Can't secure erase M.2 950 PRO Samsung

Hi,M.2 950 PRO Samsung drive, can not secure erase on Maximus VIII Hero BIOS 1202Tried usb method (Magician 4.9) cant find drive, MB secure erase will not touch drive as it is a boot drive, of couse you cant do it from windows using Magician 4.9.Trie...

SYROB by Level 7
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Asus Maximus VIII Impact - Silent CPU Cooler

Hi,I'm in the process of buying the following motherboard listed. Can someone recommend me a good silent air cooler that would fit without blocking RAM Slots?

Updated - PCIE_X16/X8_1 and M.2

So I've updated the thread to more accurately describe what is going on. Maximus VIII HeroIntel Core i5-6600KSeagate Barracuda 1TB HDD (only thing remaining from old build)Radeon R9 38016GB DDR4 RAMCorsair RM750 Modular Power SupplySo what appears to...

Incompatible memory - Asus Maximus Series boards

What issues can this bring to the system?I just sow that memory i use in my new system is not compatible with Asus Impact VIII.Memory i use is 2 x 8 GB Corsair (CMK16GX4M2A2666C16) 2666 Mhz.Can memory cause this issues:- USB 3.0 not working- Windows ...

xMolchy by Level 7
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V-NAND SSD SM950 PRO on Maximus VIII HERO

Greetings,my first post i recently make a new z-170 Pc with intel i7 6700k processorand i thinking about to buy the V-NAND SSD SM950 PRO but im not sure if i can run with PCIE_X16/X8_1 & PCIE_X8_2 on ,because i run Crossfirex (2xR9 290) and i need ...

U.2 adapter for SATA express ports

I may order the Hero VIII if the Hero VIII Alpha isn't released soon. Since SATA express is pretty much useless, is there an adapter that allows you to connect a U.2 drive to a SATA express port?

C6/C7 sleep states

Question does having CPU C states set to auto enable c6/c7 sleep states? Or do i have to manual enable them all to get the sleep states?

Failed bios update recovered by ASUS's flashback process!

Just had a bios update fail on me (0214 to 0401 using the "in bios" EZ updater utility) and my pc refused to start at all. Having only got my new pc yesterday I was crushed, but thankfully ASUS have a nifty feature called Flashback that you can be us...

Maximus VIII Impact T_Sensor Not Working on 2 Boards

Did anyone have trouble with the T_Sensor (found under the top left mounting screw)? I am on my 2nd board and that sensor will NOT work. The sensor works on the expansion board. I have the same problem on 2 of these boards. The sensor itself works ...