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Blackstone

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I need a good solid X99 Board. My Asus X99 Deluxe just fried and I need to replace it. I need a good stable board for my 6 six Haswell-E. I am not overly concerned with extreme overclocking but I need stability and it would be nice to get a good stable overclock on the chip.

I also like the way the Asus board reported error codes and had lights to show what was wrong--until the board itself died and now there are no lights.

Is Asus the best maker or should I try something else like EVGA? I am thinking about an X99 FTW.
 
I have been very happy with my gigabyte phoenix; hardocp has a review on it.
 
Blackstone said:
I need a good solid X99 Board. My Asus X99 Deluxe just fried and I need to replace it. I need a good stable board for my 6 six Haswell-E. I am not overly concerned with extreme overclocking but I need stability and it would be nice to get a good stable overclock on the chip.

I also like the way the Asus board reported error codes and had lights to show what was wrong--until the board itself died and now there are no lights.

Is Asus the best maker or should I try something else like EVGA? I am thinking about an X99 FTW.
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Still have your receipt? RMA! 3 year warranty on the Deluxe and it launched in August 2014.
That said, I really like my ASRock X99 Taichi and the price is very nice.
 
I've always had good luck with Asus boards. I've got an X99 Pro now, and it's been rock solid.
 
Blackstone said:
I am going to RMA but I am really pissed.
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How long did you have that board?

Shit happens man, even with the best manufacturers. There's not a single board model out there that has never failed. The only real question is what the vendor does about it when it does happen.
 
I have had it for about two years. The thing is the system never seemed stable and didn't die until I swapped out my GTX 980SLI setup for a single 1080ti. Then the system was running awesome, but mid game it just dies and I am getting no error codes at all.

I suppose it could be the power supply. I am going to try the paperclip trick to see if I can get the fans to start. If they start I am assuming it is the board and hopefully it did not take the CPU down with it.

And I hear ASUS RMA service is garbage.
 
Blackstone said:
I have had it for about two years.
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That's not too bad..it's still covered by the 3 year warranty, which is more than a lot of vendors cover. It sucks, and it's a headache to get it replaced, but it happens. The only reason this would make ME switch would be if the company screwed me on the RMA, or if it had happened more than once or twice before.
 
On the other hand I have built asus boards that have run a lot longer 24/7. But it seems like their quality control is down. If you look at the comments there is no consensus about quality these days. Can I RMA the board and the CPU at the same time?
 
If I have no components connected except CPU and PSU, and board does not even give me an error code but power and reset lights are illuminated, don't you think board is fried and not PSU?
 
Blackstone said:
On the other hand I have built asus boards that have run a lot longer 24/7. But it seems like their quality control is down. If you look at the comments there is no consensus about quality these days. Can I RMA the board and the CPU at the same time?
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I've built machines from almost all the vendors that ran just fine for years. I've also built machines that died in months. I don't think the quality is down personally, but that's just been my experience.

You can RMA them both of course, it's two separate companies. I haven't had to RMA a CPU in probably 10 years though, so I have no idea how easy or painful the process is currently.

Blackstone said:
If I have no components connected except CPU and PSU, and board does not even give me an error code but power and reset lights are illuminated, don't you think board is fried and not PSU?
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Have you pulled the board from the case and tested outside? Removed all the power/reset switches and such? Is there any RAM installed? Got another PSU to test with?
 
I have not pulled the board from case. No ram installed. I do have another PSU I can try, I think.
 
Blackstone said:
I have not pulled the board from case. No ram installed. I do have another PSU I can try, I think.
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I'd first swap PSUs, then pull the board out of the case, and put in at least one stick of RAM. Reset the CMOS and see how it goes.
 
I might do that. Tempted to just give it to Microcenter to diagnose. I really don't think taking it out of case will help. I will try the PSU.
 
Blackstone said:
I might do that. Tempted to just give it to Microcenter to diagnose. I really don't think taking it out of case will help. I will try the PSU.
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Well, if you have to take it into the shop, you're going to have to pull it out of the case anyway....
 
Blackstone said:
Why not just bring them the whole PC?
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I honestly don't know. I've always done my own troubleshooting down to the major component level at least. If they're going to do all the troubleshooting for free, then you might as well take it into them whole.
 
I know, not into extreme overclocking but I have a friend who has the X99 OC Formula, running 24/7 overclocking for months now and rock stable...
 
It was the PSU! Pulled my Corsair HX860i and it was dead. Paper clip test failed and fan test button failed. Plugged in my old HX750 and it booted right up.

No damages to any other component as far as I can tell. I think there might have been a power surge and the PSU took the hit for the rest of the system. I am really sort of shocked...I figured the HX860i would last forever. I can probably RMA it.
 
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