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You sir have forever earned my gratitude. I just hooked up the cheater plug with an external ground wire to the brass valve on the radiator and cleaned it up with steel wool to make sure I had good contact. My humming is gone. I still hear some buzzing but that seems to change/gets worse when...

I do have a cast iron radiator right near my computer. You're talking about using something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater_plug ... and running a single copper wire from the loop on the plug to the radiator's pipe? That sounds like something cheap I can try.

My Xonar U7 has a SPDIF output (and a SPDIF to TOSLink adapter). I'm thinking I can get something like this: http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/behringer-behringer-digital-stereo-near-field-monitor-speakers-ms40-ms40/10321241.aspx?path=8815a18f31328bc0f46425eb73bf4ec7en02 Do you think I...

That would probably work. But another 100$ plus I would need to change the speakers to a pair that has HDMI inputs.

I can't fix the ungrounded outlet problem. I rent, plus installing a grounded outlet requires that ground wires be run to each box from the electrical panel which is probably ungrounded as well whch means changing the panel to attach it to the house ground etc etc. It's a huge job even for one...

Hey everyone, I was experiencing buzzing from my speakers coming from the video card (the buzzing is a lot more intense when the video card is under load). I bought an Asus Sonar u7 external sound card and am still having the issue. My speakers are amped and powered from the same electricity...

That's terrible. Next time tell them that putting a cold KK doughnut in the microwave 7 seconds turns it back into the same hot sticky pile of goodness it was when it came off the glazing machine chain.

Does the setup HAVE to be the M.2 drive? I just did an x99 build with the Intel 750 PCIe deive and I followed the guides to prepare the NvMe drivers ahead of time on my flash drive and everything went smoothly. I had ideas to do the same thing you want to ... i.e. booting/OS only from the M.2...

I needed a dremel recently to mod my case. Had I not purchased a cheap one at a pawn shop, I would have gotten this one :) Mine did the job well enough, but it would have worked better if I could have the cutting wheel tilted 90° in some spots.

I have an X99-pro/USB3.1 as well and I'll echo this sentiment. I like the board a lot. Aside from a problem flashing the BIOS which has nothing to do with the board itself but with lack of documentation and partly a very small error on my part once I figured it out, everything else went...

I have a bias against gigabyte since my previous computer had their motherboard in it and USB never worked, and the audio was the worst. It wasn't so horrible but you know what they say about the grass being greener ... That being said I only ever owned a GPU by MSI and it performed...

Thanks for that knowledge. I only have an SSD in this computer so USB interference from HDD's is a non-issue. I will shop around for a DAC either RCA or stereo out and apply the right connector.

I had a problem identical to what you describe. (Still do). However I got some good advice here. The problem stems from the fact that the audio outputs from the computer are very badly shielded against electric interference. If you have a USB headset try to plug it in and see if you still...

I only got 1/6. In all but one failure I chose the 320kb/s. I was using a USB headset and they all sounded really close. The one I got was the last one with the classical piano and I feel it was obvious.

Nice I'll try to find one with 1/4" jacks.

I know this thread is old, however I just built an Asus X99-Pro/USB3.1 system and the analog interference is even worse than on my previous board which was 6 years old. Simply because of that I won't be re-using my 2 studio amplified rolands.

They don't. These are Roland MA-12. They're old but sound good :) I'm going to have to abandon them. The analog audio jack on this new motherboard has absolutely 0 shielding from the GPU electronics. As soon as there is a game going or animation going on the screen they buzz incessantly...

I managed to figure out that I had the correct bios file however since my motherboard is the Asus X99-Pro/USB3.1 version, it requires that the file used by the bios is named X99PUB31,cap The only renamer utility I found for the PRO motherboard is for the non-USB3.1 version and it names the file...

I have 2 Roland studio speakers that have a pre-amp built-in. However they each have an audio cable which is 1/4" plug. I need to connect them into the lime green connector port which is a single 1/8" jack. Can I use something like this...

I had the right BIOS however, there is no renamer utility for it so I was changing the name of the file to X99P ... well my motherboard is the USB3.1 version so it would only accept a X99PU31.CAP file. I only found out because I went into the AI Suite III's bios flash utility and noticed the...

I don't know if the ASUS guy still reads this thread but I figured I'd post just in case. I can't update my BIOS. No matter if I try from within windows, or use the EZ Flash2 utility with a fat32 flash drive in the Flashback port or any port or that matter it keeps saying the bios file is not...

Trying to flash using the utility in the bios using the *.cap file I got here: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA2011/X99-PRO/X99-PRO-ASUS-1702.zip?_ga=1.189498286.488175528.1433634988 I have tried everything I can think of. When I use the EZ Flash I get the "Selected file is not a proper...

The thread can be deleted. I figured out I was not too smart and had the USB drive plugged into a usb3 port which uefi doesn't support. Using usb2 now and installation is under way.

I'm trying to install win7 on a new intel ssd. I setup a USB drive as a uefi boot and I can successfully boot the install program from it. However I stored my ssd driver files on that same USB drive. When it is time to install on a drive it doesn't see the ssd drive (which is expected). I then...

My current PC which is getting replaced within a few days is running a Gigabyte motherboard (X58-UD5) and it sucked. I've never been able to get rid of the clicking in the audio and the USB support was horrible. I tried countless drivers before finding one that at least allowed them to work...

They gave me a performance MX at work when I asked for a new mouse. It works fine for programming but my preference is for a lighter mouse for home use.

I have a 518 and the right button has just recently started to stick. I like this mouse because it's not too heavy, and the sides are grippy after 6 years of abuse. Not sure if I can get it back to working like new if I disassemble it.

I don't disagree. I might try it in 5 years (ironically everything but the RAM has already shipped:rolleyes:). Specially since I don't keep up with the technology regularly anymore, I was surprised at how much has changed since the last time I built a computer. My Arctic silver is probably...

I use this comp primarily for gaming and encoding video. I know it's overkill, however I generally build one computer for 5-6 years. My current computer is 5 1/2 years old and it's on the cusp of usability. As for other parts, I'm re-using my power supply (1000W Corsair), Antec case...

I recently ordered these parts : PC Hound Part List CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K ($379.99 @ TigerDirect) Motherboard: ASUS X99-PRO ($373.64 @ Amazon) Memory: G.SKILL 32GB (8 x 4GB) Ripjaws 4 series ($369.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 ($329.49 @ Amazon)...