BenStark

Just checked activation and it says Windows 10 is activated with a digital licence linked to your Microsoft account. Never paid for a Microsoft licence in my life, so how this can be?

Did all that, different cables, different port and different monitors. Somehow I got it sorted after much playing around, no idea how, as a bit stressed out by now. :-) What I remember is I reinstalled the VGA and connected the HDMI to it, and then managed to get in the BIOS. I set display output to IGFX and internal graphics to enable and also enabled CSM support. Then reinstalled SSD and rebooted with HDMI connected to the MB. I then was able to boot and install the VGA drivers. Rebooted again and now set Display to PCI and internal graphics to auto. Now the PC boots from both HDMI ports, and I need a beer. Everything is X64

Getting really pi**ed off now. Windows 10 was running, so I download the drivers for my VGA from the Asus website. After download I try to install, and after a while the installation program tells me, can not find compatible hardware. So I install the VGA but keep the monitor connected to the MB HDMI slot. Get 5 short beeps on boot and no screen. Remove VGA again and now I get the below screen with monitor connected to MB, Tried different cables and monitor, same result. Have reset CMOS and removed HD, no improvement. I can hear from the fans that the PC frequently restarts, and after several restarts I start to get a long beep with a similar long pause, but the beeps never end. I stopped counting at 25.

Ignore my previous post. The SSD is brandnew. Google told me to use a different USB port which solved the issue, windows is installed now. I was using the USB3 slot in an external card reader, so it may be that the drivers needed to install first

Here we go. Removed the VGA, set the BIOS to default values and connected the monitor to the HDMI of the board, Have Windows 10 on a USB drive inserted and only the M2 SSD in slot M2A.

On a 15 Euro job?

Yep

I think Lowles is right about this. People who HATE others sharing a different opinion as theirs should be banned from social media platforms. Get it done with and ban the lefties

I'm depressed, can I buy them from you?

Let's not mention the many failures of this guy

Haven't proceeded with anything since as I have been busy with so many other things. But I do understand that there will be no benefits for me to spend another 5K or so on another CPU as I use the PC for option (a) only. If you don't mind. I think you have a MB manual already, and are knowledgeable in this regard. There are so many setting in the BIOS that I don't see the wood through the trees. Can you suggest which settings I sure should enable to get the most out of my setup? Not interested in gaming or overclocking. Thanks

With the components I have now, which are my advantages, other than that the M2P_CPU slot works, if I switch to an 11th generation CPU?

You know those EV fan boys live in an imaginary world. You can see the post about the dreamers claiming that all China EV makers are profitable. But when I posted evidence that although they are government sponsored and have much lower labour costs than Western companies, their losses are even bigger than Ford, how they wriggled themselves out of those claimns

A HDMI cable on a Firestick???????????? Why give advice if you no idea what you're talking about?

Take your pick. BYD seems to be the only profitable one, and even that only for their last quarter when they made an unprecedented profit jump, most likely by cooking the books like the majority of China companies are infamous for https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Long-road-to-profit-for-China-s-Nio-underscores-EV-challenges https://www.carscoops.com/2022/10/profits-are-nowhere-to-be-seen-at-most-chinese-ev-makers-despite-rising-sales/ https://www.fitchratings.com/research/corporate-finance/few-chinese-ev-makers-are-profitable-despite-volume-boost-13-09-2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/business/nio-china-electric-vehicles.html Nio lost $835 million in the second quarter, or $35,000 for each car it sold.

No they don't, they are all government sponsored or run, and that is why they make a profit

Doesn't make sense to vote 3 times for the same person wink wink nod nod

one of the most let's say ignorant posts Glad that at least you admit that. You were talking about your own post, right????

Go waste someone else time if you can't read or are looking for an argument. Welcome to my list

I thought I made that clear already. That dish cost, according to the noodle shop owner, 36 baht in noodles, and add another 24 baht for an egg and some spices. Selling that at 300 baht should buy me a nice Benz by the end of the first year

So 36 baht of instant noodles, an egg or two, and some spices. So roughly 240 baht net profit on a 300 baht dish. Guess I'm gonna open a noodle shop

Thanks for the useful info, I'm not a computer expert, but wish now I had known all that upfront, so I could have ordered the right components compatible with this MB. Yes I moved the SSD from the old to the new PC, and planned to upgrade to W10. I tried to repair, but it downloads the files, and then it freezes in the screen where you have to select do you want to repair. Can't select yes or no, only option is removing power. Why you think if I connect the monitor to the internal graphics, it starts up normal, but it doesn't even proceed in booting Windows. After the Gigabyte logo etc i just get a black screen

You're dreaming, there are quite a few topic recently about how "good" Cambodia is

And since it is common sense that the eye candy is put on the front row, you know what to expect indoors

Yes I found that also out the hard way, and something was lost in translation in the OP. The card is in the M2P_cpu slot and isn't detected. for the reasons you mention. What is more of my concern now is if this reading is correct, as i assume it should read X16. Not? And this Gigabyte boot.mp4