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So i built my pc a few days ago using the asus tuf b550-e wifi motherboard, thermaltake 20mt case with rgb fans and corsair vengance pro rgb ram, i installed the icue for corsair lighting, installed the patch for the lighting for the ram to work with aura sync and it did, the problem being that it doesnt start on startup, i have to open icue, then open aura sync, they link up, close icue and then set up the coloring, and of course it works but is there a way of making it work from the start? maybe deleting icue? idk

As you can see with the picture, my screen broke. This is an ASUS ROG STRIX laptop, model G733ZW-XS96 with a MFD:2022-09. I need a replacement, it's not in warranty and I'm not willing to send it to ASUS only to be assessed unknown charges to "diagnose" what is a clear problem. I would appreciate any help in locating somewhere to buy a replacement screen as the parts provider ASUS provided is being difficult to navigate. Thanks everyone!

Hello everyone, recently my RTX 3080, an Asus ROG Strix RTX 3080 V2 OC Edition, started acting strangely. I had to replace the side fans cause they started to make a terrible noise, so I disassembled, changed the fans, cleaned old thermal paste and thermal pads, new thermal pads (right size) and reassembled (no temperature problem in game, stable at 70°C on Memory and 65-68°C on Hot Spot). Since it was like 1 month of doing a terrible noise, I've been unaccustomed by the up and downs of the fans, and now it's driving me mad. As you can see all the fans do up and downs. I tried changing everything on GPU TWEAK III, the only way to solve this is to put the % on 71, which fixes the RPM of the fans. Anything between 30 and 70 keeps the fans do up and downs. I have all the drivers updated, bios of the mobo too. Tried the "NVIDIA Resizable BAR on systems with an ASUS GeForce RTX™ 30 series graphics card" RTX3080_V6 update from official support, it said that I don't need any update for it. This is my current setup: Case: be quiet! Silent Base 802 Window Black MOBO: ASUS ROG Z490-H CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K @3.80GHz Cooler: NZXT Kraken x52 GPU: Asus ROG Strix RTX 3080 V2 OC Edition RAM: Crucial Ballistix 4x8Gb @3200MHz PSU: be quiet! Straight Power 11 1000w Platinum HDD: WD Black 2 TB + WD Black 3 TB SSD: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500 GB + Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1 TB OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit Primary Monitor: LG 27GL850 27" 2k@144Hz Secondary Monitor: ASUS VA24EHE 1080p UPS: Cyberpower CP1500EPFCLCD Thank you for any help and suggestions you can give.

I have the aforementioned motherboard with a ryzen 9 7950x and 32GB of kingston hyperx fury ram KF560C36BBEAK2-32 (SK Hynix M die). I bought this memory kit, because at the time it was the cheapest M die kit with 6000 MT/s EXPO support. It did work fine with the most agressive expo enabled until I have updated my bios to the most recent (1813). After that I ran into constant bluescreen and while trying to figure out what have happened I found out that not only EXPO did not work, if I installed both stick of ram in any configuration and ran memtest I got a ton of errors in the Address test section and Moving Inversions section of memtest. I have tried running memtest with only 1 stick of ram and both dimms worked fine, even with EXPO enabled. I was running bios version 1636 before that (I know I am bit late on updating) and it worked fine with DDR5-6000. Now I have flashed back the bios to the same version (which was a chore since the EZ-flash utility says it is incompatible to any bios before 1809, so I had to use bios flashback and it takes much longer), but know ddr5-6000 spits out errors on this bios version as well. Do you guys have any idea, other than manually overclocking the ram (which is fine by me, but I would rather use EXPO if I can)? To you any of you Asus reps, who reads it: Do you have any idea if and when there will be a fix to bios version 1813, since it literally rendered my system unusable with 2 stick of ram (I got like 5 BSODs under 2 hours and corrupted my windows install). Thank you for reading this! Best of luck with EXPO, Zsoombee

