ASUS Zenith II Extreme TRX40

**Baze_Geo** · 01-04-2020 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by zl1_ghost

That's the frustrating part. Zero documentation besides that they exist. I also notice that the reviews so far don't really say when they are necessary. Hopefully Buildzoid will do an overview at some point

So it there an answer if 6pin PCI-E cable can be plugged in that strange power slot?

**IvoSilva** · 01-04-2020 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by Arne Saknussemm

Try and scrape it off...maybe it's stopping ILM closing right?

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Whatever it is, it's stuck / glued on quite hard. Not able to scrape it and I don't want to use any tools what could leave marks or whatever and have warranty / return denied for something I'm not at fault. This is a poor quality check and for a an item priced like this it's not acceptable.

**IvoSilva** · 01-04-2020 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by Baze_Geo

So it there an answer if 6pin PCI-E cable can be plugged in that strange power slot?

It's a pci-e cable. Gigabyte TRX40 xtreme has one too, but it's correctly named and described opposed to Asus.. Shot from the gigabyte manual:

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Don't worry, just plug it in if you need it.

**Arne Saknussemm** · 01-04-2020 07:38 PM

Yeah...can understand not wanting to hack at it...

But I'd have a go with something plastic...or a soldering iron myself...but that's just me...

If you're sending it back I wouldn't bother

@Baze_Geo...yes 6pin PCIe power connector

**IvoSilva** · 01-04-2020 08:28 PM

And it's not my own hardware, I'm just helping a friend out.

I'm building a TRX40 system for myself, it's not going to be an Asus BOARD because of the issues I had with the first Gen Zenith. This situation is not helping me change my mind lol.

My friend instructed me to send the board back to Amazon and request I change it for MSI or Gigabyte and so it shall be.

**Arne Saknussemm** · 01-17-2020 06:51 PM

I just got my very own...it's crazy high quality...it has it's own gravitational field the sheer quality weight!....

The ROG multi tip screwdriver!...If I'd known it came with that I'd have got one sooner...

Will be testing 24 32 and 64 core when that comes out...PCIe 4.0 too...the future is here

**Ksheltarna** · 01-26-2020 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by IvoSilva

And it's not my own hardware, I'm just helping a friend out.

I'm building a TRX40 system for myself, it's not going to be an Asus BOARD because of the issues I had with the first Gen Zenith. This situation is not helping me change my mind lol.

My friend instructed me to send the board back to Amazon and request I change it for MSI or Gigabyte and so it shall be.

I get the same error code C6 with ASUS ROG STRIX TRX40-E. I have sent it back, and now waiting for the shop to show it to Asus next week.
I will never buy Asus again, their service support doesn't reply to my email even after a week. Moving to Msi and Gigabyte.
Please post here more details on your motherboard return.
I shall do the same.

**IvoSilva** · 01-27-2020 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Ksheltarna

I get the same error code C6 with ASUS ROG STRIX TRX40-E. I have sent it back, and now waiting for the shop to show it to Asus next week.
I will never buy Asus again, their service support doesn't reply to my email even after a week. Moving to Msi and Gigabyte.
Please post here more details on your motherboard return.
I shall do the same.

I purchased from Amazon EU, so it's completely hassle free. I was refunded as soon as they got it no questions asked.

It's the main reason why I only use Amazon for certain items that I know can be problematic, I have no time deal with small vendors or manufacturers and its representatives.

**macmus** · 02-03-2020 06:14 PM

I have both Zenith X399 Alpha and TRX40.
In both cases I use expansion fan card.

In case of X399 Fan card is detected properly in bios and OS, but in case of TRX40 it's only detected under OS..

I tried different bioses... reset the bios.. pull the battery etc.. nothing retrigger expansion card to be detected?

**gontch** · 02-13-2020 12:19 AM

This motherboard has 2 major issues with cpu and case FAN control

1/
This motherboard has FAN Spin Up/Down delay setting issues.
Fan speed is constantly changing... this rapid variation creates extra noise...
Just opening Chrome will make your fans spin faster immediately for few seconds.
FAN Spin Up/Down delay settings are available in BIOS and FanExpert but it don't work in NEITHER.

