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Hi All,

Just hoping for a bit of advice around a lingering issue that's come up in multiple forums about this board (Aorus Elite wifi x570) when I've searched.

I've just upgraded to another NVME/M2 drive. When I initially installed the board a few years ago the screw in the standoff post broke off inside the standoff, apparently it appears to be a bit of a common issue from the google searches I've run, but almost no advice on any kind of fix.

For now, I've got the NVME installed with the heatsink on, but the heatsink it isn't screwed in (just "stuck" to the drive). The #1 NVME slot standoff appears to be fixed and non removable (?). Any ideas in how to remove the screw trapped inside? Are there third party standoffs that are purchasable?

Also to add as well, I'd upgraded at the same time to F36E, but after a million bluescreens and me playing around with manual memory timings (XMP caused instant bluescreen with this bios) I reverted to F34 and not a single problem since... will definitely keep an eye on this thread....

 

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Whats the consensus with F37a, is it stable for most?

Doesn't seem to be much discussion on it in here since release (maybe thats a good thing?)

I'm tempted to update, but I had to roll back the last FW update a few mths back due to some of the issues documented in here.. once bitten etc.

 

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Ive just moved back up from F34 to F37d (using Aorus Elite Wifi) in anticipation of installing a 5800x3d.

Back to random bluescreens on entry to windows. It's the ram issue spoken of in the thread.

Have set ram timings manually to the XMP settings and slightly lowered clock and it works, but still blue screens maybe 1 in 10? F34 was perfect with XMP settings.

Is it worth buying new RAM at this point? Using 2x16gb Gskill Trident Z Neo 3200mhz.

As much as I really want to use it, I am also considering returning the 5800x3d.. not sure what to do.

 

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Just loaded onto F37a, same issue.

Blue screen at default XMP which works solid as a rock for years on F34.

Using 3200mhz, adjusting down to 3000 seems to stop the bluescreens, but won't run stable on default XMP settings unfortunately... Truly frustrating.

 

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nevermind...

 

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So just adding on from my last post.

On the 3700X with F34 bios all is well with XMP enabled. With F37D, it bluescreens no matter what until i manually configure the (3200mhz g.skill) ram down to 2866.

Received 5800X3D today, pulled out the 3700X and installed it. F37D now works completely fine with default XMP settings...

I spent a week trying multiple different config settings (would have rebooted hundreds of times) and multiple bios' trying to get the 3700X to work with F37D. I applied any advice from this thread, checked zentimings, applied manual timings etc and all the other tidbits from here - none of it made any difference in making the system stable on F37D besides lowering clock. F34 with XMP enabled and everything worked fine however.

Really not sure what to make of the fact that the 5800X3D just works flawlessly out of the gate on F37D (and i've stress tested as well) - but I'll take it.