I've been playing musical chairs with motherboards for my main rig and my media pc. Eventually I ended up with the 790gx-UD4p for both.
On my main rig which is housed in a Coolermaster Cosmos 1000, plugging in a USB device to the front panel would cause a restart. I thought it was a grounding issue and never had time to fix it.
I ended up installing the same board in my media pc which uses a generic case. after installation, i started getting the same problem with connecting anything to the front panel. In fact, touching the front of the case causes restarts!
After using the google, I found a recommendation to disconnect the reset header. Sure enough, it works now, on my main PC, haven't tried with the other one. However, I don't find this solution acceptable, I did not pay for two semi-functional motherboards.
THe fact that touching the front panel causes restarts makes me believe there is a grounding issue. OUt of the 7 motherboard standoff holes in the board, one is in a very odd location which does not have a corresponding standoff hole in EITHER case. I thought even one standoff provides the necessary grounding but maybe I'm wrong? Can this one standoff be the problem or is there something else going on?
On my main rig which is housed in a Coolermaster Cosmos 1000, plugging in a USB device to the front panel would cause a restart. I thought it was a grounding issue and never had time to fix it.
I ended up installing the same board in my media pc which uses a generic case. after installation, i started getting the same problem with connecting anything to the front panel. In fact, touching the front of the case causes restarts!
After using the google, I found a recommendation to disconnect the reset header. Sure enough, it works now, on my main PC, haven't tried with the other one. However, I don't find this solution acceptable, I did not pay for two semi-functional motherboards.
THe fact that touching the front panel causes restarts makes me believe there is a grounding issue. OUt of the 7 motherboard standoff holes in the board, one is in a very odd location which does not have a corresponding standoff hole in EITHER case. I thought even one standoff provides the necessary grounding but maybe I'm wrong? Can this one standoff be the problem or is there something else going on?
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