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Network driver issues Please help! Gene VIII

Hi everyone.I recently received a new top end PC and am having some issues that I can't for the life of me resolve so I'm hoping you can all help me out a bit.My MoBo is an ASUS Maximus gene VIII Z170 boardI run my ethernet through homeplugs. These b...

Front panel Audio detection is all mixed up and I don't know why? Gene VIII

Hi guys,Issue i'm having with using my headset in my front panels and I can't figure out what's up.If I plug the green headphone jack into the headphone port the pop up comes up and tells me this is the pink mic port. Gives me the option to select fr...

Maximus VIII Hero 6770K x40 only

While at stock settings the CPU does not run at 4.2Ghz. While Playing games all 4 cores run at x40 Frequency only.Only way CPU will go up to 4.2Ghz is if I enable Asus Multi-Core Enhancement along with SYNC All Cores. But doing so cause the Voltage t...

High pitched noise and other noise. front audio in left channel maximus viii ranger

I have a horrid noise coming from the front panel audio in the left channel.It has a high pitched whine constantly. I have tried installing the drivers over and over again. tried all the sampling rates.It is either there constantly or when sound star...

VIII Gene: Boot on keystroke / mouse click?

So... it's been three years since I posted about this feature on the V Gene forum... And from what I can see in my VIII Gene UEFI, this function is still unavailable!? Is this correct? I don't want to sound like a broken record, but my Gigabyte DS3L ...

Maximus VIII Hero Help

So I'm running a Maximus VIII Hero with a 6700K, 32GB of DDR4-2400, 2x EVGA GTX 980 Ti FTW, a Soundblaster Z series card, and the ASUS USB 3.1 Type-A Card. My problem is the USB 3.1 card won't work. I have it plugged into the last PCIe slot on the mo...

Z170 VIII Hero can't use some peripheral card???

Maximus VIII Hero and Ranger can't use some peripheral card on PCIEX4_3 or PCIE X8 _ 2 It can't be detected in OS when I put some card in PCIEX4_3 or PCIE X8 _ 2 slot.(BIOS 0401 / 0508 have the same situation) The cards I had try are as belowAvermedi...

Maximus VIII Extreme and Trident Z 3200Mhz 8GB

Hey all,I noticed something bad happen on Maximus VIII Extreme with G.Skill Trident Z 3200Mhz 8GB on Newegg Here is the linkI plan to build Maximus VIII Extreme and Trident Z 3200Mhz 8GB too..Will that DOA happen to me too??:confused:How about the Ma...

Trace damaged but everything working, what did i destroy?

Hi guys,so apperently, it was not a good idea to upgrade my pc with 3 hours of sleep..I forgot to use rubberwashers on the front while mounting the backplate of my H110i GTX cooler.I actually didn't even think about that there could be traces right u...

Maximus Viii Extreme quad sli

I have a question about four-way SLI on the maximus viii extreme.I know that there are four PCI express slots on the motherboard but I heard that only three of them can be used for video cards and the bottom one is only for soundcards or storage card...

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