Subject: Terrible Bugs on Z170 Gaming K6
Posted: 12 May 2016 at 7:59pm
I have the exact same bug on a Z170 Extreme 4 with :
- Intel Core i7 6700K 4x 4.00GHz,
- 600 Watt be quiet! Straight Power 10-CM Modular 80+ Gold
- 32GB (2x 16384MB) G.Skill RipJaws V schwarz DDR4-3200 DIMM CL16-18-18-38 Dual Kit
The motherboard was already not booting reliably (taking a lot of time and sometime not successfully recognising the HDD to boot from (although thier was only one and this exact same HDD in another PC will boot without problem for years and still does).
I tried to load the xmp settings of the memory. The motherboard took even more time to restart, after many trial said it failed and I had to press F2 to enter UEFI. There, the Cache was at 5000-6000 Mhz (don't remember what exactly as I tried to correct as fast as possible before it burned. I reseted to default. But problem of stability is still there. Sometime it would boot fast and run for many hours without problem but as I just bought it, I just sent it back.
The bios was up to date (3.20) as I paid the shop to do it before shipping.
If other models of the same Z170 series are although buggy, I should take an ASUS or is the problem taken seriously and being resolved? I had an Asrock for my last PC and was really happy with it, it works perfect after 4 years. So I'm really disappointed here to see such a dangerous bug being still there after it has been reported for months!