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Motherboards with Intel processors / Re: Which Z790 Aorus Xtreme X drivers

« Last post by dmdilks on March 20, 2024, 02:55:32 pm »

After you install windows the first thing it does is it wants to install Gigabyte's control center Right? By chance it doesn't install the GCC download it and install it. Then just let it do it's thing. It will install the drivers you need for the board.

In the list of things it wants to install. I would uncheck like the antivirus and the Bios updated.

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Motherboards with Intel processors / Which Z790 Aorus Xtreme X drivers

« Last post by lawrencewilliams on March 18, 2024, 08:02:38 pm »

Hi,

Splashed out on the Z790 Aorus Xtreme X, I don't need it, just decided to go for it.
Pairing it with i9-14900K, Corsair 2 x 6400 CMT64GX5M2B6400C32 ver 5.43.01, Asus Rog Strix 4090 OC.

Apart from the BIOS, what else might be needed / best to update for a general gaming setup please? There are 19 drivers and I doubt that all of them would be of use to me. So do I install all 19? If not, which ones please?
Not doing RAID.
And the Utilities, I take it that only the RGB and latest Control Centre package are needed?

Thanks


These are the ones that are available, are all of them needed to be updated?

AUDIO
DTS- SFX

CHIPSET
Intel® GNA Scoring Accelerator  (AI speech_
Intel® Dynamic Tuning Technology (APO) Driver
Intel Serial I/O driver
Intel HID Event Filter
Intel Management Engine Firmware
Intel Chipset Device Software

LAN
Intel i225 LAN driver
Intel i225 LAN Preinstall driver
Aquantia LAN Preinstall Driver
Aquantia LAN Driver

SATA RAID
Intel SATA Preinstall driver
Intel Rapid Storage Technology

THUNDERBOLT
Thunderbolt Driver

VGA
Intel Graphic Driver

WLAN+BT
Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 Bluetooth Driver
Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 WIFI driver

UTILITIES
GIGABYTE IT5701 RGB lighting controller firmware upgrade package
GIGABYTE Control Center Full Installation Package

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All other GIGABYTE products / M28U monitor: Type-C to Type-C issues.

« Last post by MarkJohnson on March 08, 2024, 01:38:50 am »

My Dell laptop is connected to the M28U with type-c to Type-c cable, but the keyboard/mouse won't work.

Speakers work.

The keyboard/mouse work on my desktop that uses Display Port cable (2.1) and the USB-B cable to the desktop Type-A USB 3.1 (Red) port also.

I'm not sure what is going on?

I installed M28U monitor driver and sidekick.  but still no mouse keyboard to Type-C to Type-C of my laptop.

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Motherboards with AMD processors / Re: Aorus x670E Master and Bios Hell!

« Last post by dmdilks on March 07, 2024, 12:45:55 pm »

The one I don't understand how the GCC did the update on the Bios. I have install the GCC many times and the Bios update is always uncheck. The only thing you have left is to down grade the bios to what you had.

Plus if you are talking to support ask them if you do this will the board still be in warranty. If something happens with down grade. It looks like you can do the down grade. Because they do have it some times when you do a Bios upgrade can't go back. But this it looks like you can.

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Motherboards with AMD processors / Re: Aorus x670E Master and Bios Hell!

« Last post by Bobins on March 06, 2024, 08:48:45 pm »

At 6400 I've run memtest86 for 24hrs and the memory reports no errors so the issues with the bios doesn't seem to be memory related. I've tried running it without XMP and I still have problems.
I've narrowed the audio/video stuttering specifically to the use of the default "auto" setting in the fan type when a manual fan profile is used.
If I use a manual fan profile (controlling my pump speed and setting the fan speeds dependant on water temperature) with the fan type set to "auto" i get the audio buzz and video stutter. If I set the fan type to the exact fan type (PWM or Vol) the the problem goes away.
This bios is unstable though. The motherboard doesn't always sleep or shutdown properly needing a complete power down to recover. I can tell when this state is present because the onboard LEDs stay illuminated when the system is off despite the bios setting in bios for LEDs Off when powered down.
Sometimes on boot the network isn't detected. This is only solved if I go into bios and use F10 to exit without making any changes.
Sometimes the system won't boot with a windows BSOD reporting ACPI BIOS Error 

Gigabyte say I can regress the bios back to an earlier version but I'm nervous about this because I've heard of others bricking their system trying it.
I'm beginning to wonder if the motherboard itself is suspect.

 

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Motherboards with AMD processors / Re: Aorus x670E Master and Bios Hell!

« Last post by dmdilks on February 23, 2024, 01:31:18 pm »

My memory is Corsair Vengeance DDR5 7000. When I bought the memory, I knew I would not get a speed of 7000 using XMP as this was an AMD platform not Intel.

This means the bios versions after v13d have all reduce my system performance and caused system instability.

There is the problem memory. I have said this in past and saying it again. Faster memory doesn't really run any faster then the base speed of the memory. I buy the lowest speed memory if can with the lowest cache too. 

