2017 Hardware Thread [2]

Very nice work Cliff, excellent build. I think you'll be busy soon with OC'n your new rig.

Nice Cliff.

New CPU-Z released, Version: 1.82.0

OldMike65 said:

New CPU-Z released, Version: 1.82.0

Still wrong readings for JEDEC and XMP, also core voltage for my Ryzen.

CountMike said:

Still wrong readings for JEDEC and XMP, also core voltage for my Ryzen.

Like I said a while ago Mike ...your computer is possessed

OldMike65 said:

Like I said a while ago Mike ...your computer is possessed

It's land of opportunity here, all kinds of weird stuff possible.

Current desktop is driving me insane with constant crashing. So I forked over the cash and ordered this guy. I will be running another GTX 970 that I'm buying from the same coworker as last time. I designed it to be upgraded to an i7 8700K in a year. Going Intel this build. I love Ryzen but I think I'll build another Ryzen desktop in a generation or two.

System Builder - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core, ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower - PCPartPicker

I'm still learning my way around the new ASUS board.

I broke this post up in sections so it'll be easier to read and follow for ya'll

 Connecting AIO Pump

I finally figured out why I kept getting a CPU fan warning when I hooked my Thermaltake AIO to the AIO header, instead of the CPU fan header(which is what the FLOE Riing manual says to do, but if I have an extra header for the pump, why not try and use it).

I needed to go and turn of CPU fan monitoring, was all, and make sure the AIO Pump monitoring was turned on.

Actually the effect is the same, whether connected to the fan or AIO header, though-- the water flows at a certain speed, at a specified temp.

Also I'm still learning the fan controls, there are a lot more than the MSI board had, but I guess MSI does a lot automatically, without the need of user intervention, plus it was a Pro board, for workstations and not a real overclocking/gaming board.

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 "Missing SSD"

Now the only problem I need to fix is, one of my SSDs if not being seen in BIOS and Windows, even though I have everything set correctly.
Both my M.2 SSds are set to PCIe x4 , so only SATA ports 4 & 5 are disabled. 1 through 4 are active.
I have tried using ports 1,2, and 3. And also switching to ports 2,3, and 4, and still the SSD is not seen.
Even though the data cable is a new one that came with the board, I'll try swapping it out later.
The SATA power cable being used for it, is good, because it's shared with the working SSD next to it.

I hate this, because to keep swapping ports and cables, I need to take out that damn oversized Zotac every time to get to the data ports.

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 Intel TPM 2.0

Also I finally found the setting to turn on the 8700K's TPM 2.0.

I had noticed the in Device Manager that Security Devices was missing.
This one really took a while to find.
I had to go to PCH-FW Configuration and select PTT(Intel's TPM 2.0 that has been there since the 6th Gen chips at least), as the default is dTPM(discrete TPM, which is a module you need to buy extra)
Now I'm good-to-go here too:

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The ASUS BIOS has way too many menus and even more submenus. Things that actually belong together are scattered throughout it.

But, this is part of the fun of having a new system(in my opinion) learning all the settings and functions.