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Seriously think that taking out the battery will do something beyond the regular clear CMOS?
Sometimes you need to discharge the board if the bios is corrupt. The battery will allow the board to save bios settings that are corrupt. Also when you clear comos you should shut the computer down and turn off the power supply. Now you hold the button down for one minute.
 
Which heatsinks did you upgrade to? 45 sounds great, 7600-7800 is what I'd be aiming for to daily.

Bitspower.

Here's a guide from Satanghostrider on the pads and how to set them up better.

 
I am on the fence of purchasing an Apex, what kit do you recommend I pair it with and why? Gskill is readily available at 7200 and 7600 speeds, TG is out of stock in most places in all speeds, and Corsair 7200+ is overpriced af. Am I missing any others?
I am on the fence of purchasing an Apex, what kit do you recommend I pair it with and why? Gskill is readily available at 7200 and 7600 speeds, TG is out of stock in most places in all speeds, and Corsair 7200+ is overpriced af. Am I missing any others?
...hmmm Gskill in stock and TG not available...? Again, from my testing Gskill DDR5 is very inconsistent where TG was not. Get your hands on TG 7600 and OC to 8200 on Z790 Apex with ease. I am not some TG fanboy. Some folks have great results here from Gskill, but if you have the time, read through the comments of DDR5 troubles.....its 90% Gskill. It also seems the cheapo (non-brand) green stick A-die kicks butt too w/ serious $avings if you want to go that route. Gskill PMIC thermal pads are non-existent. TG has at least addressed this issue but it is nothing like stripping your dimms and water cooling them.
 
No it does not do the same thing. Sometimes you need to discharge the board if the bios is corrupt. The battery will allow the board to save bios settings that are corrupt. Also when you clear comos you should shut the computer down and turn off the power supply. Now you hold the button down for one minute.
Yeah it does. I've done it a million times. Prove me wrong. Come on over and show me and I'll show you. I'm running 8400 stable bro just fine. Took me probably 15 cmos clears to get there. I've posted my results. I shown proof. Can't deny my post.

That's why I post the most detailed post so I can say, yes it does.

Thus, my username. I love posting knowledge and truth and data to back it up. You can not deny data.
 
Picking up the 96 gig 5600 kit from Corsair tomorrow. Technically I can pick it up now I just dont feel like leaving the house... That said has anyone tested these new 48 gig modules? @bianbao.dev Am I going to be in a for a bad time? Picking them up tomorrow. On the latest beta bios for the Hero that you posted yesterday.
 
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No it does not do the same thing. Sometimes you need to discharge the board if the bios is corrupt. The battery will allow the board to save bios settings that are corrupt. Also when you clear comos you should shut the computer down and turn off the power supply. Now you hold the button down for one minute.
Data, shown done. I don't get your argument at all. What data do you have posted to show this information you're stating? I've posted mine. Stable after corrupting my BIOS like fifteen times never took a battery out of the Extreme or my current Apex and I've corrupted both.

Why do you need to be right? Why not listen and learn? It's like an internal battle that I just, don't get.

Perhaps that's the attitude Aristotle faced. Thus, my Avatar as well. Earth is flat, it isn't. He was right by the way, it's not flat.
 
Yeah it does. I've done it a million times. Prove me wrong. Come on over and show me and I'll show you. I'm running 8400 stable bro just fine. Took me probably 15 cmos clears to get there. I've posted my results. I shown proof. Can't deny my post.

That's why I post the most detailed post so I can say, yes it does.

Thus, my username. I love posting knowledge and truth and data to back it up. You can not deny data.
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Bitspower.

Here's a guide from Satanghostrider on the pads and how to set them up better.

i ordered the ddr5 dual side ones. thnaks for the link!
 
PLZ Capt. post Your HWinfo with the voltages for this - THX....... (y)
Here you go! 8400mt on Bios 0098 ME 2091. VDD 1.630, VDDQ 1.650, VDDQX 1.40 and MC 1.40625. Cooling 1060 rad with nine fans with two dc pumps. Dimms, CPU and GPU water cooled.
 
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I don't, get it man. You're getting the same results as me while doing all that extra work while all I did was just hold the clear cmos button for one minute. What is your point? Why do you have to be right about this? My steps are easier.

It's kind of the whole point of the clear cmos button, isn't it?



i ordered the ddr5 dual side ones. thnaks for the link!
You're welcome. Sorry people are trying to derail.
 
This is the Z790 Apex thread right?

Ok well. Just grabbed a new Gskill 8000 kit from Newegg for my Apex board.

They are back in stock today! :D
 
This is the Z790 Apex thread right?

Ok well. Just grabbed a new Gskill 8000 kit from Newegg for my Apex board.

They are back in stock today! :D
Right. Clear CMOS for one minute is the same as taking off all your motherboard heatsinks then taking out the battery for one hour then unplugging the power supply then pushing the clear the CMOS button then loading defaults then rebooting 🤣, long story short.
 
This is the Z790 Apex thread right?
May as well be the Apex board thread, other boards in the Asus line up get little to no love :rolleyes: Should be renamed the memory overclock thread, oh.. wait there already is a DDR5 overclocking thread...
 
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Believe the Gskill 8000 kits have only been available on 3 separate days all selling out within a few hours, that's why I was posting, they've been unavailable since December.

Probably lots of OCN guys waiting patiently. :D

Got my 8000 kit into packaging before posting lol, don't take my mem kit. :ROFLMAO:
 
...hmmm Gskill in stock and TG not available...? Again, from my testing Gskill DDR5 is very inconsistent where TG was not. Get your hands on TG 7600 and OC to 8200 on Z790 Apex with ease. I am not some TG fanboy. Some folks have great results here from Gskill, but if you have the time, read through the comments of DDR5 troubles.....its 90% Gskill. It also seems the cheapo (non-brand) green stick A-die kicks butt too w/ serious $avings if you want to go that route. Gskill PMIC thermal pads are non-existent. TG has at least addressed this issue but it is nothing like stripping your dimms and water cooling them.
Having used both 7800 and 2x 7600 Gskill kits recently, and then using a 7600 TG kit - I can confirm that TG seems to be more consistently solid. I stuck with the TG after issues with Gskill.
 
I don't, get it man. You're getting the same results as me while doing all that extra work while all I did was just hold the clear cmos button for one minute. What is your point? Why do you have to be right about this? My steps are easier.
Nobody is telling you to take your battery out every time. Only need this method if you having problems with bios updates.
 
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