ASUS North America - ASUS Z170 Motherboards Q&A Thread

Outbreaker said:
If i see this correctly then all Asus mainboards now only support 5.1 audio jack and no 7.1 audio jack like the old mainboards?
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7.1 channel output is supported:

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Ports can be retasked.
 
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Thanks for this info.
Looks like i have to get use to, connecting my headset at the Front inputs because i have also an Line-in device.
 
Raja --

Is the pce-ac66 wifi adapter compatible with the ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII Hero ? I ask because it was not compatible with the haswell chip, so I am curious if I can re-use it for skylake.

Thanks
 
bnl said:
Raja --

Is the pce-ac66 wifi adapter compatible with the ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII Hero ? I ask because it was not compatible with the haswell chip, so I am curious if I can re-use it for skylake.

Thanks
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I can try a PCE-AC68 in one as I have one here at home, but can't help you on the PCE-AC66. I think they were accpeting RMA of those AC66 units for HW compatibility at one time tho (been a while so I may be wrong)...
 
Thanks...who should I contact about the AC66 RMA ? It's only a couple years old, it should still work with current hardware
 
Looking to upgrade to a 6700k and plan on going with an Asus mobo, but with built in WiFi since I want to avoid using an add-in card. Any chance of seeing a ROG board with built-in WiFi? I see the Deluxe has it, but would prefer going ROG.
 
bnl said:
Thanks...who should I contact about the AC66 RMA ? It's only a couple years old, it should still work with current hardware
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ASUS Support - try that first. If that does not help, I will forward you an email address for the CLM team.
 
Raja@ASUS, I don't know if this question has been asked but will the Maximus VIII Ranger make it to the States side?? I'm interesting in that motherboard.
 
mTECHIE said:
Raja@ASUS, I don't know if this question has been asked but will the Maximus VIII Ranger make it to the States side?? I'm interesting in that motherboard.
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He said on page one that it would be on newegg in bundles
 
Raja@ASUS

Is it okay to put two PWM fans on the same header with a splitter? Noctua provides splitters with their fans and I was wondering if it a single motherboard fan header on the new Z170 boards can control two fans without issue.

Long ago I had some fan headers burn out from this so I have always used one fan per connection.

thanks
 
zaniix said:
Raja@ASUS

Is it okay to put two PWM fans on the same header with a splitter? Noctua provides splitters with their fans and I was wondering if it a single motherboard fan header on the new Z170 boards can control two fans without issue.

Long ago I had some fan headers burn out from this so I have always used one fan per connection.

thanks
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Hello

Each fan header can support up to 1A max per header.
 
jkramp said:
Hello

Each fan header can support up to 1A max per header.
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Well then since the case fans are Noctua NF-A14s and they have the following stats
Max. Input Power 1,56 W
Max. Input Current 0,13 A
Voltage 12 V

that seems like its okay for 2 fans, I am still not sure if it will read the fan speeds correctly but all I can do is test and see
 
zaniix said:
Well then since the case fans are Noctua NF-A14s and they have the following stats
Max. Input Power 1,56 W
Max. Input Current 0,13 A
Voltage 12 V

that seems like its okay for 2 fans, I am still not sure if it will read the fan speeds correctly but all I can do is test and see
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If nothing else you can force a set speed on them. Both should respond roughly the same if they are identical fans.
 
A lot of splitters are made so the header only reads off one fan and the second one just mimics it no? Check the pins... The PWM splitter that came with my Phanteks cooler is missing a pin on one of the two ends.
 
Impulse said:
A lot of splitters are made so the header only reads off one fan and the second one just mimics it no? Check the pins... The PWM splitter that came with my Phanteks cooler is missing a pin on one of the two ends.
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Something like that would work and honestly, you can make that yourself pretty easily.
 
zaniix said:
Well then since the case fans are Noctua NF-A14s and they have the following stats
Max. Input Power 1,56 W
Max. Input Current 0,13 A
Voltage 12 V

that seems like its okay for 2 fans, I am still not sure if it will read the fan speeds correctly but all I can do is test and see
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Hello

Yes, two of those fans can be connected to the same header without issue. Noctua states the included splitter will properly control both connected fans.
 
Hey Raja@ASUS, what's the official word on a Z170 Sabertooth board?
I see a thumbnail for it on asus.com, but that's about it.

Thanks
 
Raja@ASUS said:
ASUS Support - try that first. If that does not help, I will forward you an email address for the CLM team.
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Just got off the phone with ASUS support...they said they wouldn't do an RMA of the AC66 for AC68. Any strings you can pull? Kind of sucks to have a card go obsolete after only 2 years. Who should I try calling / emailing ?
 
bnl said:
Just got off the phone with ASUS support...they said they wouldn't do an RMA of the AC66 for AC68. Any strings you can pull? Kind of sucks to have a card go obsolete after only 2 years. Who should I try calling / emailing ?
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Drop me a PM with full details: address, phone, email and card serial number. I will forward to Tien from the CLM team.
 
Raja in your opinion which is the better boad - Z170-A or Z170 Pro Gaming? They are within $5 of each other.
 
Hey,

I've got ASUS Z170M-Plus and so far 2 problems with it, also I can share experience if anyone's intrested.

1st problem - if I use bios Q-Fan control for auto setup the motherboard will do measurment, then display results and crash (need to hard reset it) while saving obtained settings.

2nd problem - I can't install AI Suite 3 with Logitech Gaming Software. It'll cause Win 10 to crash in a loop. It's hard to recover from this state as even if I uninstall AI Suite, LGS wont work anymore.