I built a new PC about a year ago. It has been working well up until about a month ago when I upgraded my graphics card. Now, games crash often, it blue screens, it lags, etc. nothing changed except the graphics card. I did realize that the UPS I had it plugged into wasn’t providing enough power, but that has not fixed all the issues. SPECS: Motherboard- ASUSU Z690-e wifi RAM- G-Skill Trident Z 6000 64gb XMP CPU- Intel 13700KF overclocked to 5.8ghz SSD- Samsung Pro 1tb M.2 PCIe GPU- EVGA 3090 FTW3 PS- Corsair RM1000 does anyone know things I should check? I reinstalled windows, reset my overclocks, new thermal paste, reseated RAM and GPU, and ran the windows integrity violation check from command prompt. All drivers and windows are up to date. Stress tests seem to work fine. Cinebench scores are normal. Only bluescreens when I try to do something like turn memory integrity on/off for example (bluescreened twice and finally got it to work on the third try). Computer also likes to randomly restart with no warning when games crash.

Budget (including currency): $2600 USD Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Some AAA, mostly multitasking between MS office and Gaming, some Web Dev. Other details: (From PCPartPicker) https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mxFJmD Major qustion relating to the BIOS update required-- Based upon the support>BIOS page for the ROG X760 Gene mobo (ROG CROSSHAIR X670E GENE Support) if I should be going with the BIOS version 1303, as stated on PCPartPicker, or the 1709 that appears to be the most recent released. I am planning on using the following RAM kit with the system, in case there is any concern of incompatability at the timings profile if comes shipped with...as this kit (at profile settings is listed on the mobo vendor list): G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 and I know the SOC Voltage issue was claimed to be "for maximum memory compatability" but community consunsus is that it's a cop-out by ASUS. Any suggestions as to what BIOS I'll be working with or issues I'll be expected to fix within the UEFI before heavy use? I was expecting to be able to take advantage of EXPO II with this build, as advertised by ASUS's feature set for this unnecessarily expensive mATX motherboard.

Hi all: I just want to share some findings that I have been having with my ASUS X670E mainboard with R9 7950X and Gskillz DDR5 5400. If you have one of these ASUS X670E-Plus board I would urge you check the quality of the solder job. I've been having constant on and off issues with my computer which I built back in Sept of 2022. It would normally end up being issues with BSOD relating to accessing system files. This lead to a full system rebuilt and the computer was running completely normally. I didn't use my computer for a while with the whole ASUS power problem with overvolting AM5 chips(though it was mostly the x3D, but my processor was hitting like 1.52V under specific loads like Dwarf Fortress). I decided that what ever happens with the MB and I just needed to use my desktop, and everything was fine for the last couple of months. During the past week I started to have memory issues when using web browsers. I would get "Out of Memory" and this lead me to run some memory tests. Windows built in memory tester found hardware problems, and when I ran MemTest64 during the first 12GB of data it found 418 addressing errors and lead into a blue screen. I disabled the default EXPO settings and this allowed the computer to not BSOD, but still was running slow having problems and about every 5 tests of MemTest64 would lead to a non-BSOD crash. I went to replace the MB in my device and when I was inspecting the MB I found the contact points for the VRMs are completely cracked on a large portion of the VRMs. It looks likes this board was assembled with low quality solder as it looked dull and grainy. Photo below: I replaced the ASUS mainboard with a ASROCK X670E Pro(Yes I bought new modules) and this is the quality of the VRM solder job for comparison: I hope this is a fluke, but this is the final example I need from ASUS to not buy their products. -TSG

Please help a noob out. I have the Asus b550 tuf gaming plus wifi mobo. I recently baught the samsung odessey g5 32" monitor. Im trying my best to figure out whats the best way to connect and change setting to get the new monitor to display as high resolution as possible while using hdr plesse help. If its not possible please advise about that too. Thanks.

