Question 1

I'm looking into cooling systems for this. Are there any specific ones that are recommended?

Accepted Answer

I installed the NZXT Kraken X62 RL-KRX62-02 280mm All-In-OneCooler.  It's works quite well. 
 I'll say that the in/out hoses do press against the RAM a bit.  Still works well however.  I originally bought the Enermax Liqtech TR4 II 280 AIO Liquid CPU Cooler but returned it after reading about all the corrosion issues.

Question 2

Can you configure the PIC3 slots in the configuration PCI3 x16, PCI3 x4 or x0, PCIE3 x16?   This way you can have extra space between dual graphics cards and the "top" PCI3-1 card won't get starved for air.

Accepted Answer

All slots run at pci x16. I ran sli on this board with the first and third slots at full pci x16

Question 3

Is there a cpu cooler that fits on this board that is NOT water cooling?  I was looking at the Noctua NH-L9x65 92 x 92 x 14mm, 92 x 92 x 25mm SSO2 Low-profile Quiet CPU Cooler, NF-A9x14 PWM fan.  Will it work?

Accepted Answer

LOL! You're pretty funny. There's no way that tiny cooler is going to come close to cooling a Threadripper processor! If you want an air cooler, look at Noctua's TR4-SP3 cooling line. Those are specific variants which cover the Threadripper sized processors.

Question 4

Does this support Raid-0 for three M.3 ultra drive? over 2 TB each?

Accepted Answer

Probably, Level1techs has Videos for NVME RAID on threadripper.

But most likely it'd be easier to use one of those new PCI-e add in cards that adds 4 M.2 slots, and then you can even use 4 drives.

Question 5

does this board have the updated bios for my amd 2950x?

Accepted Answer

~2 weeks ago, mine shipped with BIOS 3.20 and worked fine with a 2950X out of box.

Question 6

Anybody sometimes getting error code 94 or 97 on reboot?

Accepted Answer

What exactly happens surrounding the error code? Only happens at restart? I ask b/c I was getting an error of 94 then system would auto-restart, but I think my 94 was CPU temp. There was something malfunctioning with bitlocker after upgrading from Win 10 1709 to 1809. At startup, Win 10 logo appeared, display would go blank, fans turn on high, CPU temp climbed until auto-restart, then everything booted normally. I had to disable bitlocker and clean install OS to fix. Now initial boot works fine, but I still get the same problem if I try to resume from sleep/hibernate. Onboard LED shows CPU temp climb to around 94, then crash. Looks to be related to having multiple m.2 drives. If I leave every drive/GPU installed, but remove the second m.2 NVMe, everything boots normally. Never had the issue before upgrading to 1809. Hope this info helps you narrow down what it is/isn't.

Question 7

Has anyone else had trouble when doing SLI or Crossfire and using the top PCIE and the bottom PCIE with the bottom graphics card hitting components mounted on the bottom edge of motherboard?

Accepted Answer

I have this board, and only have one GPU mounted in the top PCI-E slot. However, upon inspecting the bottom of the board, the way most GPU coolers are designed, you should be alright. It might take a bit of finesse, but your fans and other connections on that bottom edge should be fine when using a second card. Hopefully that helps :)

Question 8

Does a Cooler Master MA621P fit with this motherboard?

Accepted Answer

Yes it would but be careful, like typical Threadripper motherboards putting a this heat sink will restrict some components.  You can forget about ram that heat sinks on top of them.

Question 9

M.2 Raid issue: 
Attempted to install 2 M.2 drives in slot 1 and 2 and even with Asrock support assistance was not able to set both drives in Raid. 
Ended up going with 1 drive only.  
Figured it was not possible on this mobo so the only other option would be a RAID card
Does anyone know how I can install 2 M.2 drives in Raid 0  ?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Accepted Answer

I had no problem running 3x Samsung 1TB M.2 Drives in RAID0 directly on the motherboard..  I even have my OS installed on it. Careful since if I remember correctly one of the drives shares a slot with either the SATA or U.2 Port.. check the manual. You may also need to make a driver USB before you install an OS for the disks to appear and load the driver manually since its not included by default in windows.

Question 10

Will this motherboard support ECC RAM?  I understand the CPU should, but not all motherboards comply.

Accepted Answer

ASRock supports ECC RAM across their entire AMD lineup, all AMD Ryzen-based CPUs support ECC.

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