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Landed with a mobo that doesn't work

Joined
Apr 2, 2007
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Location
United Kingdom
Processor Intel 10 Core i9 10900K Comet Lake CPU/Processor
Motherboard Gigabyte Intel Z490 AORUS MASTER ATX Motherboard
Cooling Noctua Intel/AMD NH-D15 Silent CPU Cooler
Memory Corsair 32GB ( 4x8) DDR4 Vengeance LPX 3000MHz Memory
Video Card(s) Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 8GB AMP! Extreme Turing Graphics Card
Storage Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB M.2, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB PCIe NVMe M.2
Display(s) ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q 27" 2K WQHD 165Hz IPS G-Sync 2K Gaming Monitor, Sony Bravia 49" 4k uhd tv
Case NZXT Phantom 410 Black Orange Special Edition
Audio Device(s) Sound BlasterX AE 5 RGB PCIe Gaming Soundcard
Power Supply Corsair RM1000
Mouse Roccat ROC-11-812 Kone EMP Max Performance Razer Basilisk x Hyperspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse
Keyboard Roccat isku/ fx
Software Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Hi new motherboard up and running just a few little hickups at least I am in windows through the graphics card, first it is the bottom bios light that is lit and according to the book that is the backup bios that is active, and how do i boot from the dvd rom so I can format the ssd the what does the cdrom go under in the bios and I have updated the bios to F8 there is an F9 should i go to F9.
 
Joined
Apr 2, 2007
Messages
1,226 (0.20/day)
Location
United Kingdom
Processor Intel 10 Core i9 10900K Comet Lake CPU/Processor
Motherboard Gigabyte Intel Z490 AORUS MASTER ATX Motherboard
Cooling Noctua Intel/AMD NH-D15 Silent CPU Cooler
Memory Corsair 32GB ( 4x8) DDR4 Vengeance LPX 3000MHz Memory
Video Card(s) Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 8GB AMP! Extreme Turing Graphics Card
Storage Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB M.2, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB PCIe NVMe M.2
Display(s) ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q 27" 2K WQHD 165Hz IPS G-Sync 2K Gaming Monitor, Sony Bravia 49" 4k uhd tv
Case NZXT Phantom 410 Black Orange Special Edition
Audio Device(s) Sound BlasterX AE 5 RGB PCIe Gaming Soundcard
Power Supply Corsair RM1000
Mouse Roccat ROC-11-812 Kone EMP Max Performance Razer Basilisk x Hyperspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse
Keyboard Roccat isku/ fx
Software Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Hi all sorted new system up and running no problems so far, noticing a difference from last AMD system not dissapointed in upgrade.

New System.

NZXT Lexa S
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH Socket 1155 VGA DVI HDMI Dual Thunderbolt 7.1 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i5 3570K,1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.4GHz,
XFX HD 6970 ATI - AMD Radeon Graphics Card - 2GB
16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance
256GB Crucial RealSSD M4, 2.5" SATA
Western Digital 750gb Hard Drive SATA111 7200rpm 64MB Cache-OEM Caviar Black
Corsair 750 PSU
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler
Liteon DVD Writer
24” Samsung SM2433BW Black Widescreen LCD, 1920x1200
5.1 Creative Surround Speakers
Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard
Logitech MX516 Gaming Mouse
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Epson DX8400 All in one.
 
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