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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...

Z170 pro gaming MB - Second 980ti not being recognized - Not SLI ready yet?

So I upgraded from an asus deluxe with an SLI setup back from 2010 to a Z170 pro gaming board and put 2 GTX 980ti's on the board.I've updated the bios to the latest version and am unable to get the second 980ti card to show up. Windows does not see i...

Hero VIII - Side panel in BIOS does not display correct CPU OC or other data,

Hi,3 Things have started going wrong since i upgraded bios to 101.1. The side panel in bios that displays current system config (CPU speed ect) displays 3500mhz no matter what I do. Though CPUZ shows my overclock and so does my ROG front panel2. Real...

Asus viii ranger q-code 0d

First of all, hello to everybody! I've been reading this forum all day and trying to solve my problem.My new configuration is:MB: Asus viii rangerCPU: Intel i5 6600kMemory: Kingston Fury Hyperx HX426C15FBK2/8 2x4Gb 2666MHzSSD: Kingston Savage Hyperx1...

HERO qcode 04, cant get to UEFI

Everything was going smoothly after a first time install of Win7UltimateWas installing drivers, and browsing chrome when I got a BSODAfterwards, I rebooted and the motherboard got stuck on 04This is apparently pch initialization before microcode load...

Maximus VIII Gene: "00" QCode after a bios upgrade / flash

Hey Guys,I had been using Maximus VIII Gene motherboard for few weeks so I know that the build which I have works (well, not now but you get the idea.)Long story short, I had been playing with PCI-passthrough so my Windows 10 VM (linux is the only OS...

Intermittent voltage reporting

Sometimes, I can read the voltage in software such as CPU-Z and HWInfo, and other times the voltage is greyed out, or marked as 0. Example: Running 4.5ghz at 1.32v, voltage reported normally. I rebooted, changed BLCK a few points to give me 4.6ghz, a...

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