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    ASUS X99 Motherboard Series - Official Support Thread

    Yea. On the Z97 it was held in place by 2 small screws accessed from the back of the motherboard. So depending on your case, it may require removing the motherboard from the case. But looking at some pictures of the x99 deluxe, it appears you'd also have to possibly remove the cover on the...
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    ASUS X99 Motherboard Series - Official Support Thread

    I have an Asus z97-deluxe with the Wi-Fi and NFC thing. When I first built the system, trying to install the Bluetooth drivers on windows 7 64-bit always resulted in a crash or system hang. The thing that solved the problem was removing and reseating the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth device in its slot. Might...
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    ASUS X99 Motherboard Series - Official Support Thread

    I believe that might be the intel management engine interface driver. Seems harmless if you don't install anything for it. But you can install just the driver if you extract it from the install package. If you install the entire intel management engine interface driver package, it installs a...
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    GTX 970 Strix Hardware Changes?

    Nothing has changed on the system though, except for uninstalling the old card (gtx 275 with 340.52) and installing the new card. Everything about the system is identical, including background processes. Also, the tdp% is the same in all three cases. If something was hogging gpu power, that...
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    GTX 970 Strix Hardware Changes?

    Thought I'd post my observations about the 970 strix. I had to send back two of these to the place I bought them from (one from newegg and one from amazon) because of defects. One had occasional massive bouts of coil whine upon turning the computer on. Another had ramdom flashing dots on any...
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    Asus Strix 980 one fan issue?

    The first one I got, a 970 though, the fans did sometimes seem to operate independently of each other. And as you say, the entire heatsink could be 'twisted' a few millimeters in either direction. Returned it for issues of occasional massive bouts of coil whine when first turning the computer...
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    Monitors and viewing distance

    I recently switched from a 24" to a 27" and was a little worried it was just going to be too big from 2 or 3 feet away. Well, it wasn't and I very easily adapted to the size. In fact, I would probably have a hard time going back to 24". On the other hand, when you start talking about 30" or...
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    Help me choose 1440p IPS

    I've been thinking of replacing my HP LP2475 with a BenQ BL2710PT. Reading quite a few experiences from people on these forums and product reviews that have gone through 2 or more exchanges for a decent "defect free" monitor has me a little bit worried because, unfortunately, I'm probably one...
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    ASUS GTX 980 Strix LED Control

    Electrical tape?
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    970/980 Coil Whine

    I just took some string and basically hung the back end of the fan shroud from two spots on the case.
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    970/980 Coil Whine

    I suppose it could do something, but there are tons of variables at work in these situations. You can easily find out about the causes of this physical phenomenon. Lots of info about it on the web. And it's not just confined to video cards. Finding a cure for it might not be so easy. One...
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    New Nvidia WHQL Driver 344.60

    I guess I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with this problem (display corruption on monitor wake). So I guess it's safe to assume it's a driver issue and not the monitor firmware, the displayport cable, or the videocard itself. I just continue to use a dvi cable, no problems. My monitor is...
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    970/980 Coil Whine

    I don't. At least I don't think I do! Sometimes you can't be too sure of anything. :eek: But some people might have their computers on the desk right next to their head, which could be a problem, even for the low frequency puttering/hissing.
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    970/980 Coil Whine

    For me personally, I don't see much of a problem, and am going to just keep the card. For someone with a computer with only 1 or 2 really quiet fans, I could see how this might be a problem. Hearing is also subjective.
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    970/980 Coil Whine

    I recently got an Asus 970 and the sound characteristic of the whine is not a constant. Changing resolution, fullscreen/windowed, antialiasing, post fx, etc. All of these change how the whine sounds. And in most cases, whine is an incorrect word to describe this problem. For me, I can hear a...
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