Asus Prime x870

Superficial · 30 Mar 2025 at 16:54

Installed the below MB today and getting tremedously slots boots - does anyone have this board? Currently more than a minute +

My old Tomahawk in Sig boots in a fraction of the time...

something daft already!! · 30 Mar 2025 at 17:19

Did you do a clean install or remove old drivers and reinstall them?

Superficial · 30 Mar 2025 at 17:23

it's a new build so it's completely clean.

Superficial · 30 Mar 2025 at 17:24

also it was slow from the outset before the OS was installed.

something daft already!! · 30 Mar 2025 at 17:30

Have you updated the BIOS yet?

Tetras · 30 Mar 2025 at 17:42

Superficial said:
My old Tomahawk in Sig boots in a fraction of the time...

Normal for DDR5 though, especially with XMP/EXPO enabled. Look into MCR and MPD, though if you get stability problems disable it again.

Superficial · 30 Mar 2025 at 18:00

yeah cheers - i noticed it got worse with EXPO enabled - still need to figure out how to get it to run at 6000MHz - had to drop back to 4800...

Superficial · 30 Mar 2025 at 18:01

something daft already!! said:
Have you updated the BIOS yet?

no actually not yet - ill try it asap