Whoa, activity! Hello all! Just recently finally put my aging Asus Z87-A /w Q6600 + R9 280 out to pasture in favor of a new AM5 build. Amazing 1440 gaming so far! =)
On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 7:56 PM Greg Sevart <ad...@xfury.net> wrote: > Truthfully this is probably the most correct answer--while a fine system > in its day, the P9X79 platform is easily eclipsed even with the most > budget-friendly builds today. > > That being said, I just went and found my old P9X79 WS board. It's been a > few years since it's been in service, but you are welcome to it if you want > to try a replacement board. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf Of > lopaka polena > Sent: Monday, December 4, 2023 1:26 PM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] P9X79_WS with i7-4930K has failed me > > I was wondering if anyone was still using the list. Hey Thane :) > > My recommendation would be all new everything and check your components > once you have a running system. New cpu/mobo at least. If you know anybody > with spare parts you could try to figure out what is still working but it > will take more time > > lopaka > > < > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > Virus-free.www.avast.com > < > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 3:15 AM Thane K. Sherrington < > th...@computerconnectionltd.com> wrote: > > > You are showing your age. They are DIMMS now. :) > > > > I'd try a single DIMM in each socket. Does this motherboard have a > > RAM config button (some do). If so, try that. > > > > Have you tried a different power supply? I've had power supplies > > which will power up the motherboard but not allow it to boot. > > > > T > > > > On 03-Dec-2023 3:54 p.m., _ Winterlight wrote: > > > After 10 years my E6896_P9X79_WS with i7-4930K has failed me. My > > original setup was running fine but one day it wouldn’t boot and the > > board reported a CPU error. I cleaned the dust off the board and did a > > major cleaning of the CPU fan and heat sink and it seemed to run just > > fine. I had a couple extra RAM SIMMS so I decided to install them. > > What I had installed was 4 CRUCIAL DDR 3 4GB SIMM running at 1866. > > What I added into bank two was two 8GB CRUCIAL DDR3 running at 1600. > > It didn’t seem to recognize all the RAM so I went into the BIOS to try > > different settings. I enabled Auto Memory frequency settings saved and > > exited out. This is when my troubles began. > > > > > > The PC hung at post. I saw nothing on the screen just a black screen. > > At first I thought something must of got corrupt so I tried auto > > flashing the BIOS but it wasn’t working normally so I tried clearing > > the bios with the on board pin, and finally I pulled everything off > > the board, removed it from the case and let it sit in it’s box for a > > month. Then I cleaned everything and put it back together but same > problem. > > > > > > It occurred to me that maybe the CPU burned out when the fan slowed > > > down > > and then my memory bios adjustment finished it off. So I purchased a > > used but tested CPU on Ebay and tried again. Same issue. I hate to > > just throw this board away but I am out of ideas. Anybody have any > > ideas to jump start the board? Thanks <w> > > > > > >
