ASUS X99 Motherboard Series - Official Support Thread

[SoulsCollective]

Have ordered an Asus Rampage V Extreme and 5960 X and been reading my current Asus Xonar Essence STX wont work on the board? Only other card I'll be using is a single EVGA GTX 780 SC, do not want to use onboard sound, so are there any workaround for the Xonar Essence STX on this board or can anyone recommend a high end sound card that will work on the board?

Thanks.

I don't see any reason why it wouldn't, the Rampage V has plenty of PCIe slots. Where are you seeing that it's not compatible?

[M31]

I don't see any reason why it wouldn't, the Rampage V has plenty of PCIe slots. Where are you seeing that it's not compatible?

Hi, its been reported on Overclockers.co.uk forums as well as Overclock.net, Raja an Asus rep seems to acknowledge the problem too but I've seen no definitive answer yet, a guy on the overclockers.co.uk site mentioned too he has problems with a creative labs card. This is with disabling onboard sound in all cases, and with just one graphic card used.

[Raja@ASUS]

Hi, its been reported on Overclockers.co.uk forums as well as Overclock.net, Raja an Asus rep seems to acknowledge the problem too but I've seen no definitive answer yet, a guy on the overclockers.co.uk site mentioned too he has problems with a creative labs card. This is with disabling onboard sound in all cases, and with just one graphic card used.

I acknowledged that it is working fine on my rig here and two others we have tested.

[M31]

I acknowledged that it is working fine on my rig here and two others we have tested.

Hi Raja, bit confused, I'm sure you suggested fix's? I'll need to go look up the threads again!

I hope Mine works when my Rampage V Extreme arrives, will be bitterly disappointed if it does not.

Thanks for the reply

Cheers.

[Praz]

Hi Raja, bit confused, I'm sure you suggested fix's? I'll need to go look up the threads again!

I hope Mine works when my Rampage V Extreme arrives, will be bitterly disappointed if it does not.

Thanks for the reply

Cheers.

Hello

Raja did not need to do any fix. The sound work fine once the card was installed. He also tested with SLI and found no issues with the sound.

[M31]

Hello

Raja did not need to do any fix. The sound work fine once the card was installed. He also tested with SLI and found no issues with the sound.

I dont doubt that, not calling him a liar, hope you never thought so? but there are a few examples of users who bought the board on day one having problems and Raja did suggest fix's, perhaps it was newer BIOS's, I'll really need to go dig the threads out again.

Its a big upgrade for me and a lot of money going out, cannot fault my Xonar Essence STX's sound after trying a fair few sound cards and would hate not to be able to use it on my dream build next week, just anxious is all

Raja, if you are reading, could you advise what BIOS version you are using please on the Ramapage V Extreme with the Asus Xonar Essence STX. I'll be using Win 7 64 bit Ultimate and latest official Asus Xonar driver.

Thanks again

[Raja@ASUS]

I dont doubt that, not calling him a liar, hope you never thought so? but there are a few examples of users who bought the board on day one having problems and Raja did suggest fix's, perhaps it was newer BIOS's, I'll really need to go dig the threads out again.

Its a big upgrade for me and a lot of money going out, cannot fault my Xonar Essence STX's sound after trying a fair few sound cards and would hate not to be able to use it on my dream build next week, just anxious is all

Raja, if you are reading, could you advise what BIOS version you are using please on the Ramapage V Extreme with the Asus Xonar Essence STX. I'll be using Win 7 64 bit Ultimate and latest official Asus Xonar driver.

Thanks again

We have not been able to replicate the issue thus far - UEFI 0603 is what most users were complaining about. We tested it, no issues. I have not suggested any fixes or workarounds to users. For me it's plug and go so far.

The only thing I don't have is the same GPUs as some people. So I do not know yet if that is their issue.