Is the onboard an M-Key? thought it might be just a chip on the board? I would just disable it in the BIOS and get a PCIe/USB Wifi adapter. My Nic worked fine and then went mad so I got a USB one, fine ever since. I have removed an M-Key one once, would have been a pain as 2 of the screws where on the back of the board, so board needed to be out of the case(board was out anyway as I killed the socket).
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Yeah, needs the shroud taking off and then access to screws on the underside of the motherboard. So full PC strip down. Boo
Funny thing is the wifi is currently now working perfectly fine, no rhyme or reason, just a new day and its working! I'm getting full speed on a speed test.
As much as I cant be bothered, the weather is carp tomorrow, so might motivate myself to get the job done.
Funny thing is the wifi is currently now working perfectly fine, no rhyme or reason, just a new day and its working! I'm getting full speed on a speed test.
As much as I cant be bothered, the weather is carp tomorrow, so might motivate myself to get the job done.
I would not risk it, just plug a PCIe card in the bottom slot or use a USB one.
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I've done it before, I did exactly the same job on a sffc build I did last year. It's pretty straight forward to be fair, it's just the faff of taking my PC apart. The Mediatek chips are a bit poo. I just wondered if anyone else has done theirs yet.
Another thing that's putting me off, is the outside chance of something going wrong. It's not something I've ever worried about in the past, but the current cost of components is ridiculous. A little voice in the back of my head is saying 'leave it alone, it'll be rate'
Another thing that's putting me off, is the outside chance of something going wrong. It's not something I've ever worried about in the past, but the current cost of components is ridiculous. A little voice in the back of my head is saying 'leave it alone, it'll be rate'
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So, did the upgrade today. All went really well, I took my time, and even dug out the anti static wrist strap just to be safe.
Before I started, I disabled the old card in Device Manager, both Wifi & Bluetooth. This also uninstalled the drivers.
I had already downloaded the new Intel drivers for Wifi & BT.
I stuck a USB stick in one of the MB ports, and saved all my bios settings (just in case). I couldn't be bothered to trawl through bios and recall the settings I've been using for months.
I've been building and playing with PC's for donkeys years, so this was quite straight forward. Once the MB was out, and sat on the anti static bag, it only took two screws to remove the plastic IO shield, this itself allowed full access to the wifi card without having to disturb any heatsink over the power stages.
Two small screws and the wifi card/holder was out, then two more screws & antenna connections allowed me to remove the Mediatek card. The a straight swap & reassemble.
This all lead to cleaning up the 9800X3D and new paste. A happy result is the CPU now runs cooler: Cinebench 2024, 1320 points @ 81C This is with a -20 curve and 5.2Ghz across all cores
The intel drivers installed with no issues and I get full speed that my broadband allows
I'm glad I saved my bios settings to USB stick. On first reboot the B650E-E decided I had a new CPU, and wanted bios setting up before running the OS. I just loaded up the saved settings from the USB stick and went straight for reboot into Windows with no issues.
Before I started, I disabled the old card in Device Manager, both Wifi & Bluetooth. This also uninstalled the drivers.
I had already downloaded the new Intel drivers for Wifi & BT.
I stuck a USB stick in one of the MB ports, and saved all my bios settings (just in case). I couldn't be bothered to trawl through bios and recall the settings I've been using for months.
I've been building and playing with PC's for donkeys years, so this was quite straight forward. Once the MB was out, and sat on the anti static bag, it only took two screws to remove the plastic IO shield, this itself allowed full access to the wifi card without having to disturb any heatsink over the power stages.
Two small screws and the wifi card/holder was out, then two more screws & antenna connections allowed me to remove the Mediatek card. The a straight swap & reassemble.
This all lead to cleaning up the 9800X3D and new paste. A happy result is the CPU now runs cooler: Cinebench 2024, 1320 points @ 81C This is with a -20 curve and 5.2Ghz across all cores
The intel drivers installed with no issues and I get full speed that my broadband allows
I'm glad I saved my bios settings to USB stick. On first reboot the B650E-E decided I had a new CPU, and wanted bios setting up before running the OS. I just loaded up the saved settings from the USB stick and went straight for reboot into Windows with no issues.
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I've recently setup a new system with the Strix B650E-E (system specs in signature) and was wondering how long others have to wait for Windows 11 to load after a restart.
On cold boot, the system POSTs in 12 or so seconds and then takes a further 10 seconds to get to the Windows login screen, which I'm happy with. What I'm not happy with is when restarting, the system POSTs fine but it takes about 40 seconds to load to the Windows login screen.
If I disable Hibernate in Windows, cold boot POST is fine but it takes 40 seconds or so to get to the login screen (restart remains the same length of time).
