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yeah,ill keep you up to date after i hear back from the shop,hopefully its something simple.
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yeah,ill keep you up to date after i hear back from the shop,hopefully its something simple.
Lets hope so! Sounds like something simple or something very bad which would result in the board/PSU being replaced.
Incidently, before taking it to the shop did you built it outside the case, with just 8 pin EPS, 24pin ATX, CPU, RAM and fan?
Hi Guys,
Thinking of getting this board as part of the extreme bundle, but I am hearing some bad things about this board:-
People having problems with memory compatibility
This board not booting if using a Corsair 860AXi PSU - which I have. Can any owners chime in here with their experience, positive or negative. In particular anybody using an AX860i PSU.
Depending on responses I may have to go with the Asus Maximus formula V1 instead - although it would have been nice to try Gigabyte again as it is cheaper, and also better if RMA needed.
Your thoughts please?
Mark
Thinking of getting this board as part of the extreme bundle, but I am hearing some bad things about this board:-
People having problems with memory compatibility
This board not booting if using a Corsair 860AXi PSU - which I have. Can any owners chime in here with their experience, positive or negative. In particular anybody using an AX860i PSU.
Depending on responses I may have to go with the Asus Maximus formula V1 instead - although it would have been nice to try Gigabyte again as it is cheaper, and also better if RMA needed.
Your thoughts please?
Mark
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Cheers guys - good news so far, anybody can chime in that is/has used a corsair 860AXi with this board though - need to know if the not booting problem with this combination is a problem or not.
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erm no m8,rookie mistake i guess
anyhoo,the shop guy is on the ball so will see what he makes of it.he did say that the 12v rail on the psu has to be good as it is the one that takes the strain in the psu,im not very educated about these kinda things tbh,i just hope its fixable and i can get to use the pc.
thanks for all the replies,really helpful bunch on overclockers
erm no m8,rookie mistake i guess
anyhoo,the shop guy is on the ball so will see what he makes of it.he did say that the 12v rail on the psu has to be good as it is the one that takes the strain in the psu,im not very educated about these kinda things tbh,i just hope its fixable and i can get to use the pc.
thanks for all the replies,really helpful bunch on overclockers
We try our best
Hope it is nothing serious, and it all works out for you.
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i know,hopefully wont have to rma parts,not the best start to my pc building,but its all about the learning curve
I can't see any reason why an ax860i would cause any specific issues, it is on the haswell list of supported psu's after all. If it is down to that specific psu it would be worth getting directly in touch with corsair to see what they make of it.
Hi Pgi,
Apparently this problem has been posted on the web, and many have contacted corsair about it, but they are denying any responsibility. Also there is a mod you can do to the AX860 I to get round/fix the problem,but means you have to send the PSU back to corsair for the mod - hassle?????
Mark
I think its the PSU at fault as its only two models in the corsair range that ive seen this mentioned with.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1397684/...-owners-discussion-fan-club/970#post_20809112
http://www.overclock.net/t/1397684/...-owners-discussion-fan-club/970#post_20809112
What would you suggest? In the meantime I have an 850 gold psu from corsair which I think would not have the issue. This was relegated to my spare.
Mark
Seems like I had the earlier info wrong - the update seems to be too the board not the psu.Gigabyte will fix the issue via rma - but who wants to buy a board and immediately send it in for a mod such as this?
Mark
It just appears to be the digital corsair units with the issue (ones that end in i) so any other corsair unit should be fine.
If buying new the majority of what ocuk sell are reputable brands, ocz, xfx, antec, Silverstone, seasonic, evga etc...and should also be fine.
If buying new the majority of what ocuk sell are reputable brands, ocz, xfx, antec, Silverstone, seasonic, evga etc...and should also be fine.
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Update, the pc lives!
On the mobo there's a switch to enable or disable the 1st pcie slot, it was turned off apparently, so I can get into the bios now, so will add my dvd drive and install windows, then add hdd. Phew
On the mobo there's a switch to enable or disable the 1st pcie slot, it was turned off apparently, so I can get into the bios now, so will add my dvd drive and install windows, then add hdd. Phew
Good news bud - so it was something simple after all.Good luck with your install etc.
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Thanks, I'll post later after work and install, let you know how i got on, then what steps to the first to ensure stable pc, just so relieved it was simple, technically I built it right, was an oversight 