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

« Last post by Kamui on February 03, 2024, 10:45:25 am »

Hello there,

So the story is the below. My Sapphire AMD RX6700 Pulse 10GB burned one of the 2 fans so I send it back for RMA.
After some days the shop exchanged it with a new graphics card and when I put back the new card I get 4 beeps (1long, 3short).
I went back to the store and ask the service guy to install it at his PC (and use the x16 PCIE) and check if it works.....it WORKS GREAT!
After I tried change position of the GPU from PCIEx16 (1st slot) to PCIEx2 (2nd slot)...same beeps.
After that I put and ancient Radeon HD6850 to PCIEx16 and works fine (so slot seems to be ok)
Next tried the HD6850 to the PCIEx2 slot...works ok...AND ONLY AFTER i used the HD6850 on PCIEx2 and then exchanged to the RX6700....the card works!
So I tried put it back to PCIEx16 ....beeps again!
So if the card works properly in another systems and in my PCIEx2 slot, why it doesn't work on PCIEx16??!?! I am going crazy and I think something is happening with the motherboard.

I remind you that the old Radeon HD6850 works good on X16 so the slot seems just fine. Additionally the exact same model of Radeon RX6700 worked for 1.2 years just fine and after I got a replacement now it does not work but it's the EXACT same system!


What I have tried
1) Use 750 and 850W PSU
2) Hard reset BIOS (battery + jumper + hold power)
3) Clean contacts
4) Uninstall drivers (does not matter although because the problem is at BIOS POST)
5) Change PSU wires cause it's modular
6) Remove all other PCI(E) cards
7) Updated BIOS to the latest version

My system
Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite V2 Rev1.1
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX6700 10GB Pulse
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 RAM CMK16GX4M2D3600C18
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 100-100000065BOX
PSU both Corsair CX750M and a CoolerMaster MWE Gold V2 850W

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Motherboards with AMD processors / Re: ax370 gaming 5 upgrade processor problem

« Last post by MrRicciolo on February 02, 2024, 02:08:04 pm »

ok I'll answer myself. Needless to say, I don't know how many times I swapped processors and how many hours I lost trying pretty everithin i could, even believing I had broken the 3600x.
Downgraded to F51D made my 3600x working on x370 gaming 5

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Motherboards with AMD processors / ax370 gaming 5 upgrade processor problem

« Last post by MrRicciolo on February 02, 2024, 12:55:38 pm »

Hi,
I have a secondary PC with an ax370 gaming 5 (bios F51m).
On this motherboard there is currently an AMD Ryzen 1600x. The system works as it is.
I put a new AMD 5800x3d on my primary PC and so now I would like to recycle its old processor (3600x) by putting it on the ax370 gamning 5.
Unfortunately, by installing the 3600x the bios gets stuck at the American Megatrends logo (or something like that) and I can't do anything but turn it off (no F2 or Del type key possible). On Mobo there is code 99 and CPU led is on.
If i put back the 1600x, the system works again.
I checked the compatibility and 3600x must be run after bios F40. Bios is set to single bios (F51m)
The 3600x was working on primary pc just before remove it and install it on ax370.

I don't have any kind of urgency and even if I don't resolve it...peace.
But on a teaching level I would like what I could try to make it work

Any suggestions ?
thanks
Alan

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Motherboards with Intel processors / Re: Does the Gigabyte B360M AORUS Gaming 3 Intel 8th Gen Motherboard support Win11?

« Last post by shadowsports on January 23, 2024, 04:09:26 pm »

Greetings,
Your system and hardware does meet windows 11 requirements. 

You are correct about needing to enable Secure boot & UEFI.  You cannot do this on a disk formatted MBR.

Search google for mbr2gpt

This is a command line option which can be performed in the WinRE environment.  Nothing special you need to do, except to start the machine in WinRE.  This is found under Settings > Recovery > Advanced Start Up. 

From there, you will run some commands.  mbr2gpt /validate and /convert, then make the changes to your BIOS setting for no CSM, UEFI and Secure boot.

Important  I've seen this go well, and I've seen it not work.  If your disk is packed to capacity and doesn't have adequate free space, the option to convert will fail.  You'll see this when you run the validate option. 

Also note.  I strongly suggest you make a back up of any important data.  If things don't work, you haven't lost anything except some time.

If you have a large disk with multiple partitions, I suggest you convert each one to GPT format. The command will only convert the boot drive unless you tell it otherwise. 

The process itself is not that bad.  Honestly if your install is several years old, a fresh install is preferred.  Thats up to you though.   

Last recommendation.  Worst case, you back up your data and perform a fresh install of W11.  In this scenario, you will use Shift F10 during install to convert the disk to GPT.  This however will destroy all data on the disk, so once again back up your data before you begin if the conversion is not possible.  As long as you have a back up, you have nothing to fear. 

