Question 1

I am a bit unclear about this board.  If I have an SDD which uses the M.2 interface, can I still use the WiFi part of this board or are they mutually exclusive?

Accepted Answer

The M.2 slot is located in the same region but on a different plane. Your M.2 card will install over the wifi card. It will partially cover the wifi card but that is fine since the wifi card uses and antennae

Question 2

I have an Intel core i7 4820K CPU, will this CPU work with this motherboard?

Accepted Answer

No unfortunately it wont. this is an x99 motherboard. this board supports haswell-e/ep and broadwell e/ep only. the 4820k is an ivybridge-e part, and not compatible with this product. the ivybridge ark is supported on x79 based boards  that support ddr3

Question 3

Is that m.2 a  pcie gen3 x4?

Accepted Answer

Not sure, my only knowledge of its it to be an extra new slot for devices or ssd. And they are usually cheaper in m.2 format

Question 4

Is this motherboard rev 1.0 or 1.1?

Accepted Answer

v1.0

but dont buy it. uefi bios is still buggy. not recommended.

Question 5

What CPU liquid cooling is compatible?

Accepted Answer

I have tried Corsair H90, Cooler Master Neptone 140XL and NZXT Kraken x41, and all of them worked just fine. I settled for Cooler Master Neptone 140XL though because of the price and performance factor.

Question 6

What accessories are included with the board?

Accepted Answer

6 SATA III Cable's - SLI / Crossfire straps .. lighted back plate ..
manual, Install disc, Wifi cd disc

Question 7

Does this Motherboard have a raid 5 controller on board?

Accepted Answer

Yes it does.

Question 8

I purchased this board and am somewhat satisfied, but having trouble with the ssd and M.2.

I can not get windows to install on the ssd.  It is visible, formatable, ect, but windows states it is a non-bootable device.  Need to go the the bios and make it bootable.

Where?  I can not seem to find any place where the M.2 is configured and if it is one of the  sata ports, which one?

I have windows installed on the hard disk and can see the sdd, write to it etc,  but would like to move my windows install to the sdd.

BTW - so far, Gigabyte tech support is worthless.  That is the one big complaint I have with this product.  The manual is not good, the tech support does not read the message - only skims for key words and send a canned response.

Accepted Answer

You have a good question.  I went through 4 of there motherboards unable to make any of them to work properly.  After the forth try I switched to an ASUS X99 MB and so far it has worked flawlessly.

Good luck with Gigabyte, There service sucks and am now convinced that there new X99 MB do also.

Question 9

I just purchased this board and not exactly happy with the results.  I can not get it to post.  It starts, the lights go on for about 3 seconds then shuts of for about 3 seconds then trys to start again.

I've removed all items (SATA,USB, All front panels, all external fan connectors) and still the same issue.  Ive tried different memory configurations  - still the same.  There is no error code on the led

Don't know how to get anyone at gigabyte to ask a technical question - I've posted a ticket, but have no record of it

Does anyone have any suggestions?  If not, I have to return this and try a different solution

I hate to write a negative review if there is a simple answer

Accepted Answer

THERE IS A SIMPLE ANSWER!

Lol but seriously, just flash the newest bios version and you should be fine.  Mine did the same thing and it would appear they shipped with a bad bios.

http://w ww.gigabyte com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5124#bios

Question 10

Has the latest f8b B8OS fixed the usb issue?

Accepted Answer

I've updated with no issues.

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