DescentBB

dissent

was a bit of an adventure getting the BIOS updated but it's done now. Went smoothly once I was able to find the BIOS update file while in the Qflash screen. Was mildly annoyed that I had to reset my PIN. The BIOS screen looks quite a bit different once it's been updated. Also seems like it may have ...

dissent

Hey. Awesome. Guess I should start a clock more info here - https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206529/intel-13th-14th-gen-crashing-instability-cpu-voltage-q-a Looks like I better get up to speed on that mb BIOS update after all. Yuck. I was not at all impressed with the clarity of Gigabyte's info ...

dissent

Oh lookee; a couple things. I ran across a story talking about a recently discovered "PKfail" vulnerability that affects many systems, and I presume, perhaps my Gigabyte mb. Should I be worried about this? In the course of searching around that issue, I decided to determine the secure Boot status of ...

dissent

Nope, haven't tried that yet. Been avoiding it since everything is working ok once it does boot up and it (the load optimized defaults thing) doesn't annoy me that much (yet). That could change.

dissent

yeah, so it turns out the issue isn't ACTUALLY cleared. Even with XMP on I am still getting the same boot failure when rebooting. And "load optimized defaults" gets the system back up and running fine. Annoying. But since i'm not rebooting that often,I'll try to live with it. Lightroom and Photoshop ...

dissent

curiously, I just had to do a restart due to Windows Update. When I had the usual boot failure I went into the BIOS menu and saw that XMP was turned off! I turned it back on (XMP1) and restarted and voila - no boot failure.

So I had to turn XMP on, not off, to clear the issue. Go figure.

dissent

ftr, the memory kit I ended up with wasn't the DDR5-6200 initially spec'd, but a 2x32GB DDR5-5600 CL-40 kit

dissent

I did a search on "vccsa gigabyte z790 aorus elite ax" and the first item is a reddit where people are complaining about this board running DDR5 (Corsair?) and XMP. I think this started when I turned on XMP so maybe I'll turn that off and see what happens. Next timeI get into the BIOS I'll make a ...

dissent

yeah, the boot failure thing .... it's still happens, whenever I reboot the system. doesn't appear to be a major problem since I can just have it "Load optimized defaults and reboot" and it seems to reboot just fine. But it's annoying. Is there a systematic way to go about diagnosing what is the ...

dissent

Sweet!

dissent

That's how I roll ...

dissent

yeah, guess so I went here - https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/Z790-AORUS-ELITE-AX-rev-1x/support#support-dl-driver-chipset and ran the driver install for the Intel Serial IO driver and HID event Filter. That cleared both of the unknown checkmarks in Device Manager. Still feel like I'm ...

dissent

Yeah thanks. I had seen these pages which I was searching around but the descriptions are not written for simpletons such as myself, so I held off using them. OK, so I ran the DSA and got the Intel ARC Controller Then I went ahead and ran the INF Utility and rebooted. This seems to have resolved ...

dissent

Just ran into an apparent snag of some sort. Finally getting into the weeds to bulk transfer my files and folder structure to the new machine. However, it seems that under Device Manager Other devices I have a bunch of PCI devices and and SM Bus Controller with bad drivers that need updating. Win 11 ...

dissent

So I get one of the newer Raptor Lake cpus for the latest build and Intel promptly (LOL!) rolls out a notice that that some Windows Updates are causing BSODs due to their (Intel's) crappy microcode. Yeah,my CPUID is among the affected. I'm pausing Windows Updates for a week to see what happens. So ...

dissent

I've been a mediocre player for many years. From time to time I can spot the puzzle solutions quickly on chess.com

dissent

Thanks for starting this thread Isaac. I may take a swing at making digital copies of some of my old tapes, and not just music.

dissent

Or I could just leave it off til Microsoft fixes their shi... er, stuff. Why is it my job to beta test Microsoft's latest attempt to "help" me?

dissent

No takers, huh.

dissent

So, leave Off or turn On? Leave Disabled or set to Enabled?

My crude understanding is that this is off by default because otherwise it breaks lots of programs and drivers.