This is on a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro on an NVMe SSD. My previous systems (a now dead 9800X3D on an ASRock X870 Pro RS murderboard, and a 5800X on MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon with 32GB 3200 C16 RAM) were as quick to load Windows on restart as they did on cold boot (30 seconds or so, POST and OS load).
Don't get me wrong, 50 seconds isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things but I'm not getting any younger and would prefer those precious minutes to be spent using the PC!
On cold boot, the system POSTs in 12 or so seconds and then takes a further 10 seconds to get to the Windows login screen, which I'm happy with. What I'm not happy with is when restarting, the system POSTs fine but it takes about 40 seconds to load to the Windows login screen.
If I disable Hibernate in Windows, cold boot POST is fine but it takes 40 seconds or so to get to the login screen (restart remains the same length of time).
This is on a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro on an NVMe SSD. My previous systems (a now dead 9800X3D on an ASRock X870 Pro RS murderboard, and a 5800X on MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon with 32GB 3200 C16 RAM) were as quick to load Windows on restart as they did on cold boot (30 seconds or so, POST and OS load).
Don't get me wrong, 50 seconds isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things but I'm not getting any younger and would prefer those precious minutes to be spent using the PC!
Hi Aztec2Step, boot times are typically slow - I feel your pain - but I've mostly accepted it.I've recently setup a new system with the Strix B650E-E (system specs in signature) and was wondering how long others have to wait for Windows 11 to load after a restart.
On cold boot, the system POSTs in 12 or so seconds and then takes a further 10 seconds to get to the Windows login screen, which I'm happy with. What I'm not happy with is when restarting, the system POSTs fine but it takes about 40 seconds to load to the Windows login screen.
If I disable Hibernate in Windows, cold boot POST is fine but it takes 40 seconds or so to get to the login screen (restart remains the same length of time).
This is on a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro on an NVMe SSD. My previous systems (a now dead 9800X3D on an ASRock X870 Pro RS murderboard, and a 5800X on MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon with 32GB 3200 C16 RAM) were as quick to load Windows on restart as they did on cold boot (30 seconds or so, POST and OS load).
Don't get me wrong, 50 seconds isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things but I'm not getting any younger and would prefer those precious minutes to be spent using the PC!
There are two settings that can be changed to improve boot-times - but do monitor stability once done:
Enable Memory Context Restore (MCR):This prevents the system from re-training memory on every boot, reducing POST times.
Enable Power Down Mode: I've seen it recommended to enable "Power Down Mode" in the DRAM settings to improve stability when enabling MCR.
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Hi Jason, thanks for the input but it's not the POST time that's the issue, it's the Windows load time after the system POSTs. I had tried MCR but it had a minimal effect on the POST time and zero effect on the Windows load time.
Again, cold boot isn't the issue as from power on to Windows takes a little over 20 seconds but on restart it's around 50 seconds.
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Hmm that all sounds strange. I don't very often do a restart. I'll try it later and time it
Cold boot doesn't seem to take long, nothing for me to be left waiting feeling impatient.
I've not long ago done a total fresh install of Windows 11, but I haven't been keeping up to date with new bios releases, so mine is probably very out of date.
Cold boot doesn't seem to take long, nothing for me to be left waiting feeling impatient.
I've not long ago done a total fresh install of Windows 11, but I haven't been keeping up to date with new bios releases, so mine is probably very out of date.
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Just been playing Requiem for an hour, also done a virus scan, and a little bit of surfing. Restarted the PC, and it took 25secs to login screen. I'm not sure how accurate that is as my monitor takes a second or so to react to display changes.
It also felt no different to a normal cold startup.
Specs are in my Sig. I did check my bios and its a version from Feb last year. (3208). I'm also on Windows 11 Pro (25H2), 2x nvme (1TB & 4TB) 1x SSD, and a USB stick in the back of one of the MB ports.
My 9800X3D is overclocked and undervolted slightly across all cores, and the DDR5 is running a stock EXPO profile.
I cant remember the specifics of my bios settings as I havent touched them in ages
It also felt no different to a normal cold startup.
Specs are in my Sig. I did check my bios and its a version from Feb last year. (3208). I'm also on Windows 11 Pro (25H2), 2x nvme (1TB & 4TB) 1x SSD, and a USB stick in the back of one of the MB ports.
My 9800X3D is overclocked and undervolted slightly across all cores, and the DDR5 is running a stock EXPO profile.
I cant remember the specifics of my bios settings as I havent touched them in ages
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Thanks for testing! There must be something wrong with my Windows install/setup as POST is just as quick whether it's a cold boot or a restart.Just been playing Requiem for an hour, also done a virus scan, and a little bit of surfing. Restarted the PC, and it took 25secs to login screen. I'm not sure how accurate that is as my monitor takes a second or so to react to display changes.
It also felt no different to a normal cold startup.
