Episode 15 - ROG Crosshair X670E Gene - Unboxing & Repair

[@notreallyhoffman]

i picked up a x670 gene from ebay, untested, hopefully I have has much luck as you with mine :)

[@MyElectronicsRepairAdventure]

@@notreallyhoffman Good luck and let me know how it went. You can also send it for repair if needed. Btw. the board from the video came back to me this week and I had to fix it again (completely different fault caused by the new owner). I will post a video on Friday.

[@notreallyhoffman]

@@MyElectronicsRepairAdventure Sadly the second memory slot on this board doesnt seem to work. Error C5 - 2 different processors and 3 different memory sticks. I see why it was for sale for such a low price.

[@ddem-p8p]

Please tell me, I'm building a PC on this motherboard. The first time I turned it on, I went into the bios to see the temperatures. And in the bios without load, the chipsets temperatures are 60 and 55 degrees. Is this normal? Ryzen 9 7950x3D processor, M2 ssd is in place.

[@MyElectronicsRepairAdventure]

@@ddem-p8p Just making sure. Are you talking about motherboard chipset or the CPU?

[@ddem-p8p]

@@MyElectronicsRepairAdventure About motherboard chipsets

[@MyElectronicsRepairAdventure]

@@ddem-p8p Ok, let me check after work. Will let you know.

[@MyElectronicsRepairAdventure]

@@ddem-p8p On my it's around 46-47C after 20 minutes in BIOS, started around 30C when cold. But right now I don't have an SSD installed. So maybe it gets hotter if the SSD is installed, especially if it's gen 5. A strong CPU like this may also be more demanding (I have Ryzen 7700). On the other hand, 55-60C is not bad for a chipset. Maybe test in Windows, under load or when using SSD a lot. If it goes higher then I would be worried, if it stays like this I would say it's fine. You can also check the heatsing on the chipset and replace the thermal paste/pad. Maybe it's applied incorrectly from the factory? And the last thing. I read somewhere that X670E has big issues with SSD speeds etc. So maybe using the SSD is causing this. Try removing the SSD and see if it's any better. You can also update the latest BIOS if you haven't done so already. I think new BIOSes sometimes fix these SSD issues for some users.