Can anyone think of a reason that the m.2 slot, the main pcie slot, ethernet port would not be working?  Am I going to have to return this?

I am not sure if my motherboard is the problem, as I had to purchase new memory and CPU at the same time. The other possible fault may be the onboard sound.I get hours and days at a time of flawless performance. However, occasionally I get a hard l...

I have a Maximus V Formula motherboard, 3770K cpu, 980TI gfx card, and 16 GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM.I have been running stable for years, and I had a Windows 10 update the other day. But after it did its preloading, it did not reset, just shutdown...