Reported in
https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthrea...137#post798137
and
Support case E2001041256 (opened early Jan - still no useful feedback)

2/
As reported by macmus and myself
Fan Extension Card II is not configurable from BIOS, only accessible in Windows through FanXpert.
This same card is accessible and configurable in BIOS on other ASUS motherboards.
https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthrea...ghlight=zenith

@ASUS representatives in this Forum could you take these 2 issues seriously please?
These are 2 major flaws in this high end card that can be fixed with a simple BIOS/Software update

Baze_Geo PC Specs
Motherboard	Rampage V Extreme
Processor	Intel 5960x
Graphics Card #1	Rog poseidon 1080TI
Sound Card	Sound Blaster ZXR
Storage #1	Samsung 960 M2 SSD
Storage #2	Samsung 860 Sata SSD
CPU Cooler	EKWB custom water cooled
Case	Corsair 900D
Power Supply	Corsair AX 1500i
Keyboard	Razer Blackwidow ultimate
Mouse	Razer Ouroboros
Headset	Senheiser HD 700
Mouse Pad	Razer vespula
OS	Windows 10
Network Router	Asus AC5300

IvoSilva PC Specs
Motherboard	Asus ROG Zenith Extreme
Processor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Hexadeca-Core
Memory (part number)	G.SKILL F4-3200C14Q-32GTZ (4x8GB)
Graphics Card #1	SAPPHIRE Radeon™ RX Vega64 8G HBM2 Limited Edition
Storage #1	Samsung 960 PRO NVMe M.2 1TB
CPU Cooler	NZXT Kraken x62
Case	Thermaltake View 31 TG RGB
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Gold 1000W 80+ Gold
Keyboard	Logitech G910 Orion RGB Spectrum Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Mouse	Logitech G502
Headset	Sennheiser HD650
OS	Windows 10 Professional x64

IvoSilva PC Specs
Motherboard	Asus ROG Zenith Extreme
Processor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Hexadeca-Core
Memory (part number)	G.SKILL F4-3200C14Q-32GTZ (4x8GB)
Graphics Card #1	SAPPHIRE Radeon™ RX Vega64 8G HBM2 Limited Edition
Storage #1	Samsung 960 PRO NVMe M.2 1TB
CPU Cooler	NZXT Kraken x62
Case	Thermaltake View 31 TG RGB
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Gold 1000W 80+ Gold
Keyboard	Logitech G910 Orion RGB Spectrum Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Mouse	Logitech G502
Headset	Sennheiser HD650
OS	Windows 10 Professional x64

Arne Saknussemm PC Specs
Laptop (Model)	Laptop?...No way! (Model?...Jun Amaki...yes way!)
Motherboard	ROG ZENITH II EXTREME
Processor	THREADRIPPER 3960X
Memory (part number)	TXBD48G4000HC18FBK
Graphics Card #1	GTX Titan X
Graphics Card #2	SLI is dead to me
Graphics Card #3	Tri SLI is even dead to Nvidia
Graphics Card #4	Quad SLI is dead to everybody especially my credit card
Sound Card	Xonar Essence STX
Monitor	ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q
Storage #1	Samsung 970/960/950 PRO
Storage #2	2x OCZ VERTEX 3/2x WD Caviar Black 500GB / 2x WD RED 2TB/Samsung 1TBSSDs
CPU Cooler	Custom Loop: Dual D5s, Dual Alphacool Monsta 480s, XSPC Raystorm Neo TR4, EK TitanX WaterBlock
Case	Nope!...Dimastech Easy XL...let it all hang out man!
Power Supply	Seasonic 1000 Platinum
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe MK2 ROG Claymore... or Fender Rhodes Electric Piano (MKI 73)
Mouse	Corsair M65Pro or Speedy Gonzalez...not Mickey...don't do Disney!
Headset	...firmly on neck
Mouse Pad	Mouse don't got his own pad man...lives with me
Headset/Speakers	Edifier Spinnaker...or you mean the speakers in my head...man too many voices to name them all
OS	Win XP, 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 Spyware Edition
Network Router	56k modem
Accessory #1	Umm...nice tie?
Accessory #2	Err...belt?
Accessory #3	3 accessories?! I'm not a girl!!

IvoSilva PC Specs
Motherboard	Asus ROG Zenith Extreme
Processor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Hexadeca-Core
Memory (part number)	G.SKILL F4-3200C14Q-32GTZ (4x8GB)
Graphics Card #1	SAPPHIRE Radeon™ RX Vega64 8G HBM2 Limited Edition
Storage #1	Samsung 960 PRO NVMe M.2 1TB
CPU Cooler	NZXT Kraken x62
Case	Thermaltake View 31 TG RGB
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Gold 1000W 80+ Gold
Keyboard	Logitech G910 Orion RGB Spectrum Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Mouse	Logitech G502
Headset	Sennheiser HD650
OS	Windows 10 Professional x64

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