Budget around 70k indian rupees($850) Requirements : Casual browsing, content watching, ms office. I really want a beautiful display to look at which is most probably will be delivered by an oled laptop with atleast 90hz refresh rate and good battery. I don't want anything bigger than a 14" screen size. Would appreciate if the fans don't go off even during casual browsing. Options are ASUS Zenbook 14X OLED, Intel Core i5-12500H 12th Gen 16gb ram - $850 Take a look at this ASUS Zenbook 14X OLED AMD Ryzen 5 Hexa Core 5600HS - 16 GB ram - $660 Take a look at this ASUS Vivobook S14 OLED Intel EVO H-Series Intel Core i5 12th Gen 12500H 16gb ram - $850

Hello everyone, I own an Asus M509DA laptop with 12GB of RAM (4GB soldered onboard + 8GB in another slot). Lately, I've been facing RAM shortages while working with large Excel files. I'm considering upgrading the additional slot to a 16GB 2400MHz RAM. Before making the purchase (which is non-returnable), I'd like to know if my laptop supports this upgrade. I'm uncertain about the maximum RAM capacity my laptop can handle. Can anyone provide guidance on whether this upgrade is compatible with my Asus M509DA laptop?

I have just bought a new laptop , Asus's x13 2022 version , and for some reason my laptop's keyboard keeps going to sleep. If i don't use it constantly it will take like 2-3 seconds for it to "wake up" and start actually working. during that time the keys queue up and they all appear at once. When it's not sleeping it works fine. The os is windows 11. Thanks in advance.

Hi! 2 days ago I build my new pc using mostly new parts and reusing some from my old setup. Right now, I have: -Asus strix b650e-e Wifi motherboard -Ryzen 5 7600X cpu -Rx7800xt gpu -32gb 3 5200 corsair vengeance ram -Gigabyte p750gm psu -4tb hdd -512gb nvme -512gb sata ssd I reused my old psu and drives and right from the start I notice that when I boot to bios I can't see all my drives. Every time it shows my nvme, but others are a different story. It's a total lottery. I spend so much time trying to figure it out i tried updating to win 11 updating bios changing sata cables and noting change It's really strange for me that it can show my hdd in bios when I boot to windows I can see my ssd, or I can see only my nvme but when I boot to windows all drives work perfectly fine what can it be?

So recently my headphones broke and I'm searching to buy a new headphones up to 40 Euro and these are my options: https://www.instar-informatika.hr/market/40/offer/?catef=1699&minPrice=26&maxPrice=45&pr=1 https://www.links.hr/hr/slusalice-010706#/specFilters=1756!#-!11711&prFilter=From-12!-#!To-70 https://www.jeftinije.hr/L3/353/racunalna-oprema/slika-i-zvuk/slusalice-i-mikrofoni?craz=BZ13Z40 Razer kraken X and Razer BlackShark V2 X caught my eye on the 3rd link 35-40 euro HyperX cloud stinger 2 core on 2nd link 29 Eur Redragon H848 IRE PRO for 30 euro I could go up to 50 euro to buy Asus Tuf H3 or H1 on 1st link There's also Razer Kraken v3 X USB in store nearby for 50 euro

Every time I enable monitor overclocking, when on bios splash screen or safe mode the resolution changes al the way to 1280x1024 75hz, and only goes back up to 1440p when on Windows. When on my native refresh rate (144hz) with the overclock function disabled the problem is not there anymore. Does anyone know the reason and a fix? P.D: If change to 144hz on windows with the OC function enabled the problem is still there.

