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Time for a new Motherboard, need advice (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by exothermic@lemmy.world to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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The USB onboard controller on my ASUS Crosshair VI seems to have busted on me. That being said, it would seem I’m now in the market for a new MB.

I haven’t been keeping up with the industry and my MB crash is a bit unexpected, so I’m coming into this a bit blind. Looking for advice or feedback from your own experiences.

I have the following components:

  • 2 x 16 gb 288 pin 3600 DDR4 SDRAM G.Skill Trident Z Neo
  • EVGA FTW3 RTX 3080Ti
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-core/16thread
  • Seasonic - PRIME TX-1000 80+ Titanium PSU

Looking for suggestions. Not sure if it’d be better to get a new CPU and MB or continue with the current setup with a new MB. I’m also vibing with MBs that have very little to no RGB, I’m a bit RBG’d out.

Appreciate any help or advice

(Edit: added PSU)

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[–] exothermic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I thought of this, but I’m frozen on the bios splash screen with or without USB peripherals plugged in.

I get error 98 in boot with any USB device plugged in, which I think means USB init starts, but hangs during enumeration.

If i remove all usb devices it hangs on at D7, which i think means that USB init completes, no input found.

The fact that it’s not moving past BIOS splash screen is concerning and leads me to think this won’t be a viable solution. I’d imagine that the board will still try onboard USB first and hang before they ever reach the PCIe card. I did some other troubleshooting, at this point I’ve accepted that the board is toast.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Ah yeah that does sound pretty borked.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does it get far enough to start a flash update?

Or even, have you tried to reset the bios?

I've had similar experiences in the distant past where a fresh bios helped.

[–] exothermic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It does, I’ve reflashed the bios a few times and rolled back to 4 different versions. No luck.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ah stink.

I'd try for just getting a new MB. At least at first. You might even get away with an mATX or ITX board and save a few $.

If you do decide to rebuild a new machine, then at least you'll have a functioning machine to re-purpose.