Motherboard needs BIOS  flash first thing, then works great!
938197
I am using Vista for Business 64 Bit.  The system kept shutting down starting with shutting off the USB ports.  I was able to load the BIOS update utility that came with the DVD.  I have updated thousands of motherboards from various companies.  This is a 32 bit Windows based client that backs up, clears, and flashes the BIOS.  It worked! The BIOS flashing cleared my motherboard problems.

Use some of the other utilities included to monitor temperature & fan speeds.  This is a sweet product.

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I used the Blue Orb heat sink for my Intel processor.  The mounting kit was a perfect fit on this motherboard.  I reccomend ditching the factory CPU heat sink.
2081609
I had to flash the BIOS to accommodate my i7-4930. If you need to do this it should be done BEFORE installing the CPU. Instructions can be found on the internet.

I opted for 32GB of quad channel RAM for my machine.

I have had it a few weeks now and it has been a great motherboard with unexpected performance by using the included AI Suite clocking utility. The utility suggested I set my system at 4.5GHZ and one click later that is what I have. No stability problems at all.
1063261
Worked great when I had 4 sticks in my puter.  I couldn't get all 8 to work initially, so I reset my bios to default, and they all worked.  Then my puter froze up, and said I only had 24 gigs, so I sent an email, they told me the voltage should be at 1.5, my bios was set to auto, set that to 1.5, and it hasn't froze up yet.  What I need 32 gigs of ram for I have no idea, but I have 8 slots, might as well use them.
2466437
It's Ridiculous that I have to find modified bios from a forum to unlock the voltage. The gigabyte support never gives any helpful response regarding this issue
1674990
Second build on this board still love it.  No issues with anything either time time with 7th Gen i5 and i7 in them respectively.  I like the bios too, just go to advanced mode to actually see what you need. The RAM slots need a little more space so your heat spreaders are not in direct contact imo but amazing otherwise.
3954678
I installed two sticks of 4GB into an Asus UN65U mini CPU. The MOBO recognized it instantly and it's been purring since.
1611689
I recently purchased an ASRock N68C-S UCC motherboard from another website and found that the very first USB port on the back panel had intermittent connection issues.

Getting a replacement these days is a total gamble, could get a better one or one with similar/worse issues - and then be stuck with it.  Too many variables to consider just to get a USB port to work...

Best solution:  USB bracket.  The installation is simple, just pop it in, plug it into the mobo.  The cable was long enough to reach to the opposite side of the board with a little extra slack.  Windows Vista SP2 had no problem recognizing and installing basic drivers.  I got mine from the seller HDE to make sure I didn't receive someone else's knockoff.

I have my mouse and keyboard plugged into it.

I'd urge anyone with bad USB ports to try one of these instead of chucking your mobo into a landfill; there's just no reason for trashing the whole thing for such a small problem.
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Requires BIOS update for just about every Intel chip, ever, according to the ASUS website. Won't boot my i5 4690k, since it requires BIOS 1008 or later - my mobo came with 0501. Since it doesn't support USB flashback, I've got no options to update the BIOS. I've performed countless tests to ensure proper installation, so it's also possible that it was DOA.
4150200
The ram worked probably and no issues at all.  The motherboard accepted it and set the right clock speed automatically.
4137481
The mother-board worked flawlessly, satisfied.
2626821
I'm very happen with this motherboard!  It has a great Bios UI and it supports Ubuntu 13.10 flawlessly.  For the money there is no other choice. :)
2398340
As promised Asus gave me what i wanted, There was a small issue with the "" Dram Led,""" it keeps showing Red Light..if it blinks, it means it has lost the boot settings and Etc. just PRESS THE BUTTON BESIDE THE DRAM LIGHT, then go to bios, and give it a new boot devise settings..then its done.!! U are good to go..

it was Ready for AMD FX 6100. No need to worry about the Bios update.. with this Fx6100, i have Nzxt Vulcan case : looks great but i have to buy a Nice graphics Card thats what my great PC is missing.!!!! im running on low budget now, may be later ill hit the right One.!!!! Anyway thank u Asus and Amazon..!!!!

