- Jul 15, 2017
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Have a Gigabyte Aorus b550 elite and the retention bracket on the first X16 slot used for GPU fell off. I inspected the bracket and did not notice any damage. Just seemed to pop off when removing the old GPU.
This is the method I used to remove the GPU, push down on the retention bracket and lift softly on the card until it is out of the slot. Of course I remove the screws from the case as well, otherwise you can't remove the card.
Just wanting to know what others think, slot works fine have a new GPU in as well working as intended. But know if for what ever reason I have to RMA the board this might be a thing. At the moment I consider it a feature as it's always been a pain with those brackets. Now at least no hinderance but if I do need to RMA the board will need to reattach the bracket, looks like it just slips into the end of the slot.
I know on other threads some folks seem to have little gremlens with some boards, I have a used 10g network card under Linux, say in a few days just fails off the network as not detected. No dropped packets, no indication of a card hardware problem just not detected by the hardware. I have to reboot to solve the issue, this board is not overclocked runs OpenSuse and is used for Boinc.
The PSU is a Seasonic bronze 650 unit, and have no power issues. Was wondering if it was a board issue, or a bios issue. I know that this board in the past had network problems with onboard network port. It is rev 1 board, I know that beta bios issues from time to time can effect hardware.
The only known problem is with a Samsung 250g M.2 drive that reports that the error log increases count by 1. I am now up to 517 counts and google says it''s a firmware problem that Samsung won't solve. That is why I won't buy Samsung drives to be used in Linux.
The network problem is perplexing, like I said acts like a hardware problem it literally drops off the face of the earth. Network manager can not detect the card. Only a reboot solves the issue. I don't like beta bios tend to keep on older versions, I am curious if this is a board problem or a network card problem. I have never noticed a network card not being recognized one moment and then not being listed in hardware. Maybe I really do need server boards just for the stability.
R81Z3N1
This is the method I used to remove the GPU, push down on the retention bracket and lift softly on the card until it is out of the slot. Of course I remove the screws from the case as well, otherwise you can't remove the card.
Just wanting to know what others think, slot works fine have a new GPU in as well working as intended. But know if for what ever reason I have to RMA the board this might be a thing. At the moment I consider it a feature as it's always been a pain with those brackets. Now at least no hinderance but if I do need to RMA the board will need to reattach the bracket, looks like it just slips into the end of the slot.
I know on other threads some folks seem to have little gremlens with some boards, I have a used 10g network card under Linux, say in a few days just fails off the network as not detected. No dropped packets, no indication of a card hardware problem just not detected by the hardware. I have to reboot to solve the issue, this board is not overclocked runs OpenSuse and is used for Boinc.
The PSU is a Seasonic bronze 650 unit, and have no power issues. Was wondering if it was a board issue, or a bios issue. I know that this board in the past had network problems with onboard network port. It is rev 1 board, I know that beta bios issues from time to time can effect hardware.
The only known problem is with a Samsung 250g M.2 drive that reports that the error log increases count by 1. I am now up to 517 counts and google says it''s a firmware problem that Samsung won't solve. That is why I won't buy Samsung drives to be used in Linux.
The network problem is perplexing, like I said acts like a hardware problem it literally drops off the face of the earth. Network manager can not detect the card. Only a reboot solves the issue. I don't like beta bios tend to keep on older versions, I am curious if this is a board problem or a network card problem. I have never noticed a network card not being recognized one moment and then not being listed in hardware. Maybe I really do need server boards just for the stability.
R81Z3N1
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