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After installing Microsoft Update KB3133977 for Windows 7, some users may encounter a "Secure Boot Violation" , which makes the system fail to boot into the operating system.

No plans that I am aware of.

Check using each memory module on its own in different slots. Keep default settings. IRQ BSODs can be memory related, while Whea can be memory or CPU side.

Would be an idea for you to contact Nestor directly with RMA details.

If the RMA does not go through, drop me a PM. That said, when you do RMA the board, get the PSU checked properly also - make sure there are no anomalies on the rails (needs to be checked with a load bank and oscilloscope).

Try installing the MEI driver.

Ranger is 4 layer. Hero is 6.

No eta yet.

Yep, even operating systems need updates and service packs.

If you have AI Suite installed, remove it. The current version polls a bit too aggressively, which can cause DPC latency spikes.

This would be nice. Probably a while before it's going to happen, though.

The limitations are real - whether you choose to believe them or not is irrelevant. Feel free to share your perfect motherboard with the market when you've made it. Show all the motherboard engineers how they are doing things wrong! There are always people that make mistakes or those...

There it is, the big "If". The assumption that all our boards are designed with stock coolers in mind, is just that, an assumption - and an inaccurate one at that. The reality is, we have very few stock coolers on any of the R&D lines. There is a mixture of cooling solutions on the R&D lines...

The ones that ship with the coolers are sufficient.

Exactamundo.

We have monthly meetings on this - it all goes back!

There isn't any way for either party to provide 100% proof, so nothing anyone can say really. Someone can take a pic the day they bought the product for example. Only thing I know is, if anyone on our side were doing it and was caught, they'd be fired.

It's not FUD, they don't reply until they get a response from the company that repairs the boards for us. You make a good point - it is something we need to improve. Good luck with your purchases.

Its quite easy for anyone to find a product photo and pass it off as their own - so I wouldn't submit a pic unless one includes sufficient evidence. The boards need examining properly to determine the extent of damage, that would have taken some time. Comms could have been better, but in...

To meet trace spec, this has to be done. Any mismatch in trace impedance causes timing errors. The right side of the socket land is the IMC output side - traces that run to the highest and lowest pins to the DRAM slots, pass by the mounting holes. Trace impedance modelling is not a subject that...

Have to route them that way otherwise trace impedance does not match spec and DRAM stability will suffer. No choice.

Memory traces run adjacent to the holes. Easy to strip the mask off and short or damage them if one is not careful installing or removing certain cooler mounts. I can't help you on this one; it is user error.

Try the latest audio driver and update Sonic Studio. The initial version of SS, caused issues with DPC latency.

Get on the 1202 build - you should be fine. The early issues with some memory kits due to "tight" memory sub-timing rules have been sorted.

750 drives should work okay on the board.

Do you have any SSD tweaker tools running?

The issue is likely due to the temps and the default curve not being sufficient to power the pump. You will need to disable Q-Fan control in UEFI, or set a manual fan curve. Both things are available for you to set/tune.

The Hero uses an additional ESS DAC for the headphone/front outputs.

There is no real strain in the electrical sense - the headers are regulated.

This is probably when the driver loads and the system hands off. Would not worry about it.

Intel don't allow (locked out) Xeon support on Z170 I am told.

Realbench is just a stress test. Intel XTU is both a stress test/benchmark and a system tuning utility that allows control of voltages and ratios. This is something Realbench does not do.

64GB at those speeds is likely not going ot be plug and play, if you can get it stable at all. If you really need that kind of memory density for work machines, you should be on a workstation platform using ECC memory.

May need to increase SA and IO voltages if the board offers control of them.

Check the TPU/EPU switches are not enabled. For the eSATA issue, you may want to contact support and create a ticket. May not be something they will patch at this stage.

These options were not needed in some situations so will not be displayed. Nothing for you to be concerned about.

May want to reflash the BIOS using USB BIOS flashback.

I would use higher IO an SA voltage - more like 1.30V. This board is 4 layer, for 16GB they tend to need higher SA and IO voltage than the 6 and 8 layer boards. The board/memory is failing memory training from power cycle. If that does not help, you can try increasing some of the third tier...

Cold BOOT issues are usually related to memory or CPU core instability. May need to tune SA/IO for memory. Would be worth sharing a parts list and configuration info.

It needs to handshake at 1280X1024 to correctly display UEFI. Might want to dry a different output from the VGA and input on the monitor during POST~BOOT. Possible the default graphics card output outside the OS is not the one you are using.