Love you all  guys
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I installed this on my&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/ASUS-M5A99FX-PRO-R2-0-AM3-AMD-990FX-SATA-6Gb-s-USB-3-0-ATX-AMD-Motherboard/dp/B008B6ONXK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard</a>&nbsp;motherboard I bought in June 2013 and it worked perfectly. I did download the latest driver and install it before testing this USB 3.1 circuit card. I'm using Windows 10 for the operating system. Just in case you think it is optional, it really does require a power connection from the power supply using the same connector as a hard drive.

I wanted to see if the USB 3.1 output connectors could handle the power loading of a mechanical laptop hard drive and it did. I could read the files on the hard drive very easily. I connected the other port to a SATA III Solid State Drive and it worked flawlessly as well. I don't have a product that makes maximum use of the USB 3.1 specification yet, but as soon as something becomes available that I can use, I will use it. In the meantime, I'm prepared.  And most of my SSDs are USB 3.0.  I frequently use SSDs for large data transport  sneakernet to use an old term again.

I plan to install this on my newest&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/ASRock-ATX-DDR3-1333-LGA-1150-Motherboard-s-Z97-EXTREME6/dp/B00K6JKRIA/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">ASRock ATX DDR3 1333 LGA 1150 Motherboard's Z97 EXTREME6</a>&nbsp;when I have more time to test it. I'm confident it will work perfectly.  It is using Windows 10 for the operating system as well.

I tried installing this on a 7 year old Gigabyte Extreme motherboard that uses an Intel i7-920 CPU and running Windows 10. I put this circuit board in the high speed slot next to the video card. I installed the drivers and I could not get it to function at all. I was really hoping it would work on that motherboard since it doesn't have any USB 3.0 connections on the motherboard.  I'd read that this USB 3.1 card might not work with older motherboards, so I wasn't entirely surprised. I plan to try to install it again now that I know for a fact this StarTech USB circuit card is working perfectly - not that I had much doubt.

I've used StarTech products several times in the recent past and I've never received a defective item. I thought I had a problem with a Display Port cable recently and their product support was exemplary - very proactive and almost immediate response. They sent a prepaid FedEx printable address label so they could test it to determine if it was defective. And in the meantime, they offered to send a new one to me. But about that time I tested the cable in another computer monitor and it worked perfectly. Then I realized my first monitor was causing mechanical interference, so the probem was on my end, not theirs. They were very nice about everything and were never defensive - so very rare these days.
1234893
As soon i was able to build my system up I found out that my mobo wasn't able to detect and use an official supported ram... Asus QA process for the motherboards needs to be remade from the ground up. And even more the little brother of the rampage extreme....
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I just put together this system using old drives from  a 7 year old AMD build and it took without having to reinstall windows on ssd. So far everything is very quick. Right away i updated the BIOS like i do all my system to avoid any issues. Maybe people having issues should try that if they havn't already. This motherboard is for a basic person that just uses it for internet and office. Gigabyte is always by go to for motherboards.
561352
Happy with this board so far. Quite stable, good drivers.

Using this motherboard for a super encoding computer. I didn't need a strong graphic card for this and had issue with 2 graphic cards in pci-e x8 v1 and v2. Somtimes it was booting, and sometimes not. Very hard to pinpoint the issue, I had to call the supermicro support. The motherboard apparently only fully accept the recent graphic cards in pci-e x8 v3. So be careful with this.

Also note that this board when booting makes many bips, one for each installed  cards or hardware linked to it (it is not said in the documentation, and I thought it was bios bips signaling errors... But no, those bips are not boot system errors.

The only one bip telling that everything is in order makes its noise when windows is loading only, so a long time after.

Note that you have different version of this motherboard. Some coming with additional feature such as 2 different Sata Controlers. Mine only came with one. But it's fine.

For higher speed i suggest to use a separate Raid Card. A model fully compatible is the LSI 9270 8i. Using this will allow you to hardware raid your configuration, and will save some CPU use. I didn't use the integrated intel raid manager, but it's only software so I don't really recommand is.
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Bing bang boom. Plugged it in, BIOS on my new AS Rock H81M-HDS mobo saw it and it works great. This is my first SSD drive so I don't know how fast it is compared to others, but this blows my old 7,200rpm drive out of the water. Windows 7 loads in seconds.