Z390 return or try it out?

[JustSum]

So i received a z390 and the 1st thing i did was look at the pins ,one of the pins is straight up .

So bend it back down or just return it?

[Mister Woof]

you're gonna have to point it out, i can't see shit (probably my fault)

[JustSum]

1 minute ago, Plutosaurus said:

you're gonna have to point it out, i can't see shit (probably my fault)

 

[SpookyCitrus]

Did you buy a used board? If it's only one and it's slightly bent you can try to carefully bend it back, however if it was bought new or from an online retailer you should definitely just return it, better safe than sorry.

[JustSum]

1 minute ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Did you buy a used board? If it's only one and it's slightly bent you can try to carefully bend it back, however if it was bought new or from an online retailer you should definitely just return it, better safe than sorry.

It was like new from amazon still has all the plastic . I'll just return it no point. I'm sure i can just bend it back but why risk it.

[Mister Woof]

Look at the pinout for Z390 and see what that pin is for; it might not even really be needed. Or it could be critical. lol dunno

[Mister Woof]

Just now, JustSum said:

It was like new from amazon still has all the plastic . I'll just return it no point. I'm sure i can just bend it back but why risk it.

Personally I'd never buy a used LGA board, but that's just me. I can't see shit and those pins are tiny lol. I would never be able to tell

[SpookyCitrus]

1 minute ago, JustSum said:

It was like new from amazon still has all the plastic . I'll just return it no point. I'm sure i can just bend it back but why risk it.

Even if like new never buy a used motherboard without heavily testing. That's a big no no in my book, return it for your money back and spend the extra few bucks you saved to buy it brand new. Amazon Warehouse doesn't really test or check the PC components they get back, they go by the person returning it saying oh it was the wrong part, or not needed anymore, and visibly inspect then send it out as used and whatever condition they feel is justifiable. I bet it was never tested or had the socket inspected.

[JustSum]

Just now, SpookyCitrus said:

Even if like new never buy a used motherboard without heavily testing. That's a big no no in my book, return it for your money back and spend the extra few bucks you saved to buy it brand new. Amazon Warehouse doesn't really test or check the PC components they get back, they go by the person returning it saying oh it was the wrong part, or not needed anymore, and visibly inspect then send it out as used and whatever condition they feel is justifiable. I bet it was never tested or had the socket inspected.

Will do XD, i still feel like i should test it out but nah, i'll buy a new one.

any decent z390 under 180$. ive a evga z370 ftw but that one is going to my friend sold.

[SpookyCitrus]

2 minutes ago, JustSum said:

Will do XD, i still feel like i should test it out but nah, i'll buy a new one.

any decent z390 under 180$. ive a evga z370 ftw but that one is going to my friend sold.

You can't go wrong with the Z390 Aorus boards.

The Z390 Aorus Pro is like $189 on Amazon and the Z390 Aorus Elite is $172 on Amazon. You can look around on other sites too and check for other prices.

 

[Jurrunio]

https://www.eteknix.com/kabylake-vs-coffee-lake-lga1151-pinout-differences-revealed/

 

maybe just a ground pin? I'll try it

[JustSum]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

https://www.eteknix.com/kabylake-vs-coffee-lake-lga1151-pinout-differences-revealed/

 

maybe just a ground pin? I'll try it

its AY 18. so thats ground? o,o lol.

[Mister Woof]

1 minute ago, JustSum said:

its AY 18. so thats ground? o,o lol.

I can't see shit on the letters on the pin, and i didn't see a legend. but brown is a good indicator for ground.

[JustSum]

Just for the kicks im going to try it before returning it lol. I bent it back into place .

[Mister Woof]

13 minutes ago, JustSum said:

Just for the kicks im going to try it before returning it lol. I bent it back into place .

I'll bet 5 chocobo feathers that it works.

[JustSum]

Sometimes i get soo confused.....

Soo i was about to return it and i chatted with an amazon agent about replacing it with a new one told me send picture of the pin , i did.Then the agent gave me a 10$ credit for future purchases  ,and told me that we cant issue a replacement only refund. So i was like close the chat ill try to see if the board even works ,still haven't tried it waiting on cpu.