PC Specs: RTX 3060 Ryzen 5 5600X 32GB 3600Mhz CL18 (4*8) Asus ROG STRIX B550-F gaming MOBO Hi, I'm having a problem with my 1st and 3rd DIMM slots on my motherboard. The problem is that my PC crashes irregularly when I play games. It all started this summer and the changes that I had made to the PC before it started crashing were adding another identical 16GB kit of ram and an SSD. At first it didn't cross my mind that it had to do with the ram/MOBO. I thought it had to do with the CPU. But then later I began to think it was the GPU since my CPU wasn't running above 80 degrees and when the PC crashed the CPU wasn't being 100% utilized. When it crashed my PC still had power, but it didn't get any display and I couldn't do anything except turn it off with the power button. This made me believe it was the GPU. But then I sent the GPU in to the store that I bough it from and they tested it for problems for multiple days and couldn't find a problem with it. They said that I should check the ram, so I checked my ram sticks and they are identical corsair vengeance RGB RS 3600Mhz CL18, except the ones I had from the beginning were ver. 3.31 while the ones I added this summer were ver. 3.34. This led me to believe it was a compatibility issue with the two ram kits since they were different versions. But I also tested them individually (I put in one ram stick at a time, in each DIMM slot), every stick of ram worked but they only worked when I had them in either DIMM slot 2 or 4. When I tried putting them in either DIMM slot 1 or 3 the PC would power on but I wouldn't get any display. I googled if you could run a single ram stick in any of the DIMM slots and it said that you could. (I still haven't ruled out the compatibility issue with the two ram kits though I think it's unlikely to be the problem since I discovered the MOBO problem) I tried putting a single ram stick in DIMM slot 1 in two other PC's and they both worked fine unlike mine. I also tried my own ram stick in one of the computers and it worked fine. This made me sure that my sticks were not the problem. Then I tried putting in two ram sticks in DIMM slots 1 and 3 in my pc and it didn't boot. But when I put in all 32GB or ram in the PC it boots and all 32GB gets recognized by the computer even though DIMM slot 1 and 3 didn't seem to work earlier (This is also the ram configuration that crashes, 4*8GB). So I was wondering if my MOBO is broken somehow or if it's some sort of feature on Asus MOBOs (the two other PCs I tested in had MSI MOBOs) (Just to clarify I had 16GB of ram at first in the 2nd and 4th DIMM slot and it worked fine but then I added 16GB to the 1st and 3rd DIMM slot and my pc started crashing)

I have an old Asus X55C (SX030H) running an Intel Core i3-2328M @ 2.20GHz which I'm trying to upgrade a bit for fun. I easily upgraded the RAM adding an 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333MHz stick (15€) and a Samsung SSD 870 EVO of 500GB (35€). Below you can see further details about its specs. My next step is to upgrade the CPU too. What would be the best CPU upgrade for this laptop? Can I install CPUs having a higher TDP (45W vs 35W)? Maybe by using a better thermal paste and drilling some holes in the back of the cover, it can be possible to keep the temperatures low for a higher CPU's TDP. Based on the Socket G2 / Socket rPGA988B CPUs found on CPU-World.com, the only Quad-Cores with the same 35W TDP are the i7-3612QM and i7-3632QM which however have a low Base Frequency. The best 35W two cores instead are the i7-3520M and i7-3540M: Considering the 45W Quad-Cores CPUs I could choose among these: What do you suggest? Have you had an experience upgrading this laptop or others to a higher TDP CPU? Thanks

Intel Core i9-12900K Asus ROG STRIX LC II ARGB 80.95 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Asus ROG STRIX Z690-E G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 Upgraded to an ASUS ROG STRIX Z790 - A Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ( X 2) XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT 16 GB Asus ROG THOR P2 Gaming 850 W 80+ Platinum Asus TUF Gaming GT501 ATX Mid Tower Case Microsoft Windows 11 Pro ASUS ROG Chakram X Origin - mouse ROYALAXE X ProtoArc Y98 - keyboard LG UltraGear QHD 34-Inch Curved monitor Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 - audio Hisense 55 inch gaming tv Added- 4 Lian LI Unifan AL v2 IMG_7597.mov 72483840534__7ACE8E6D-900B-42C9-A42E-D9B6F27C180D.MOV

Hello, I have been experiencing some issues with my Asus GA35DX lately it has Ryzen 7, X570, 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD + 3TB HDD, WiFi 6, 750W Gold PSU (Gpu is an Asus Tuf 3080) there is a white light and it sometimes does not want to turn on. I received this yesterday, the first issue was it did not turn on after I took it out of the box when I disconnected the USB dock I had purchased that had my keyboard and mouse connected it decided to turn on (I looked at my manual and saw that I had to plug it there and even checked other ports with the same problem) it was also posting a light that I searched up for asus motherboards that had an issue with the ram but I simply powered it down and waited a bit and never saw that light. I also updated my drivers and had the same problem with the white light. I have also been seeing that my gpus performance is terrible about 150 fps on the ground on Fortnite (on medium and epic settings same results). As well as my Microsoft store not letting me download apps and is stuck at "pending". Also, I have never had my gpu fans spin. LTT LTT (2) LTT 3 LTT 4

