CPU overheating. Disable OC.
CPU overheating. Disable OC.
The bracket on the backside of the motherboard may become loose during installation, even after proper mounting. This issue is expected as part of the process—particularly before the pump housing is installed.
The cooler or pump housing must be securely fastened when the thumbscrews are tightened in a criss-cross pattern. There should be no movement or signs of looseness once the screws are secured, including the backplate, which is now firmly held by the cooler/pump housing.
If any components appear loose after installation, it indicates incorrect mounting and you should begin again, making sure to use the appropriate brackets, stand-offs, and screws for a LGA115X socket installation.
I'm currently testing an air cooler and have the necessary components ready on the table. These parts match those on your ASUS AiO and are essential for installing the pump on the motherboard.
- these are the motherboard parts
Following the ASUS installation instructions
These are the right components
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(they are a bit worn; I've been trying different cooling options recently)
EDIT: Pay attention to the length of the stand-offs, the ones for LGA20XX are shorter at one end and don't fit your setup.
I have another concern. The SSD I plugged in directly onto the motherboard isn't appearing. Only the one connected via SATA cable shows up.
I suppose you are referring to an M.2 (NVMe) SSD drive?
could you please name your M.2 SSD drive make and model, just to clarify?
If in fact it is an NVMe drive, in BIOS, under the Advanced tab, there is a section called “NVMe Configuration” (if you can’t find it, there is a search function in BIOS). Does the drive appear there? Everything should be greyed out, but it should be listed there.
It might be necessary to change BIOS from the default “Legacy & UEFI Mode” to “UEFI Mode”
It usually doesn’t show up in the boot menu until there’s an OS installed on it.
If it shows up in the NVMe Configuration sub menu, it should also appear in the Windows install menu when booting from the install media, even if it is not available in the boot menu in BIOS (it will be after OS install).
If it doesn’t show in the NVMe section of BIOS like I mentioned first, something is not right. Try both of the NVMe drive sockets (M.2_1 and M.2_2)
Unlike a lot of other motherbords, this board doesn’t disable any SATA ports when utilizing any or both of the M.2 ports, so you don’t need to take that into consideration -except if your M.2 drive is an SATA type M.2, and not pci-e, there is one SATA3 port which will be disabled, I believe it is number two (SATA_2) port, but I can’t remember. I’ve just crawled into bed, if it hasn’t been solved before tommorrow, I’ll look at it again.
Edit : If you didn’t refer to the installation proces of Windows, and you have already booted into Windows, you need to go to Computer Management and then Disk Management, and partition it, assign driveletter and format it.