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throwaway4372

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I'm building this today:

Lian Li Lancool 217
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
Asus TUF Gaming B860M-Plus WIFI
Corsair Vengeance 32GB 6000 CL30
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 Black
Asus GeForce RTX 5070 Prime
Lian Li EDGE 850w 80 Plus Platinum
Samsung 990 Pro 2TB
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This will be the thread for any questions I have or photos I take.
 
Questions about: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120

1) Is the included thermal paste (TF7) supposed to be very thick? I initially tried a few blobs as per Thermalright's youtube video but it was too thick to control, so I ended up spreading it, which was difficult to do evenly. Ended up just going with the "best I can get it" and hoping when I get to turning everything on it's functional, but it felt a bit odd.

2) How tight are you supposed to tighten the two screws which connect the big dual tower part to the mounting brackets? I felt like it wasn't providing feedback about whether it was tight enough, leading to risk of over-tightening so I stopped tightening it as it seemed secure. It was quite fiddly to do because my screwdriver doesn't fit between the two towers so I had to screw it a bit from the side.

(I know the cpu power isn't plugged in yet)
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Once you feel the screws bind then a quarter turn should suffice, best to be cautious you can always tighten more later.

You'll be fine just monitor temps.
 
Some notes from working in the Lian Li Lancool 217
  • Shipping
    • It was well packaged for shipping.
    • The front fans are toolless and had come loose in shipping, easy to pop back in place.
    • The spacers between the front fans also fell out in shipping, they aren't a super tight fit so it's quite easy for them to fall out.
  • Panels
    • The glass side panel isn't held in with a screw.
    • The vented panel below the glass side panel is held in with a screw. It's the only panel which is.
    • The back panel is not held in with a screw.
    • The front pops off very easily. There's a dust filter in the box but isn't attached by default.
    • The top pops off very easily.
    • It's very easy for a panel to come off when lifting the case, all the panels come off easily so there's nowhere safe to put your hands for lifting.
    • The wood is ok but I'm not convinced it makes the case more premium.
  • Inside
    • Excellent cable routing options.
    • There's plenty of cable space.
    • Fan hub is very convenient.
    • I think the case was designed by a black hole. Light goes in and does not come out. It's very hard to see what you're doing even with all the panels off.
    • Built in GPU support bracket is appreciated.
  • PSU
    • I used the Lian Li EDGE psu (90 degree rotated psu)
    • This psu has to be installed fan up, so will fight the gpu for air, not sure how big an issue that'll be.
    • The psu rotation meant the motherboard 24 pin didn't comfortably reach (it does uncomfortably reach). The connector on the psu was in the furthest way location. Lian Li should make the 24 pin cable a bit longer.
    • I like the idea of the rotation, it just needs a bit more refinement, and there should be a fan down version.
 
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First boot, bit of a problem, help needed.

Monitor wakes up but goes into standby. Nothing on screen.

All fans are spinning.

Monitor is connected to display port (the one next to the hdmi port on the Asus 5070 prime).

Motherboard lights that persist are VGA white and boot green.

Motherboard dram light was orange for a few seconds then went off.
 
Assuming all cables are firmly plugged in, GPU, Mobo, CPU etc...

Reset the CMOS.
Boot again but leave it for 10 minutes.

Then you start troubleshooting other stuff
 
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Tetras said:
Can you show us some pics?

Try a different display port?
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Tried all the display ports, same outcome.

GPU cable in properly at both ends.

Found some info about mobo lights, which says each light is a different color, so it's just about whether the lights are on or not as opposed to what color they are.

Boot light being on means no boot device, to be expected.
VGA light being on indicates gpu issue.

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Tetras said:
Have you tried plugging the display cable into the motherboard instead?
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Doing that now. display port plugged in to mobo.

The monitor woke up, and this time didn't go into standby, but there's still nothing on the screen, it's just black.

The VGA light on the motherboard is off now too.

Should I be leaving it on for a while to see if it does anything?

Edit: the boot light is still on, assuming it's just because I haven't got into the bios to configure a boot device.
 
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Tried hdmi into gpu. Which for reasons I can't explain, did something.

BIOS prompted me to F1 into bios then F5 to load defaults.

I did that and it made one change.

"Full HD Setup" Disabled -> Enabled

I wonder if that's anything to do display port not working. I'll have to test that.

But for now, I think the first thing I should do is update the BIOS. Does that seem like the right move?

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Installing Windows

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Got into Windows, greeted with this.
Is this a helpful thing, or a "don't install it" thing?
(gone with no for now)
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Couple more questions:

1) Should I install this off the motherboard drivers page even if not planning on using the cpu's graphics?

VGA Drivers
Intel Graphics Accelerator Driver v32.0.101.6314 for windows 10, windows 11 64-bit.

Edit: Intel Driver and Support Assistant installed it.

2) Windows hasn't installed an Nvidia driver. I thought it would identify the 5070 and install something. Is this normal?

Edit: I installed the Nvidia driver manually and that seems ok.
 
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I have installed all the drivers from the motherboard web page, except for "Software and Utility" and "Utilities: Armoury Crate".

TUF GAMING B860M-PLUS WIFI｜Gaming Motherboards | ASUS UK

ASUS TUF GAMING B860M-PLUS WIFI, a durable gaming motherboard with Intel Core Ultra support, military-grade components, and superior cooling for stable marathon
www.asus.com www.asus.com

And I ran the Intel Driver and Support Assistant (which installed the Intel graphics driver only).
I ran the Intel Chipset INF tool.
Windows Update says I'm up to date.
But I still have a bunch of unknown stuff in device manager.
Any ideas? (Edit: nvm resolved now)
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throwaway4372 said:
Edit:
Got into Windows, greeted with this.
Is this a helpful thing, or a "don't install it" thing?
(gone with no for now)
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That's a no from me too.

throwaway4372 said:
But I still have a bunch of unknown stuff in device manager.

Any ideas?
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Looks like the integrated wifi/bluetooth is part of it. I see that Asus provide multiple options, so your board might have a different chip to the package you downloaded.
 
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Tetras said:
Looks like the integrated wifi/bluetooth is part of it. I see that Asus provide multiple options, so your board might have a different chip to the package you downloaded.
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Spot on. Turns out I have MediaTek not Realtek.
Also prompted me to realise there was a bunch of other stuff deeper in the hidden sections that wasn't just previous versions.
All good in device manager now.
 
I switched from HDMI to DisplayPort and it works now. Works in Windows. And I got in the BIOS to set XMP.
But the motherboard still has the white led on to indicate a vga issue.

Anyway... got mega cramp now from crawling around on the floor, gonna park it until tomorrow. At least I'm in Windows, and it seems stable and idle temps are fine, that was the objective for today.

Edit: wonder if it's the pcie 5v4 thing
Edit2: might also be the monitor, it's pretty slow to turn on, plenty of time for the mobo to fail to detect it. Monitor is ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQ. People seem to resolve issues with this monitor by buying a new AC adapter.
Edit3: note to self: check eco mode monitor setting
 
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