Any perspectives?

dissent

So, as I understand it, all I need to get to add 1-2 led light strips is to get the openrgb software and then find the 1-2 short light strips that will plug into the 5V addressable led strip headers on the motherboard. Is that correct? Finding the correct piece of led strip kit seems to be the rate ...

dissent

yeah, I was looking at the open rgb too. This is gonna take a little figuring ... As long as I can control the intensity of the led strip illumination, which it looks like openrgb does, then it might work as I'm planning it edit - XMP enabled. didn't realize this would not only allow voltage ...

dissent

Gah! I think I'll hold off on XMP for the time being and see how things go. I had eschewed rgb in this build because I didn't want anything too garish. However, now that it's up and running the large dark black box looks a little forlorn. Methinks it might be nice to have at least one strip of rgb ...

dissent

Always nice when it POSTs on the first attempt (though POSTing when XMP is not enabled yet almost doesn't count). I wouldn't put it past them to have renamed it after the exploit in order to avoid people looking it up on the internet, but that name is actually more descriptive and helpful for ...

dissent

Great Jumpin' Jehosephat! It posted on the initial power up! On to system checks ... Hey Krom - It does not appear to be called "App Center" in my BIOS screen. Where I see the App Center item on several other videos, mine is just called Gigabyte Utilities Downloader. I suppose that is the item I ...

dissent

Good luck with your system build. I got a gigabyte graphics card too. Thanks. I hope so. A little annoying that the 4000D case front panel header plugs don't have a simple plus and minus stamped on the leads (edit: except for the power one). Have an arrow that apparently indicates the + lead, but ...

dissent

I went with the Gigabyte graphics card.
Waiting for the spinning drives to show up.
God, I hope it posts.

dissent

... and, ay, caramba! Choosing a graphics card, I had settled initially on this card: Gigabyte EAGLE OC GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB. Then ... I also took a look at this one : Zotac Twin Edge OC GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Video Card The Gigabyte Eagle OC GeForce RTX 3060Ti is $365 and has three fans and a ...

dissent

Thanks man. I had no idea. Eff it then. I’ll just stick with the Gigabyte mobo and find a 2x32 that matches with it and turn off the app center Time to get this done. EDIT : I think I may back the CPU down to an i7-13700K instead of the i9-13900K. EDIT : OK, looks like i'll go with the i7-13700k and ...

dissent

IGigabyte motherboards have an ongoing critical security issue involving a UEFI setting that downloads and installs drivers and gigabyte apps on a windows install automatically, disabling it is all that is necessary to mitigate it. The setting is called "APP Center Download & Install", disable this ...

dissent

if your primary concern is photoshop and lightroom, have you considered a mac? Yes, but ... ... in spite of my iPhone and iPad I'm not sure if I'd like to go full Mac-iverse. Everything else I have is Windows and, as for learning new tricks, I'm a pretty old dog. Windows still gets me where I need ...

dissent

Thanks Krom. Looks like Noctua web site CPU compatibility is fine for the i9-13900K; the Corsair case should be just fine with 66mm of clearance for the 45mm high ram modules. The NH-D15S also lists compatibility with a 120 mm fan instead of the usual 140 mm; I suppose I could add a 120mm fan to the ...

dissent

I'm starting to get the idea that air cooling for the i9-13900k may be problematic, so i'm not married to the raptor lake cpu. I was looking at the Noctua NH-D15 also but some sites seem ok with it for the i9 and others not so much.

dissent

and also, how does one determine if there's enough clearance between to RAM and installed CPU and cooler; or if the other components won't bump into something else in the case? There is a warning about this when you list the chosen components at pcpartspicker but I can't make out if there's a way to ...

dissent

oooff. sorry got interrupted mid-post construction and didn't think it landed. apparently it did. Purpose of the system is pretty much what I have now, mostly Lightroom, Photoshop, etc, family history apps, and other stuff. Don't dabble much in gaming This system build is to sort of match what I do ...

dissent

https://pcpartpicker.co edit: ooh fer cryin' out loud ........

dissent

I see Corsair has a selection of options at this link for the Intel Z77 chipset -
https://tinyurl.com/yeyjahs4

A little pricier but still not too bad

dissent

The configurator scan at Crucial pointed me to this item - Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3L 1600 (PC3L 12800) Desktop Memory Model CT2K102464BD160B From "Infinilink"; in stock, ships from .... Australia. So there's that The configurator at GSkills listed a number of options, such as - F3-8500CL7D-8GBRL ...

dissent

oh buggers. looks like this might not work. I even thought about throwing 8MB sticks in all 4 slots if the price was right, but this RAM configurator doesn't even seem to show 8MB sticks as compatible, even though the board is supposed to be able to support 32 GB.

My head hurts.

dissent

So what do I need to worry about if I wanted to swap out the two 2 4GB Crucial memory sticks I currently have on my Intel DZ77BH55K Z77 motherboard. Was looking to beef up the two sticks to 8GB each, so I was looking at some GSkill F3-1600C9D-16GXM (DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24)? Will it work? Is the ...

Search found 2149 matches