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Motherboards with Intel processors / Does the Gigabyte B360M AORUS Gaming 3 Intel 8th Gen Motherboard support Win11?

« Last post by JDMils on January 21, 2024, 10:44:52 pm »

I am trying to install Win11 on my PC and verifying the compatability via Windows PC Health Check, and was told the following:
* TPM 2.0 is not supported.
* This PC must support Secure Boot

I was able to enable the TPM 2.0 support in the BIOS and now PC Health Check does not show this message however the Secure Boot option is a problem.

To enable the Secure Boot option in the BIOS, I have to disable the CSM Support. This then shows the Secure Boot option however no matter which Secure Boot options I try, the Boot Option Priorities menu shows NO drives and booting just gets me back into the BIOS. The only way I can boot back into my existing Win10 OS is to disable Secure Boot then enable CSM Support.

Would I assume that since my OS is installed on an MBR partition that this is the reason Secure Boot does not show any drives?

My Setup:
Gigabyte B360M AORUS Gaming 3 Intel 8th Gen Motherboard
Model   B360M AORUS Gaming 3-CF (U3E1)

BIOS:
Brand   American Megatrends Inc.
Version   F15a
Date   18/08/2020

Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6Ghz 9th Gen CPU

RAM:
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR4 3000MHz Desktop RAM - Black

Video Card:
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING OC 8G Graphics Card

Hard drives:
Win10 OS installed on:
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB
Model: MZ-V7S250

Data Drive:
WDC WD3001FAEX-00MJRA0

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Motherboards with Intel processors / Re: Gigabyte Z690 UD AX DDR4 audio issue

« Last post by erpsir1 on January 11, 2024, 02:39:02 am »

I am running Windows 11 on this machine.

what version & edition of Windows 11 are you using?  type winver.exe in the Run dialog box to show the version & edition of Windows 11 {latest one is version 23H2}

I've tried a few Realtek drivers with no change. I'm almost thinking this is a Windows issue and not the driver, but I don't know how to test this assumption.

see my latest post here on the latest available Realtek audio drivers from Gigabyte

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Motherboards with Intel processors / Re: Latest Realtek Sound Driver

« Last post by erpsir1 on January 11, 2024, 02:32:50 am »

new 2023 realtek audio drivers from Gigabyte


version 6.0.9520.1 for certain Gigabyte server/workstation motherboards & PCs but may also work on most Gigabyte consumer desktop motherboards as well (released near end of October 2023)

version 6.0.9509.1 for 2023 AORUS 16 Gigabyte laptop PCs but may also work on most Gigabyte desktop boards (released mid-August 2023)

version 6.0.9496.1 for 13th gen Intel based Gigabyte BRIX mini PCs {but may also work on most Gigabyte desktop boards} (released around mid-September 2023)

version 6.0.9468.1 {re-release} for recent 2023 gigabyte aorus/aero laptops (released early August 2023)

version 6.0.9437.1 for Gigabyte BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kits {but may also work on most Gigabyte desktop boards} (released end of March 2023)

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All other GIGABYTE products / Does the Gigabyte M27Q rev2 really support HBR3 on DP 1.2?

« Last post by Nexus41 on December 29, 2023, 03:10:29 am »

Hi I am looking at the Gigabyte M27Q rev2  (https://www.gigabyte.com/Monitor/M27Q-rev-20/sp#sp)   and I have a question:

The spec sheet says it has a DisplayPort 1.2 but also claims the monitor supports HBR3 which was introduced with DP 1.3   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#Specifications.

The Supported Timing List in the manual only shows support for HBR2 resolutions and framerates without specifying color depth 8 or 10bit.

So in 10bit mode, is the monitor limited to 1440p 120Hz and 4K60 (downscaled signal) ?   Or can it support HBR3 resolutions and framerates (e.g.:  10bit  1440p 170Hz and 4K60Hz+) ?


Tldr: does the monitor really support HBR3 resolutions and framerates on a DP 1.2?

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Motherboards with Intel processors / Re: Gigabyte Z690 UD AX DDR4 audio issue

« Last post by shadowsports on December 20, 2023, 03:08:48 pm »

Greetings,

Check your case and connections closely.  What connector on the motherboard are you using?  And, are you 100% sure the pin configuration on your connector matches the pin config on the board?

I've seen the wiring on some cases match all except one pin which can cause issues.  Are you using the correct BIOS setting for audio? 

With the RealTek driver uninstalled, how does the system behave with native audio drivers?

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Motherboards with Intel processors / Re: Problem with "waking up" H110M-S2H board.

« Last post by shadowsports on December 20, 2023, 03:01:26 pm »

Greetings,
Test with a different monitor cable.  If the behavior is the same, I'd perform a CMOS reset. 

If the issue follows, you can try another chipset and display driver.  If none of these things help, its the CPU or motherboard.