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?
7.1 channel output is supported:
Ports can be retasked.
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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?
@raja when is the ROG Maximus Extreme VIII coming out?
When will the z170-i pro graming ITX be available?
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
Thanks...who should I contact about the AC66 RMA ? It's only a couple years old, it should still work with current hardware
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.
HelloRaja@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
Hello
Each fan header can support up to 1A max per header.
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
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.
HelloWell 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
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
ASUS Support - try that first. If that does not help, I will forward you an email address for the CLM team.
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 ?
When will the z170-i pro graming ITX be available?
Should be later this month in NA.
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.
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
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.
@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.
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
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