Recent content by 84mac

regarding these Bios builds... they (Tweaktown) do tend to pick up the slack after the mfgs have moved on to newer/other pcb builds... I've only had good experiences (years) with f12j mod 9 (on several up5th boards most specifically) and several other tweaktown builds on different...

originally started as a proof of concept, I suppose... surprised it worked... well, I do it today... but you have to have balls of steel and be a little smarter than the system to use a hack as a mission critical, work producing, production machine - your opinion may differ... (use multiple...

running a linux dist - ubuntu or mint, whatever - yes, the purpose is to install, add a known working driver by nvidia (if necessary and for yucks) for that os and your card and verify the card's function - it's a go/no-go test... that's all... don't pull you hair out... but if you must torture...

what error?... vid shows nothing of any value, other than the pink text - which you already know you have - so something's goofy... as to errors, a linux install's verbose text display while booting will show all kinds of interpreted errors as it probes your hardware and installs... did you not...

from you description, it always smelled like a hardware issue to me... BUT... in your pics above (other than bios) I don't see any lines???.... maybe it's just your pics... gfx cards rarely go fully dark instantly... they fail and deprecate their images gradually... ummm, did you software patch...

geez man... burn a dvd of ubuntu... or use rufus (if you have access to a win machine) to create a bootable usb... get to the desktop and confirm operation of the gfx card in linux - i.e, no artifacts... don't flash the firmware until you confirm go/no-go of the gfx card... work the problem one...

also, try a re-seat of the card... smells like a hardware issue to me...

I told him to do this two days ago...

sorry to get off on a tangent with the other poster... but here's a 750w seasonic (a way better power supply) - for the same price... no load issues to contend with... https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087

whaaa??... tb3 has been shipping in new macs for months... that's not the issue... the issue is tb3 is not native in ANY pro audio interfaces... it's been all about the implementation of intel's alpine ridge controller...

support from apple?... pfftt.. and pigs will fly...

z170 boards were all tb3 as well... for music prod builds interfacing with outboard storage and interfaces, tb3 has to be knocked down to tb2 - just the way it is right now... the real trick is finding add'l gigabyte tb3 cards for the motherboard's onboard tb3 headers - add'l parts for...

just for comparison, I ordered two z270 ud5 boards yesterday to update my builds... (two older z77 up5th builds that have been great for over four years)...

z270x-ud5 @$199 at amazon...ud3@ $147... RGB FUSION with Multi-Zone LED light Show Design Woo hoo :lol: Who can get by without that ? everybody...

which in my edited post, I suggested that he'll be forced into z270... ud5 or ud3 would be my choices...