Specs are in my Sig. I did check my bios and its a version from Feb last year. (3208). I'm also on Windows 11 Pro (25H2), 2x nvme (1TB & 4TB) 1x SSD, and a USB stick in the back of one of the MB ports.
My 9800X3D is overclocked and undervolted slightly across all cores, and the DDR5 is running a stock EXPO profile.
I cant remember the specifics of my bios settings as I havent touched them in ages
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I assembled a new build consisting of:
Asus rog strix b650e-e (bios version 3287)
Ryzen 9800x3d
Lexar Ares LD5U16G72C34LA-RGD is a 2x16gb 7200 cl34 kit
When I first start up the PC, everything turns on and it first returns Q-code 46 and then stays on 44 with the orange LED steady.
However, I left the PC like this for more than 15 minutes because I thought about memory training. I tried restarting and trying again, but nothing. So I made other attempts:
-I tried one kit at a time, first on a2 and then on b2.
-I reset the CMOS in every possible way, with every change I made.
-I tried another identical CPU.
In the end, I tried another 6000 cl38 RAM kit from the QVL list, and it works perfectly.
I wrote to Asus support and they replied that it was due to RAM incompatibility and that I should only use RAM from the QVL list. That's all.
I know they're not on that list, but I also think they should at least start up, not at full speed, but they should start up. They're DDR5.
The BIOS is updated to version 3287.
I noticed that code 44 does not refer to memory training, but code 15 does.
That said, can you help me? Is there anyone who has the same specifications and has managed to get them to work?
Honestly, I don't care about getting them to run at 7200, I just wanted to get them to at least 6000 or 6200. I only bought them because they have better chips and I like the way they look.
The last option is to try updating the BIOS to the latest version.
Asus rog strix b650e-e (bios version 3287)
Ryzen 9800x3d
Lexar Ares LD5U16G72C34LA-RGD is a 2x16gb 7200 cl34 kit
When I first start up the PC, everything turns on and it first returns Q-code 46 and then stays on 44 with the orange LED steady.
However, I left the PC like this for more than 15 minutes because I thought about memory training. I tried restarting and trying again, but nothing. So I made other attempts:
-I tried one kit at a time, first on a2 and then on b2.
-I reset the CMOS in every possible way, with every change I made.
-I tried another identical CPU.
In the end, I tried another 6000 cl38 RAM kit from the QVL list, and it works perfectly.
I wrote to Asus support and they replied that it was due to RAM incompatibility and that I should only use RAM from the QVL list. That's all.
I know they're not on that list, but I also think they should at least start up, not at full speed, but they should start up. They're DDR5.
The BIOS is updated to version 3287.
I noticed that code 44 does not refer to memory training, but code 15 does.
That said, can you help me? Is there anyone who has the same specifications and has managed to get them to work?
Honestly, I don't care about getting them to run at 7200, I just wanted to get them to at least 6000 or 6200. I only bought them because they have better chips and I like the way they look.
The last option is to try updating the BIOS to the latest version.
I would also expect them to at least boot, just not with XMP/EXPO enabled. Normally gaming memory just defaults to 4800.
You could try changing the ratio (when using the other kit) to 1:2 instead of 1:1 and see if they work, but I can't imagine why that would matter when XMP/EXPO has not been enabled.
I wonder if it would boot with one of the 6000 CL38 kit in A2 and a Lexar in B2?
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In the qvl list there are several kits very similar to this one in term of frequency, voltage and cl.
Update bios to latest agesa could fix this issue?
I could try changing the ratio but i prefer ram sticks that boots first try without any change.
Because if i sell the other ram kit and for some reason i reset cmos, i ended up in a situation where i cant get out.
AMD have done a lot of work to improve compatibility with high speed kits on AM5, so if the current BIOS is old then it is worth a shot.
Yeah, I can see what you mean, though the kit shouldn't be booting up at 7200 regardless, so I wonder if the speed is not the issue.
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Is it possible for a kit not to boot if it’s not on the qvl?
Code 44 indicates 'memory initialization failed,' so the board sees the ram but can't communicate with it
I'll try the latest stable agesa version at this point
Has anyone else ever had this issue?
No. The QVL has no connection to the board's firmware at all. It is just a list of tested RAM. Is it more likely to work if on the QVL? Yeah. Should it not work if not on the QVL? No.
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But that worries me, I hope they aren't defective.
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Formatted again and found that the OS load time on restart increased after installing the Mediatek wifi controller drivers...
The obvious solution, especially as I'm on ethernet, is to uninstall and disable the wifi controller but it's baffling as to how that one device driver could cause such a long OS load time on restart. Having said that, I formatted because even some cold boots had extended OS load times.
The obvious solution, especially as I'm on ethernet, is to uninstall and disable the wifi controller but it's baffling as to how that one device driver could cause such a long OS load time on restart. Having said that, I formatted because even some cold boots had extended OS load times.