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nwgilbert

nwgilbert

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I've just built my first PC shown below:

•Intel Quad-Core i7-4790K
•MSI R9 390 8GB
•EVGA Super NOVA 850W PC Power Supply - Gold
•Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard (4x DDR3, 6x USB3.0, 6x USB2.0, HDMI, DVI-I, DSUB)
•Crucial BX100 250 GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal Solid State Drive
•WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue
•Alpenfhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler 120 mm
•NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case with Side Window and 4 Quiet Fans for PC - White/Black
•Team Group TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01 - TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual
•Dell UltraSharp U2515H 25" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor
•Windows 10 Pro


I am just curious if there is anything I need to do in terms of bios and drivers.

I have obviously installed my motherboard drivers (included on the disk), graphics drivers and monitor drivers but a while back someone mentioned to me about setting an XMP Profile in the bios for the ram (please see model above). Do I need to do this and if so how? My other question would be is there any other bios settings or any other adjustments I should make? Please note, I do not currently plan on overclocking.

Generally my motherboard has come up with the 'AO' code which has been said to represent 'All Okay', although earlier today it showed '04' and I have no idea what this means? Does anyone know in respect to this mobo?

One last question... it would be nice to do a physical check on all the hardware. Is there some software I can use that will check and give me results on all my hardware within one interface?

Any general advice is welcome too!
 
I don't even know how to do that or check what my mobo has the dram set to? Are you or someone able to help with that - I'm a newbie when it comes to bios..
 
Okay thank you. What frequency and voltage am I looking for? I assume I shouldn't worry - XMP will set this correctly as though its an automatic over clock? Tell me if I'm wrong?

Can this effect the life of the ram or any other components around it?
And will I really benefit from this XMP profile if I wasn't to over clock anything else?

One more thing, are there any other simple automatic OC's I could benefit from?
 
Ok thanks @Danny75 appreciate the advice. I will give XMP a ride! Away from gaming, I use a lot of adobe software so the extra bit of memory speed could even benefit that.

So now I'm seeing the '04' displayed on the LED lighting of my mobo again..
Still unsure as to what this means - anyone have any idea?
 
Okay, that is a little reassuring. Although I have disabled hibernation and sleep already.. probably one of the first things I did once I had installed Windows 10.
 
Humm it was an interesting read but no one really diagnosed the problem.
I'll give the Bios all an update through the Gigabyte website and do a clear CMOS.
I will let you know I get on..
 
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