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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Sep 2012 13:50    Post subject: Need cheap mobo
Anyone got advice on a cheap AM3/AM3+ mobo that can support up to 4 ram strips and minimal 16gb of ram?

I had the Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 ordered, but this mobo doesn't support USB before actually installing the drivers in windows (i know it's fucking strange), when the SATA controller is set to ACHI or RAID it doesn't read the HDD's properly in the bios and finally after installing windows (with controller set to IDE) and i did a bios update, my ram wouldn't get detected anymore (unless i removed one) and only 1 of my 4 HDD's...
So i'm returning that one and need a fairly cheap replacement (max €100,-)

Any advice would be appreciated.


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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Sep 2012 14:23    Post subject:
thats very odd behavior, used that exact some mobo for someone elses build and had zero issues , maybe a bios update would help? or an RMA? other wise http://geizhals.at/de/783603?v=l
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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Sep 2012 14:43    Post subject:
I updated to F10 bios and then the ram/hdd issue started.

I'm using Kingston Hyper X blu 8GB, PC3-12800 (DDR3-1600) ( Kit Of 2 ) as ram (KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX)


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PostPosted: Wed, 26th Sep 2012 11:27    Post subject:
I got the one you recommended, ASRock 970 Pro3 with ram that was in it's list of compatibility.

It's gonna arrive in an hour or so, fingers crossed it works finally.

http://azerty.nl/producten/product_detail/?ID=532492
http://azerty.nl/producten/product_detail/?ID=462742 (2x)


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PostPosted: Wed, 26th Sep 2012 13:34    Post subject:
Fucking bitch ain't working either... the fuck is with the hardware i'm getting?!


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PostPosted: Wed, 26th Sep 2012 15:22    Post subject:
Kingston HyperX Blue have somehow lower compatibility. I have some issue with those RAM sticks at work. And they are not on the ASRock's QVL list for that motherboard either.

EDIT: Sorry I'm so tired recently due to fuckload of work. Didn't noticed you've changed the RAM too.

Have you tried booting it with only one RAM stick? Do you populate the DIMM slots as it is in manual?


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PostPosted: Wed, 26th Sep 2012 15:32    Post subject:
They are not HyperX, they are ValueRAM and they are on their list:




Everything should fucking work.
Gave my own ram a try, another vidcard (because the monitor wouldn't turn on, and the GPU fan is stuck at 100% the whole time it's on) and another PSU.
Eventually i gave up, put my old mobo back with the correct hardware and it's working flawless...

I always get this kind of fucked up shit... Sad


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PostPosted: Sun, 30th Sep 2012 11:18    Post subject:
We have decided to get another mobo and cpu this time.

The server is now getting a MSI B75MA-P45 with the Intel i5-2500K and 16GB of ram Razz

We got a nice discount from MyCom if we bought at them that we couldn't refuse Wink


(let's hope there are no more issues now tho >.<)


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PostPosted: Thu, 4th Oct 2012 11:11    Post subject:
It has arrived, PLEASE work this time!



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PostPosted: Thu, 4th Oct 2012 19:47    Post subject:
Well the new hardware is running flawless (except that my hdd died).

But way better then with the prev (my minecraft server was taking up to 75% usage on idle)



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