Hey there! I am planning on changing my pc's case with the Asus Prime AP201 but can't figure out a sensible airflow. Would the one in the attached image be a good setup? I am afraid there would be too much positive pressure but otherwise there would be scarce intake since the bottom fans are only blowing air to the GPU.

So I had an Intel core i7-6700k CPU, which is an lga2011v3 socket. I was excited when I found an Asus Rampage V Extreme motherboard at a good price on Craigslist and couldn't wait to start my new build. However, the 6700K CPU does not fit that board. I was confused because all of the literature online says that the RVE is a 2011v3 board. I called Asus customer support and they, too, said it was a version 3 board. I was merely trying to make sure I didn't damage the board or the CPU trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. To further confuse the issue if you look at the board it very clearly is stamped "Lga 2011", NOT ""Lga 2011v3". I pointed this out to the customer service agent and he kept repeating what he was reading from the online product documentation. It was kind of crazy. I kept repeating to him that I understood what he was saying and that I had read the same product specs straight off from the Asus website but that I was looking at an actual real live motherboard and it was contradicting the official product info. We went round and round, back and forth and he would say he understood what I was saying but kept sending me a link to the Asus webpage for downloads for a board that I didn't have. I wasn't mad or anything, just perplexed as to what in the hell was going on. To be clear, I was a little miffed that I was going to have to buy another motherboard OR another CPU, finish the build and then sell the components that I didn't need, OR buy both a 2011 compatible CPU AND a 2011v3 compatible motherboard, and case and RAM and GPU etc .. So of course I go all in. I mean, who wouldn't?? So...long story...I thought that I was done with all of that until a friend was telling me I should've gotten a Xeon E5 2960 V2, which is supposed to be an lga 2011 socket type. But I just saw on Wikipedia it's an lga 2011v3 ??? I mean, WTF!!! These are simple questions. Is this CPU a 2011 or a V3? Same with the board. If they have different architectures and the CPU doesn't fit the socket then it's one and not the other. End of story. Why is this so hard for Asus and Intel two get this straight and why do I seem to be the first and only person to have encountered this problem?!? C'mon, people!!! Let's get it together!!! I swear to God, if I buy that Xeon CPU and it doesn't fit I'm going to be pissed off the entire time I'm building yet another computer that I don't need I mean this is getting ridiculous. I've already got four effing setups. I DO NOT want or need another computer!!!

I have 2 RT-AX55 in aimesh, one as the main router and one as a node using 5ghz back haul. I get this extremely weird aimesh dropout where the node seemingly disconnects and I lose connection to the majority of the internet except I can still connected to my windows server pc on the main router from the node. The dropout lasts about 2-5 minutes and happen maybe 0-3 times a day, but the following connections still work from a computer connected to the mesh node with Ethernet: - Remote desktop connection to a windows server connected to the main router. - SMB network drive share to the same windows server. - Gradio hosted local webui. (except the font seems to not load and becomes a default serif font) As expected, every other internet usage that needs to reach the main router stops working, including wifi on the mesh node. I've tried factory rests and updating firmware, this has been an issues for maybe over half a year now since I got the pair of routers set up. I am considering upgrading both routers, but in the mean time, this bug is quite annoying. To add: I have near ideal connection through two windows at 15m and negligible neighbor 5ghz interference.