Apart from I'm running it with 6600K OC 4.2GHZ with voltage set to offset -0.08 and GTX 970 OC and it's rock stable ;) I could go higher but I'm using Noctua NH-U9b in destkop case so heat is an issue for me.
 
alyjen said:
Hey,

I've got ASUS Z170M-Plus and so far 2 problems with it, also I can share experience if anyone's intrested.

1st problem - if I use bios Q-Fan control for auto setup the motherboard will do measurment, then display results and crash (need to hard reset it) while saving obtained settings.
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Re first issue: If the CPU is overclocked it is possible the CPU temp is increasing too far when the calibration routine is run. The only other time this type of issue occurs is when someone plugs a water pump into one of the fan headers and the pump stops during calibration. Might want to try running Q-Fan tuning when the system is at defaults.
 
hey Raja

it's happening even at stock clocks, and I'm talking about "in bios" calibration, CPU temp is like ~30-35C during the process

fan calibration doesn't touch CPU clock, it just move fans from 0 to 100% checking rpms for each value. This looks like simple error with current bios release, nothing else
 
RAJA@ASUS

Can you tell me what the differences are between the Z170 VIII Ranger and Hero?

They seem very close, the Hero has 2 more SATA ports, LEDs, colorful plastic cover over ports and listed as supporting higher clocked RAM, is that it?

Are there any BIOS functions that are different? Do they both have same power circuits?

thanks
 
alyjen said:
hey Raja

it's happening even at stock clocks, and I'm talking about "in bios" calibration, CPU temp is like ~30-35C during the process

fan calibration doesn't touch CPU clock, it just move fans from 0 to 100% checking rpms for each value. This looks like simple error with current bios release, nothing else
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I am aware the Q-Fan calibration routine does not touch the CPU clock - that is why I stated "if" the CPU is overclocked. Not heard of this problem from anyone else - you might want to state the fans being used and the UEFI version of your board.
 
zaniix said:
RAJA@ASUS

Can you tell me what the differences are between the Z170 VIII Ranger and Hero?

They seem very close, the Hero has 2 more SATA ports, LEDs, colorful plastic cover over ports and listed as supporting higher clocked RAM, is that it?

Are there any BIOS functions that are different? Do they both have same power circuits?

thanks
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UEFI is the same one both boards, DRAM clocking favors the Hero due to PCB differences etc. VRM on both boards is enough to max out these CPUs and last so nothing of major concern there.
 
@Raja

Is there a motherboard/EFI way to disable energy savings/head parking for HDDs on the z170 boards? This is a big issue with the 13.1+ Intel RST drivers (including 14.5 used by this chipset). They cause a lot of head parking issues and Intel has not yet issued a fix.
 
Raja@ASUS said:
I am aware the Q-Fan calibration routine does not touch the CPU clock - that is why I stated "if" the CPU is overclocked. Not heard of this problem from anyone else - you might want to state the fans being used and the UEFI version of your board.
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bios version as you can see on screen is 0223, I'm using total of 6 Noctua 92mm PWM fans, in 3 pairs each pair connected by Noctua Y cable to one socket in mobo, fan control when I use manual mode is working fine, both fans in each pair works at the same set speed

Now when I enter bios, hit F6 and then use "all fan calibration' it'll work for a while, then it'll display me those results, but when I click Ok, bios freeze and only hard reset or power off works

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzqZpyHRLVfASFQ5T2VScnBidHRlUEVfUExyQWItY1I1LXFj

now it's not a big issue, I've just used those results to set fans manually ;) but it's a bug
 
bigdogchris said:
@Raja

Is there a motherboard/EFI way to disable energy savings/head parking for HDDs on the z170 boards? This is a big issue with the 13.1+ Intel RST drivers (including 14.5 used by this chipset). They cause a lot of head parking issues and Intel has not yet issued a fix.
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I had this issue years ago with my WD EARS drivers, and I've just used tool from WD to modify this settings in each drive FW, pretty easy operation and I've never had issue with those drives again (4 years and counting)
 
Did you try running the calibration without the Y splitters? (and less fans obviously) Just a shot in the dark, though I'm curious because I intend to use a splitter for my front two fans as well.
 
alyjen said:
bios version as you can see on screen is 0223, I'm using total of 6 Noctua 92mm PWM fans, in 3 pairs each pair connected by Noctua Y cable to one socket in mobo, fan control when I use manual mode is working fine, both fans in each pair works at the same set speed

Now when I enter bios, hit F6 and then use "all fan calibration' it'll work for a while, then it'll display me those results, but when I click Ok, bios freeze and only hard reset or power off works

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzqZpyHRLVfASFQ5T2VScnBidHRlUEVfUExyQWItY1I1LXFj

now it's not a big issue, I've just used those results to set fans manually ;) but it's a bug
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If you are using the low noise adapters make sure both fans have one before the splitter, if you use a single one after the splitter it can cause issues. You may know this already, but just in case
 
Isn't it kinda redundant to put in a low noise adapter on a fan header/connection that you're trying to calibrate and adjust via the mobo?
 
alyjen said:
bios version as you can see on screen is 0223, I'm using total of 6 Noctua 92mm PWM fans, in 3 pairs each pair connected by Noctua Y cable to one socket in mobo, fan control when I use manual mode is working fine, both fans in each pair works at the same set speed

Now when I enter bios, hit F6 and then use "all fan calibration' it'll work for a while, then it'll display me those results, but when I click Ok, bios freeze and only hard reset or power off works

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzqZpyHRLVfASFQ5T2VScnBidHRlUEVfUExyQWItY1I1LXFj

now it's not a big issue, I've just used those results to set fans manually ;) but it's a bug
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Try without the splitters and see if it still happens. You can use the splitters afterwards. Single fan to the header - nothing in between.
 
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