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I have given up, looks like i'm now building a second rig to fault find my main rig!

Nope, and I have have a large UPS on it. But yeah all I can think of is it was some kind of static or power issue. I'm now wondering if the CPU is toast and that's why it won't start. But i don't have anything to test it with.

Ok so weird situation, I have a PC that was working fine, but then it wouldn't boot. Nothing had changed I used the PC then went to bed and the next morning when I pressed the power button the the motherboard LEDs just glowed red and it did not boot. So I went through the RMA process with the mobo and got a replacement, but the PC still won't boot. When I power it up the mobo lights up and everything looks normal, but the RAM doesn't light up and the PC won't boot. I've attached a speaker and I don't get any beep codes, and i've tried everything I can think of, removing all but one RAM, no GPU unfortunately I only have one rig so I can't test the CPU in anything, the PSU seems ok as the motherboard powers up but nothing else does. Any suggestions? Motherboard - Asus ROG Maximus XI Formula CPU - 9900k PSU - Dark Power Pro 1000W RAM - G.Skill Trident Z RGB

Ignore me, I tried a smaller screen and it works ok.

Hey guys, i'm building a new rig and have the motherboard, ram, cpu and hdd installed but I can't get to the bios. The MB comes up with the A9 code and states HDD BIOS Setup Menu on the LED display. I'm only testing at this stage and don't have a graphics card yet, but wanted to get to the BIOS to have a play around and check everything looked ok and maybe install windows. I've connected the onboard HDMI port to the monitor via HDMI cable but not getting anything on screen? CPU: Intel - Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.69 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Motherboard: Asus - ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA ATX LGA1151 Motherboard Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-4133 Memory Storage: Samsung - 860 Pro 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Samsung - 970 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive Case: be quiet! - DARK BASE PRO 900 | ORANGE rev. 2 ATX Full Tower Case Power Supply: be quiet! - Dark Power Pro 11 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply Monitor: Dell - AW3418DW 34.1" 3440x1440 120 Hz Monitor Keyboard: Razer - Huntsman Elite Wired Gaming Keyboard Mouse: Razer - Mamba Elite Wired Optical Mouse Headphones: Razer - ManO'War 7.1 Channel Headset Speakers: Logitech - G560 120 W 2.1ch Speakers

The 3rd port can be configured as either a second lan or wan port as far as I can tell.

after a bit of research I think i'm going to give this a go https://www.ubnt.com/unifi-routing/usg/

i've moved to a new house and there is limited bandwidth due to the distance from the exchange, but I do have two separate phonelines each with a 8mbps DSL internet connection. I was wondering how to go about using both and load balancing my network traffic across them, would it be worth the effort/cost?

Looks like that answers that question then although they tested with a i7 7700k CPU, which wasn't quick enough to max out the storage transfer rate, but how much more CPU before the SATA SSD was causing a bottleneck?

really I thought they were faster? I would have gone for M.2 but the mobo is too old for that. I has two SATA3 connectors, so 1 x 1TB Samsung 860 Pro it is then.

Hi, i've been upgrading an old PC, and having upgraded the CPU and GPU the old SSD is letting it down so I was thinking of upgrading to a Corsair - Neutron NX500 400GB PCI-E Solid State Drive for the boot drive, its a bit pricy. I was thinking of adding a Samsung 860 Pro 512GB SSD for storage/steam library so don't really need 400gb for the boot drive, any suggestions? http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11133020 CPU: Intel - Core i7-980X Extreme Edition 3.33GHz 6-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Motherboard: Asus - P6X58-E WS ATX LGA1366 Motherboard Memory: Kingston - Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory Memory: Kingston - Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory Storage: Kingston - SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Crucial - M500 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Video Card: MSI - Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card Case: Corsair - 600T Mesh (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: Corsair - Enthusiast 650W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition 39.9 CFM 120mm Fan Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans Case Fan: Thermaltake - CL-F015-PL20BL-A 129.6 CFM 200mm Fan

thanks, i've been doing some more reading and there are a couple of things... I read that you should use odd multipliers? That seems a bit weird is there any truth in that? The other thing is disabling turbo boost... which seams to make sense, but I can't find the option to disable it in the bios. I tried disabling speed step whatever that is but it didn't seem to make any difference.

Ok so I've done a bit more tweaking and got the bclk up to 137. When I went to 138 windows wouldn't load and got blue screen. 137 take it up to 4.39Ghz, it seems stable but when i run the stress test in real bench it stops after a few mins, i've not tried any other test yet. I have not touched the voltage yet and it is still set to auto, CPU-Z says core voltage is 1.336v When I tested at 136 it ran a full 15 min stress test using real bench without any problems, core temps only reached 80 degrees. As firelighter487 said it still holds up for its age, once I've maxed out the CPU I intend to do the same with the GPU and RAM.

Hi, i'm playing around with an old i7 980x and trying to learn a bit about overclocking. I have done some research online and currently have a stable 4.2Ghz using a 32 x ratio, but want to push it further. I have a Corsair H100i fitted and get about 35 degrees idle and 80 after 15 mins under max load. I've read that I should disable turbo, but couldn't find it in the bios, also that in order to fine tune the overclock I should increase the bclk but I can't find that either. I've also read that I should increase the voltage once over 4ghz but there is lots of conflicting information about that. I have a Asus P6X58D-E motherboard, with 3 x 8GB 2400 RAM. Any tips or advice would be welcome, i'm not doing this for any reason, other than to learn. Most of the hardware is 10 years old and so i'm just playing around to see how far I can push it and still get a stable system. CPU: Intel - Core i7-980X Extreme Edition 3.33GHz 6-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Motherboard: Asus - P6X58-E WS ATX LGA1366 Motherboard Memory: Kingston - Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory Memory: Kingston - Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory Storage: Kingston - SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Crucial - M500 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Video Card: MSI - Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card Case: Corsair - 600T Mesh (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: Corsair - Enthusiast 650W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition 39.9 CFM 120mm Fan Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans Case Fan: Thermaltake - CL-F015-PL20BL-A 129.6 CFM 200mm Fan

Ok so i've learnt some stuff, but still no joy... Updated sli profiles - No change Changed SLP profile for Kombustor - No change Removed and reinstalled all nvida drivers and software - No change Tested with Crysis - Didn't load just got a blank black screen had to power cycle pc Tested with PUBG - Got black screen but could hear intro music, had to power cycle pc Tested with DOTA and noticed that the second GPU went up to 7% utilisation while the first GPU was at 80% (worked in full screen, when switched to windowed screen went blank had to powercycle pc)