Specs: Mobo: ASUS ROG Strix B550-F CPU: Ryzen 9 5900x RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (2x16GB) GPU: GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8GB OC PSU: CoolerMaster 600W Hi all, first post here! So, I recently upgraded my PC with a new motherboard and CPU(the ones listed above). I am having issues getting a display on the monitors, prior to this upgrade the pc had a Ryzen 7 1900 and a GA-AB350 Gaming 3 Motherboard with no issues, simply wanted to upgrade. The lights on the motherboard are as follows after pressing the power button: Green (BOOT) light and White (VGA) light which are constantly on. The monitors definitely work and I have tried different cables and also tried reseating the components. I initially thought I might have inserted the GPU incorrectly but it was fine, everything is seated as it should so I have no idea. I have also attempted to clear the CMOS, I tried to use the jumper and also by removing and reinserting the CMOS battery. Nothing has worked so far. I bought new HDMI cables that will arrive today, will update if anything helps. This has consumed half of my day and I have no idea what to try next, any help would be appreciated.

I’ve been using my rx6700s g14 for just over a year now with no problems but about three months ago all of the sudden I was getting horrible performance across the board in games. It looks like the GPU is having random dips in utilization from around 90-100 all the way down to 10-20. I’ve also noticed that the CPU is only at around 20% utilization. Is that normal?

Hey everybody! edit: I'm so sorry for such a long post, really needed to vent this First of all I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to post this kind of thing, it's literally my first post here. I'm not sure if I need/want help at this point, just really want to vent my experience and break down what happened to get some inputs/feedback if there are any. English is not my first language so I'm sorry if I say anything silly. About a month ago I bought a 2022 Asus Zephyrus G15 GA503RS laptop on a physical IT store nearby. It came with 16GBs of RAM and an empty slot. As I was buying it, I asked the store guy to get me a compatible 32GB ram stick, and ended up getting a "Team Group SO-DIMM 32GB DDR5 4800Mhz Elite CL40" so that I could upgrade it to 48GBs. Once I arrived home and was opening the laptop to install the new ram stick, I noticed the seal was broken. I should've just stopped there and see it as a red flag, but thought maybe they just opened it to test something and didn't think too much about it at the time. (but I did take a photo just in case) The laptop came with no operating system. My intention was to run Linux on it since it's what use on my daily job, but eventually decided to install Windows just to make sure everything was working properly. At first I didn't get any issues with the laptop (was just installing stuff / setting up my environment / there was no real work load on it), but after a week or 2 I had to go to the office and finally got to use it properly. Shortly after running VirtualBox on it and get some work done, the computer froze and got some screen artifacts. There was nothing I could do, so had to force shut down. Once it came back to life I started looking for possible GPU problems on reddit, and shortly after it froze again. 590f3e.mp4 Since the laptop came with no OS, I gave it the benefit of the doubt and thought maybe I screwed up installing the drivers, and on the following days I spent some time making sure everything was properly installed. I've assembled my previous 3 desktops, have an engineering degree and my previous (still functional) laptop, a Toshiba L850 has been up a running for the past 11 years with all the maintenance (and several replaced parts) done by me, so the Tech in me tried to "solve the problem" instead of playing dumb and just returning it to the store. After double checking everything, the laptop would sometimes still crash. I disabled sleep mode since it also seemed to be an issue (it would sleep and not come back) and from time to time it would also freeze on the boot logo (before getting to the BIOS) e04209.mp4 Shortly before the 30 days return policy and since I was going to return it without the ram stick, I gave it a last shot and tried to run MemTest86 to see if there were any obvious red flags. 41 seconds into the test (booted from a USB drive, so there was on OS / drivers in play) the laptop froze once again. I then removed the extra ram stick, ran everything, and... after 2hours, it PASSED. I then went to the store and tried to explain the whole troubleshoot process, gave them images/proof and told them to consider a faulty ram stick or a faulty ram slot. I didn't find the original package for the ram stick, but I had a couple anti-static bags from HDs at home, so I did a nice package to transport it. They said something like "We can't declare it as Dead On Arrival since you already installed an extra stick, but we will send it to Asus RMA" Well... I kinda understand that I "tampered with the device", but how would I find out about a faulty slot without ever using it? Or a fault ram stick without using it? It's like buying a new motherboard, attaching stuff to it (it's what they're made for) and then have some guy saying "well, now that you changed the variables, we can't promise you anything" At the time I was like "Yeah well, whatever, just put everything I said and done on the report and send it to Asus". I'm aware that Asus only takes the "original configuration" on their RMA process, so I asked if I should keep the ram stick to myself or leave it with them. They insisted that I also keep it there, since it could be a stick problem, so they would try to test different sticks on it and also run tests on that one. The process took about 2 weeks and then I received an e-mail saying that everything was ready to be picked up at the store. Once I got there, I asked the guy (this time was actually a girl) if they could tell me the report feedback and she was like "Yeah sure, we haven't looked into it, but they usually leave a written report inside the package" I went to read it and it said something like: "Problem solved. The laptop presented some weird noise on the speakers, and they were replaced under warranty" I was speechless. Didn't they read the whole thing about the crashes and the ram? There was no double check on the report made by the store? I couldn't care less about the speakers, I never even used them and have no idea there was actually a problem or not. The "good news" is, they opened my "tampered device" and found nothing wrong with it. I then asked if they even tried to troubleshoot the second ram slot, and they were like "Oh, since it originally comes empty, Asus will not test that". So... I can now start selling laptops with faulty slots because "the empty ones will not be tested anyway", how does that work? I asked for my ram stick and the lady started looking for it (oh god) saying it had to be somewhere... it was sent without any packaging just stumbling around on an empty card box. Now I started getting really angry and trying to fight for my rights, it was no longer about "helping them troubleshoot the thing", I wanted to see something getting done. The ram stick has a life time warranty (whatever that means) so I asked if they at least concluded that there was a problem there, and the lady tells me "Well, if you want, you can leave it here and we will test it for you" Lady... You guys have been holding it for the past 2 weeks, wasn't that the whole point of leaving it here? She ended up apologizing for the whole thing, asked for 1 more week there and said they would RMA it again to Asus while trying to make sure the original report was accounted for. Any input you guys can give me on this? What are my options here? Any known policy on empty slots? How can I ask them to make sure they work since "they are unused on the original configuration"? I get the feeling I'm gonna end up with my money burned on this, they will take no accountability for the whole thing and just say "it is what it is".

