This is what happened:

I was literally browsing the forum when my PC suddenly shut off. I tried to boot up again to no avail. The only way I was able to boot again was to move my 580 down to the PCIeX8 slot AND reset CMOS to default everything. I have seen other people with this issue online and this seems to be a dead board. Anyone have any ideas? I am extremely frustrated that I payed 240 bucks for a product and it breaks 3 months later.

Ben,

 

I have the same board in my secodn PC. I have had to contac ASUS a couple of times about it. They are very good at gettimng back, and will change the board straight away if it is borked...Was yours the B3 revision? It sounds like the PCI-e slot has indeed died. Now you have resert CMOS, try resetting your O/C and reinserting the card into the same board. we're you O/Cing your grafx card, too? Reset the lot and try again. It might be worth just giving the BIOS a flash with the latest code, too..

 

best

 

jake

Ben,

 

I have the same board in my secodn PC. I have had to contac ASUS a couple of times about it. They are very good at gettimng back, and will change the board straight away if it is borked...Was yours the B3 revision? It sounds like the PCI-e slot has indeed died. Now you have resert CMOS, try resetting your O/C and reinserting the card into the same board. we're you O/Cing your grafx card, too? Reset the lot and try again. It might be worth just giving the BIOS a flash with the latest code, too..

 

best

 

jake

 

I do have the B3 board and I had everything OC'ed before the crash. I reset everything to default already and it didn't seem to work... I guess I am going to either get a full refund and get a P8Z77-v or just get a new board....

 

Honestly, I am really disappointing that this board has gone faulty so quickly...

I do have the B3 board and I had everything OC'ed before the crash. I reset everything to default already and it didn't seem to work... I guess I am going to either get a full refund and get a P8Z77-v or just get a new board....

 

Honestly, I am really disappointing that this board has gone faulty so quickly...

 

I've been seeing a lot of dead Asus 1155 boards lately. Yikes! Better send it off while you can.

 

Avoid using that PCI-e slot, and don't try anymore. I'd hate for you to damage your 580 as well. See if you can spot any bad solders connected to the PCI-e slot. I'm intrigued as to what screwed up.

I'm intrigued as to what screwed up.

Me too..The one good thing is that ASUS are very good about this kind of thing, and they won't give you grief for O/Cing it either

 

best

 

jake

Yikes I hope this isn't gonna happen to me too. My board has been working perfectly fine for around 6 months *knock on wood*.

 

Ben, just return your board, and if you get a replacement, I'd sell it and get a Z77 board. I heard from Dazz that there's not really a difference in terms of overclocking capabilities between the -V, -V Pro and -V Deluxe boards. It just depends on how many PCI slots, SATA ports, and USB ports you need.

Ben, just return your board, and if you get a replacement, I'd sell it and get a Z77 board. I heard from Dazz that there's not really a difference in terms of overclocking capabilities between the -V, -V Pro and -V Deluxe boards. It just depends on how many PCI slots, SATA ports, and USB ports you need.

 

All that I need is a board with USB3 front header, and UEFI bios for extreme OC'ing. -- Honestly, all of the other features are a bit of a waste for my uses.

I am going to hopefully* get a refund on my P8P67 Deluxe and get the Asus P8Z77-V. I am excited for this one because I also might be get a 680 and an Ivy Bridge later on. I am pumped to see how PCIe3 works with FSX.

All that I need is a board with USB3 front header, and UEFI bios for extreme OC'ing. -- Honestly, all of the other features are a bit of a waste for my uses.

I am going to hopefully* get a refund on my P8P67 Deluxe and get the Asus P8Z77-V. I am excited for this one because I also might be get a 680 and an Ivy Bridge later on. I am pumped to see how PCIe3 works with FSX.

 

Hope you get things sorted out soon.

 

Wait, you just bought a GTX 580 and you already want to upgrade to a GTX 680? Not worth it imo.

I've been seeing a lot of dead Asus 1155 boards lately. Yikes! Better send it off while you can.

