Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7 Owners Thread.

[stulid]

Anyone connected a Corsair H115i or similar to this motherboard?

The fans are on full belt and using the corsair link software they aren't detected. Of the 2 usb headers near the red off button i've used the top white one for the single black wire connector. The one below that for the 4 wire connector. I think that's right. In bios the cpu temp is good however all fans settings show zero. How do i know it the pump is running correctly? I dont feel happy not knowing if its working correctly.

any help much appreciated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm-tDRezd5s

Have you installed it like this at the 5min mark?

If so and Corsair link isnt recognising anything try unplugging and quickly replugging the sata power cable while the corsair H115i is running, you might find it then says something like new hardware detected and asks for a reboot, then when youve done that the fans etc appear in LINK.

 

[stulid]

Has the latest BIOS completely redone the style of the BIOS screen?

 

[stulid]

Does anyone have an email for gigabyte motherboard support please? No response to my query.

If anyone has F9(*) bios for the board can you trust email me it please.

https://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/28441-gigabyte-beta-bios-post274574.html#post274574

Ive just looked there but can only see F8* then F20*

 

[stulid]

USB stick if plugged in.

Or i also think it might save it on the HDD/ssd somewhere.

 

[stulid]

Any thread on the Z270 chipset board yet? Or is it similar enough to share?

I started it here - https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/gigabyte-aorus-z270x-gaming-7-owners-thread.18769900/

Not much to say about it to be honest, its just like the Z170 version with extra RGB guff and a different colour scheme, if you already have a Z170 board then there is zero reason to upgrade I reckon.

 

[stulid]

Keyboard+mouse coming after the system boots is either an install problem (so I would reinstall windows+drivers) or try other USB ports (again if the ports they are connected to need drivers which are loading after)

 

[stulid]

Quick question for you guys.

I have have just bought this board as part of doing a brand new build. Reading what I can see regarding bios versions I'm assuming that the best thing for me to do prior to installing windows 10 is update the bios to the latest version (F21), install windows 10 then install gigabyte software plus new drivers to prevent encountering any issues.

Is there anything else that I have missed or should take note at.

I would do the BIOS update, install windows, do chipset, GFX+sound drivers, windows update and only install the gigabyte software you know you will use, dont click yes to it all.

 

[stulid]

Quick question for you guys.

I have have just bought this board as part of doing a brand new build. Reading what I can see regarding bios versions I'm assuming that the best thing for me to do prior to installing windows 10 is update the bios to the latest version (F21), install windows 10 then install gigabyte software plus new drivers to prevent encountering any issues.

Is there anything else that I have missed or should take note at.

I would do the BIOS update, install windows, do chipset, GFX+sound drivers, windows update and only install the gigabyte software you know you will use, dont click yes to it all.

 

[stulid]

I just updated to the F22 bios, and haven't updated since F7. I now have the vcore fix from F21, but my memory went back to default instead of the XMP profile. I was wondering if it might cause any problems to re-enable the XMP profile with the new vcore settings. I haven't done any over-clocking, so it remains at the boosted 4.2 as usual.

Enabling XMP isn't going to mess with vcore.

 

[stulid]

If it ain't broke etc...

But the fixes could be important to help against hackers.