Check my phone and  refund.....

 

Thats wierd is i received the board in the morning and ups has not even updated the tracking for delivered. So i hope i can keep the board lol i wasnt told to return or anything just shows refunded.

[JustSum]

Well it turns on lol.

Used an i5 8600k on the board just to see if it works.

But my lord gigabyte home screen is soo bad compare to my evga doesnt show no info cpu temps nothing that i I noticed. I would think going from my evga ftw z370 to this would be a better experience.

[Mister Woof]

3 minutes ago, JustSum said:

Well it turns on lol.

Used an i5 8600k on the board just to see if it works.

But my lord gigabyte home screen is soo bad compare to my evga doesnt show no info cpu temps nothing that i I noticed. I would think going from my evga ftw z370 to this would be a better experience.

The temps and voltage at bios are kinda useless anyway.

 

Let's be honest almost nobody ever uses that information

[JustSum]

9 minutes ago, Plutosaurus said:

The temps and voltage at bios are kinda useless anyway.

 

Let's be honest almost nobody ever uses that information

Yeah but come on it doesnt have reset cmos that I noticed no ,only 1 hdmi my other board ias hdmi and hdmi and display port. Yes im just 

nitpicking. Thnx for all the help.

Ps. Yes ik no one buys this kinda board to use the integrated gpu, but i do use. Time to emty my sistem.

[Mister Woof]

10 minutes ago, JustSum said:

Yeah but come on it doesnt have reset cmos that I noticed no ,only 1 hdmi my other board ias hdmi and hdmi and display port. Yes im just 

nitpicking. Thnx for all the help.

Ps. Yes ik no one buys this kinda board to use the integrated gpu, but i do use. Time to emty my sistem.

 

I used the integrated video on my motherboard a few times for extra displays.

 

My gigabyte board has 1xhdmi and 1xDP though.

 

wife's gigabyte z390 M gaming also has 1xhdmi and 1xdvi, lol, weird that the newer board has old ass dvi

[Falkentyne]

25 minutes ago, JustSum said:

Well it turns on lol.

Used an i5 8600k on the board just to see if it works.

But my lord gigabyte home screen is soo bad compare to my evga doesnt show no info cpu temps nothing that i I noticed. I would think going from my evga ftw z370 to this would be a better experience.

So are they letting you keep the board AND the refund? 

[Mister Woof]

1 minute ago, Falkentyne said:

So are they letting you keep the board AND the refund? 

he'll prob. get a shipping label email in a few hours

[Mister Woof]

@JustSum

 

i think the temps/voltage readouts are there, they just hide on the side.

 

i looked at my BIOS and you can click the expand bar to see them again. Arrow on the right for expand/collapse.

[JustSum]

14 minutes ago, Plutosaurus said:

he'll prob. get a shipping label email in a few hours

Nah amazon always tells me to send the item back then ill get the refund since i never asked them to refund.  I've gotten lucky from amazon once they sent me 2 1tb ssd when i only paid for one. Also got a free i7 4770k and a gtx 1070 .when things like this happens to me its a keeper.Ill update if i do get to keep it lol. Also ups never updated the the tracking.

[SpookyCitrus]

9 minutes ago, JustSum said:

Nah amazon always tells me to send the item back then ill get the refund since i never asked them to refund.  I've gotten lucky from amazon once they sent me 2 1tb ssd when i only paid for one. Also got a free i7 4770k and a gtx 1070 .when things like this happens to me its a keeper.Ill update if i do get to keep it lol. Also ups never updated the the tracking.

Yeah I've had a few items I've purchased where they didn't tell me to send the item back, I even weeks later asked if they wanted it back and they said not to worry about it. One instance where I ordered a monitor for a customer that was like $130 and they accidentally sent me a Walker, like one for the elderly to get around with, and the shipping label and amazon sticker on the product box said it was the monitor. I contacted them and the guy gave me a $10 credit, sent out a replacement, and said to donate or resell the walker. It was like a $200 walker and I flipped it on Facebook Marketplace for $160. They usually when on chat will specifically tell you to send it back and when refunded or replacement is sent out you will receive a label for shipping it back, every time they didn't say to send the product back I haven't had to.