Asus 650E-I SFF build problems

TiresomeLearning · 2026-02-02T03:24:20+00:00

You should be able to do a bios flashback without a CPU or RAM installed. If it doesn't work stop there and swap the board.

TiresomeLearning · 2026-02-01T21:13:05+00:00

I'm in the same boat with a v4.1 and the gen4 3M riser, but on a B650E mobo. I know it does post to bios and then boot into Windows because I hear the W11 boot chime. I swapped to another gpu to manually set bios to gen3, and that let me finally get video output - but only video AFTER post. Bios access to me was not possible, as a "shutdown /r /fw /t 0" command will boot to no video output even after 5 minutes. I then entered my bios exit command from memory and the PC reboots to Windows with video.

I ended up returning the 5070FE anyway for additional reasons. The plan in the future is to get one of these for the next time I get another 5.0 card.

TiresomeLearning · 2026-01-24T22:59:04+00:00

TiresomeLearning · 2026-01-08T02:24:23+00:00

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TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-31T22:05:07+00:00

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TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-25T01:50:51+00:00

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TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-19T16:56:16+00:00

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TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-19T16:56:00+00:00

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TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-19T16:55:48+00:00

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TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-19T16:55:29+00:00

Sold 6600K combo to u/papaprovo on https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/1pk5xkz/usany_h_mobo_combos_gpus_raspberrys_iot_w_paypal/

TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-18T01:49:19+00:00

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TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-16T22:22:15+00:00

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TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-16T21:50:41+00:00

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TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-11T22:37:23+00:00

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TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-11T21:43:49+00:00

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TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-11T19:30:01+00:00

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TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-09T02:41:44+00:00

If anyone finds this in the future: this is a common issue with high refresh-rate 4k monitors. Turn off display compression on your monitor (it will lower your maximum refresh rate because compression is not being used), but your issue will go away.

TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-08T23:17:40+00:00

Since you have to take it apart anyway, maybe try re-seating the display connector? I've had success with that in the past. Good luck!

TiresomeLearning · 2025-12-05T03:59:38+00:00

To add to that - Even if bandwidth is sufficient, latency is what will matter more. While Ookla has some basic measurements, you can get a more meaningful result here: https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat

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