Recent content by NormAtHome

Thanks for the information, it took a while but with the help of some of the other people we identified the problem as some odd issue with this 6400MT/s G.Skill ram kit where when XMP was enabled the computer would not reboot properly and it would get stuck in the state I mentioned.

I did enable it because not a single one of the previous 10 computers had a problem with that setting and this ram kit; if I could have gotten my hands on the previous version of this motherboard I'd be happily motoring along with it instead of dealing with this ridiculous problem. I felt 100%...

It looks like that's the problem, when I disabled XMP and let the computer set the ram speed it booted up just fine and did not get stuck. I don't understand this at all, I built 10 computers in 2025 with the previous version of this motherboard the Asus Z790 Gaming Wifi and the exact same ram...

No, I haven't but see my latest post as I believe I've sort of identified the problem. The list of tested ram for G.SKill only mentions 6000MT/s ram it does not mention a single 6400MT/s kit but the tech specs for this board say: 4 x DIMM slots, Max. 192GB, DDR5 7200...

Yes, thanks that's one of many troubleshooting steps I took before posting.

Ok so here's the deal: I got it to install and get to Windows but in order to get there every time during the install of Windows when it reboots and gets stuck in the condition I described i.e. a black screen with the hard drive light blinking I have to forcibly power the computer off with the...

Sorry, no joy; same problem when the computer reboots when the install requires it I get this black screen and hard drive activity light blinking

But the specs that I mention at the very beginning of my post are the specs of the computer I'm asking about, not the specs of my day to day main computer which the forum adds automatically.

The Z890 does not support this cpu and both the CPU and motherboard packages have been opened (and by this point are non-returnable) and fyi the person this is for specifically did not want a platform with an AI co-processor

Something odd that I'd just throw in here as a note: I have the provided speaker attached to the front panel connectors speaker header for beep codes and I always get a single beep when the computer boots up before the "Hit Del or F2 to enter bios" appears; when I changed the VMD to disabled and...

This motherboard has a single HDMI port for the onboard graphics, I'm using a single monitor attached to that HDMI port, there are not multiple monitors attached.

An odd thing that I noticed after changing If I'd been using a discrete GPU I would have mentioned it, I would have thought that since I didn't people would understand that I'm using the on chip graphics; I didn't know off the top of my head which one it was and had to look it up to add it to...

I'll try "Enable VMD Controller to disable; fyi my most recent attempt to install was stuck on the black screen and Win+Ctrl+Shif+B failed to do anything but thanks for the information. I'll be back after I try changing the VMD setting to disabled.

The Intel Core i5-14600K features integrated Intel UHD Graphics 770. This integrated GPU has a base frequency of 300 MHz and a maximum dynamic frequency of 1.55 GHz. It supports up to 4 displays, DirectX 12.1, and features like Intel Quick Sync Video Since one of the other posters asked, I'm...

The thing is I've build at least 10 computers with Z790 motherboards over this last year and none of them required that the intel RST drivers be separately loaded during the Windows 11 Pro install. Why? Just because the computer I'm asking about is a build that's not my main working computer...