If you’re up for it, just skip the case controller entirely and plug all your fans directly into the board with splitters. Less hassle, more control.
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I use Corsair Commander( 6 fans) & ICUE works with all PWM 4 pin fans. You will Probs need corsair USB 2.0 hub as there isn’t many of them on mobos these days. ICue my screenshot.
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yah, i don’t care about the case controls.
Yeah Define XL has its own hub but i took it out and replaced with the above
The “auto” bifurcation setting doesn’t work correctly in conjunction with the ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 Card cards.
This got me a bit because it looks like when I flashed to the new F4 BIOS it reset them all back to “auto”, then took me a bit to figure out why things stopped working. Complicated by me discovering they were back in auto, then changing them to 4x4x4x4, then forgetting to SAVE when exiting. :face:
The manual says “The PCIX16 slot can only support a graphics card or an NVMe SSD. If only one graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16_1 slot.”.
I’m not clear what they’re trying to say there.
I assume they mean “PCIX16_1”, not “PCIX16” since “PCIX16” doesn’t mean anything to me in this context.
I’m currently running one of the NVMe x4 PCI adapters in PCIX16_1 (but currently with only one module populated), and the GPU in PCIX16_4 since that slot has a little bit more clearance for airflow.
So far I haven’t noticed any ill effects of the GPU where I have it, but I guess the jury is still out till I add more modules on the card. 
Interestingly enough, gpu temps seem fine. I was a bit worried since there is limited clearance for the intake, but I guess there’s enough and the air intake temp is probably good.
I forgot to mention it, but the only notable problem I’ve had so far with this board wasn’t a problem with the board, but rather Windows 11 Pro insists on having a network as part of the install*, but must not had drivers at that point in the install for these NICs.
Basically it stopped at a window saying it needed the network but provided no ways to do anything, you were basically stuck at that window.
Googling provided a workaround you could hit a sequence and run a command which then provided an option to proceed with a local user and you could select that and continue.
I didn’t actually have to manually provide drivers, so evidently it was just funky ordering issue.
So far system is running well.
- Using 23H2 DVD
so after i sorted out all the fans and they’re all idling nicely… it’s still loud!
so i find the culprit
these suckers are loud 
so i disconnect the fans. i wasn’t even using the adapter’s heatsink for two of the units, and considering the sound, i figure the big hunk of aluminum is probably good enough without the fan
so now we’re nice and quiet.
cept the external storage 
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