Dear LTT community, I hope our collected knowledge can help me fix this problem that is driving me crazy currently. Hardware: I built an ITX setup in January this year and for some reason, my BIOS keeps resetting after every shutdown (not only on A/C loss!). You could think, that this is quite easy - the CMOS battery must be dead. But that does not seem to be the case as the time and date is always correct, even after unplugging the PC from power for several hours. The CMOS battery seems to be fine. Upon powering the PC up, it shows the message "Please enter setup to recover bios settings", indicating that some test failed. In the bios, all settings are back to default and I have to adjust the settings manually or load from a profile, which I created earlier (the profile also seems to survive shutdowns/power losses). This is quite annoying as I use the PC while travelling as a mobile gaming setup and it's impractical to reconfigure the BIOS on every boot. As long as the PC is running, I face no issues at all, it's perfect. But when shutting it down for a few minutes, the problems occur (reboots and shutdown and instant boot are no problem). Things I already tried: Resetting BIOS by flashing the latest BIOS Updating BIOS to latest version Reinstalling Windows with all drivers from ASUS website Running full memtestx86 (all four tests pass 100% with no errors) Running Heavyload 100% sustained CPU+GPU+RAM+SSD load for 60 minutes, temps never higher than 75 °C, no errors Checking CMOS battery status in HWINFO Turning XMP/DOCP on and off Using BIOS with default settings I had an Asrock x570 TB3/iTX before the Asus board, which faced similar issues (but that seemed to be intentional, as described in many Reddit and forum threads) so I switched to the Asus board. On the Asrock one, the BIOS also lost track of the time, indicating that it is a different issue. I am unsure how to fix this or proceed now. Has anyone else faced similar issues? I am thinking that the CPU might be broken, but currently I am not desperate enough to buy another CPU just for debugging reasons. Taking my ITX build apart is always a lot of work and I just want the system to work. Best regards and thanks to all of you for your efforts! Moritz