Bluto

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2023/09/22 The beast has landed.

Is one 8-pin PSU connector enough? There are 12 pins. According to this, I might as well fill all 8.

It has availability for 4 8-pin PCIe power connectors. I only got 3 with my PSU, MOTHERFUCKERS. Do not use one of the three CPU connectors according to this. I should probably get a new PSU, or at least another PCIe connector to run to the video card.

Windows 11 Setup

  • I used a Ventoy boot disk with multi-platform Windows iso.
  • Download Armory Crate from ASUS windows drivers - but it has the network driver so you should drop a copy on a USB stick to get started.

History

I ranted on reddit:

AFTER A DAY OF WORK I STILL FAILED with my Gigabyte Z690. My tricks:

  • I used an old USB 2.0 stick that "flashes" on write (remember those?) so i could tell it was reading from the stick. Without being able to tell I was just shooting in the dark.
  • I grabbed an older firmware F21 instead of F26 (which would not work), based on some far flung internet comment in some lost forum.
  • I renamed the BIOS firmware to "gigabit.bin". That was weird but I think required.
  • I stripped everything out but the CPU and motherboard/CPU power connectors.
  • I flipped on the power switch, pressed the case power button to start it up, held the power button to power it down into "standby".
  • I pressed the Q-Flash button on the mobo, saw the thumb flash, then saw the Q-Flash led on the mobo start to flash too, indicating it actually liked the BIOS and would consume it.
  • I redid everything again to go from F21 to F26.
  • After finally getting it to start POST, it stuck on codes listed as "internal use" HOW DOES THAT HELP ME? The memory light was lit. I was done and sent it back for an ASUS board.