 

Avoid using that PCI-e slot, and don't try anymore. I'd hate for you to damage your 580 as well. See if you can spot any bad solders connected to the PCI-e slot. I'm intrigued as to what screwed up.

 

I fried my other GTX580 while using that slot.

 

Basically, I tried to flash the 580 bios to a newer version BUT, I left the card OC'ed during the BIOS Flash. I am pretty confident this is what killed the PCIe slot. My new 580 worked fine in that slot for a few days but suddenly yesterday, it completely died on me. I am now using the PCIe8X slot for my 580 and everything seems to be working okay.

Although, I am quite concerned to buy another ASUS mobo due to the issues that I have had so far. Anyone else have any other great 1155 boards? I am very concerned of buying another board and not being able to OC as well.

 

 

 

Wait, you just bought a GTX 580 and you already want to upgrade to a GTX 680? Not worth it imo.

 

Well... I play a few other games besides FSX. BF3 is a near double in FPS with the 680 vs the older 580. In FSX, it seems that the 680 isn't a drop nor a gain in FPS.

I am starting to lose trust into Asus. They have been my boards of trust for past many years, and seeing how they first had problems with the boards, now this problems with the slot (as Zach said, other forums too?)...

 

The question standing for me would be: what else? ASRock? MSI? Gigabyte?

 

I read that ASRock are quite good.

 

I'd wish mine just died and I got a refund. I was already thinking of sending it in under the premise of double boots / hangs at boot, even under no overclock. Something that has been annoying me from day one.

I switched to MSI and have never looked back. I will never buy another Asus board. They were nothing but trouble.

Choosing the correct board is just sooo hard! My friend never had problems with his MSI Z68A-GD65, and now sometimes his PC doesn't post when booting up, just hangs, and even the power button doesn't work and he has to shut it off manually. I heard Gigabyte are not really improving their quality and their Z68 boards also had a boot loop problem I heard. To be honest I've never really heard something negative about ASRock, I'm really curious if someone upgrades his board to a new ASRock, if he's happy about it. :)

 

But perhaps the new Asus Z77 boards are just great, who knows?

 

Maybe we should just go with a less known brand like Biostar or ECS, perhaps they don't have problems? Just so hard to make the right choice...

 

Except for the double boot problem I've so far had 0 issues with my Asus board.

Ive had just as many issue's with other manufactures!

I am starting to lose trust into Asus. They have been my boards of trust for past many years, and seeing how they first had problems with the boards, now this problems with the slot (as Zach said, other forums too?)...

 

The question standing for me would be: what else? ASRock? MSI? Gigabyte?

 

I read that ASRock are quite good.

 

I'd wish mine just died and I got a refund. I was already thinking of sending it in under the premise of double boots / hangs at boot, even under no overclock. Something that has been annoying me from day one.

 

This ASRock board is holding up nicely so far. No grief with overclocking and no double boots -- but the UEFI isn't quite as polished looking on this "lower end" one. I've been hearing good things about ASRock products lately (minus the "know-nothing" nay-sayers) and they're customer support was quick and painless, sending me a second (and free) IO shield no questions asked. It was delivered to my home free of charge within 4 days of the email.

 

Another under-appreciated manufacturer: Zotac

 

Worst customer support experience ever: EVGA

 

Best quality I've seen: The ASUS Sabertooth line

 

Ive had just as many issue's with other manufactures!

 

It doesn't always come down to that. But in any case, some manufacturers can't get certain chipsets right. That's a fact. I think this rings true with ASUS and the 1155 boards. Gigabyte had it's fair share of issues with their earlier line of 1155 products, IIRC.

 

Worst customer support experience ever: EVGA

 

Really? I delt with them last week with my dead 580 and they were extremely helpful...

 

but the UEFI isn't quite as polished looking on this "lower end" one.

 

Does it do the job of sending the SB CPU to 4.8GHZ? As long as I can OC as well as this current P8P67 Deluxe, I am seriously open to anything.