Personal computing discussed
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JohnC wrote:To be 100% sure that it's the motherboard issue - go to a local BestBuy (or whatever other local store that sells PC hardware), buy the cheapest video card which supports x16 PCIe, test it out then return the card (just make sure to open its package carefully). Or keep it as a spare, just in case something like this might happen again.
JohnC wrote:It's not a "memory mapping issue" or a chipset-specific issue, you can find the stories of other people having this issue (with other chipsets like Z77) which was solved by hardware (video card or motherboard) replacement or by switching to different brand of same product. But thanks for pretty pictures!