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Well I need to get a bigger drive, and at present I have a Samsung 840 Pro & 850 Pro.

I've been doing a bit of reading online, and the benchmarks look impressive for the NVME M.2, but then I read...

Ahh I didn't look hard enough LOL...

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@michmich, some water cooling systems aren't much better, or even better then nice high end air cooling heatsinks. Some water cooled systems just aren't worth using...

I run a great air cooled...

@catsmoke,

I installed Win7, disk partitioned GPT, and it never changed to MBR, I installed it CSM compatibility mode enabled, then I ran the cmds I listed on this post, and then disabled CSM...
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https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?96985-ALERT-Asus-B250F-Has-Bad-BIOS!#post707171

This was with 2 brand new boards, fresh out the box, not doing anything, excpet a few simple changes, and they would lockup all the time...

I don't own these anymore I returned both of them, so...

Does the BIOS list the microcode version?

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Well your eye balls are on fire, you sure that Meltdown didn't hit you? ;)

Hmm I guess they'll have to shut the Internet off for a while... LOL






4.15 user here, who rolls their own! WoOt

Runs great, as fast as any kernel I've ever used, no slow downs here! ...

So are you saying that they have excatly the same hardware, everything 100% the same?

For starters, fill out your Specs Profile, so we can click and read all your specs, of all your hardware...

Yeah DS4 seems to be the nicest...

But for the moment, I am playing some games that GOG has, and they both have Controller support built in, so no need for any 3rd party app, and to be honest,...

One very good Rule of Thumb is, only buy new technology if you don't mind tinkering, because with 'Latest Generation Hardware' you will most likely at some point run into issues.

So it's best to...

Oh forgive me Fellow Geeks for being so lazy! LOL...

I found it! WoOt

Advance Mode > Boot > Setup Mode :)

Oh Gosh I feel small, my Penguin status has been demoted... LMAO ;)

I hope people here, especially the Newbies who certainly don't know better, is that, just because there's an update, no matter how critical, SIT & WAIT!

Because as you can all now see, no matter...

Hello,

I've tried several bios versions and I see the same thing.

Press F2 Key, enter BIOS, popup screen appears saying 'Load Previous Values' with a OK and Cancel button at the bottom, and...

Actually Intel said to stop patching, so 3703 might not be a good idea at the moment...

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42788169#

I think for now I'll just stick to 3401...

DID EVERYONE READ THIS?

Stop Patching your box!

---> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42788169#

The MODS need to make a Sticky/Post ---> Intel Tells Users To Stop Patching...

Hmm Sounds like the good ole M$ days, we need a patch for the patch LOL...

Yes how is this bios working for others?

Asus updated it, so now it's the correct version, and it has new microcode update, so I'm considering grabbing this, if it seems to be doing ok for...

Ohh they have the Detection Tool for Linux too! :)

>python intel_sa00086.py
INTEL-SA-00086 Detection Tool
Copyright(C) 2017, Intel Corporation, All rights reserved

Application Version:...

Correct, the BIOS isn't the issue, it's ME...

I was just trying to say that if someone had 11.7.0.1040 installed, I didn't see the point of running the detection tool...

That's a good one JustinThyme! :)

TOOTHPASTE, oh my ribs! LMAO

On a serious note, I use GELID - GC-Extreme, and it works great.

You can change settings as instructed, but you really need to...

It's not complicated if you look at it from a Production Date point of view, how long and Mature the hardware is.

If I'm correct Ryzen came out Feb. 2017, this is just reaching 1 year, and you are...

bcdedit.exe /set {current} quietboot on - removes the Windows boot/logo screen and you don't need to use this command if you want to still see it at boot up, it's just something for a little more...

I thought if we're running 3504 and ME 11.7.0.1040, then we are not vulnerable, so why bother with this detection tool?