The only time you will really see any speed in memory is on a server. The normal person is not going see a difference between 4800 to 7000 memory. Just run your memory at base speed and see what happens. Turn off the XMP.

I have been dealing with memory for ever. My first memory was PC66. You know it might not be the Bios. It could be the memory. Plus on the GCC when I 1st install it before I update anything. I uncheck things like the Bios update. I only use it to install drivers. After that it is turn off. That way you don't run into any problems.

Any time I do any fan adjustment it is in the Bios. On fast boot I never use it. I really don't care if takes a few extra seconds to boot. So what I'm going to say start at the basic settings. You not going to see any system performance change.

One more thing the base speed is 4800. When you go in and change it to the XMP. You are now OC'ing the memory. What I would try is run 1 stick at a time to see if it is memory.     

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Motherboards with AMD processors / Re: Aorus x670E Master and Bios Hell!

« Last post by Bobins on February 22, 2024, 10:05:04 am »

I didn't want to update my bios and GCC decided it was going to do it when GCC got updated.

After extensive testing I ended up in a situation where the motherboard would not even boot. This necessitated a complete CMOS reset.
I have discovered that the instability is related to memory and that if Fast Boot is selected and there is a memory issue, instead of the bios reporting the error, it hangs. The only way to get out of this situation is the CMOS reset.

My memory is Corsair Vengeance DDR5 7000. When I bought the memory, I knew I would not get a speed of 7000 using XMP as this was an AMD platform not Intel.
With bios v13d, a memory test would run 24hrs stable at 6800 (XMP) with memory voltage/timing settings on Auto.
With bios v13 the system seemed generally stable but with occasional BSODs.
With bios v21 the system was totally unstable and almost unbootable.
With bios v22b it boots but regularly BSODs. In all cases the BSOD error changed every time.

I have gone back to testing and discovered that the bios versions after 13d will not run my memory at 6800. Indeed, it won’t run at 6600 either. I’ve had to drop the speed to 6400 to get stability.
This means the bios versions after v13d have all reduce my system performance and caused system instability. ☹

Also, any setting of a manual fan profile in the bios or using GCC causes a buzzing noise and video stuttering at about 5 second intervals in playback of any video file. If the fan profile is set at default, this doesn’t happen.
If bios is set to a standard fan profile and GCC set to manual start, the buzzing doesn't occur but as soon as you start GCC and it loads the Performance file, buzzing problem occurs.

I need to use a manual fan profile to adjust my water pump speed by water temperature.

Gigabyte say I should be able to revert back to bios v13d but I'm nervous. Can't risk bricking the system. Has anyone here experience of reverting their bios?

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Motherboards with AMD processors / Re: Aorus Elite B550 V2 Rev1.1 and Sapphire AMD RX6700 Pulse 4 beeps

« Last post by Kamui on February 21, 2024, 08:22:48 am »

Of course the store did not have another Sapphire RX 6700 Pulse to test and why should they. 6700 seems to be stopped producing as I found almost no stock in any shop.
But If they had it will work good probably. Do not forget that my initial card was a same model sapphire rx6700 pulse again and after using it for 1,5 year the fan got burned they replaced it with that buggy one.

Yesterday I went again to the store and returned the GPU with the excuse that it does not work specifically on any Gigabyte Aorus Elite V2 B550, hopefully to force them test on that motherboard. Before that I asked the guy to do a testing and put the card to a "recent" system. He had a system with an ASUS mobo and an Intel i5-115XX. The GPU booted flawlessly to this system (so another motherboard to count).
The check was to see in CPU-Z if the card is identified as x16 or x8 on a "working system". Of course the test passed successfully.

The card seems to work on any MB except that specific Gigabyte model. I didn't have any other Gigabyte MOBO to test if this is a generic problem with all Gigabytes.

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Motherboards with AMD processors / Re: Aorus Elite B550 V2 Rev1.1 and Sapphire AMD RX6700 Pulse 4 beeps

« Last post by dmdilks on February 20, 2024, 06:15:52 pm »

I understand what your saying. Did the store try another sapphire card to see if it is the card. The same card as yours? RX-6700. If it isn't working on 3 different MB then the issue is the card. I think what you said the card work on they MB's but not yours or your friends.

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Motherboards with AMD processors / Re: Aorus Elite B550 V2 Rev1.1 and Sapphire AMD RX6700 Pulse 4 beeps

« Last post by Kamui on February 19, 2024, 02:06:10 pm »

Hi dmdilks and thanks for the answer.

1st let me update that today I got the mobo replacement. Now it's the same Aorus Elite V2 but rev1.2 (I had rev 1.1)
Plugged the card but...again 4 beeps. This is the 3rd Aorus Elite V2 that this GPU card doesn't like to cooperate.

I understand your story but in my case I had a Sapphire AMD Radeon RX6700 10GB Pulse on my Gigabyte Aorus Elite V2 from 1 and a half year now and working perfectly fine. Store exchanged it with a new one after the fan got burned and....now it does not work....the same GPU card!