Author: railven
Subject: Z390 Taichi x2 with audio issues...
Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 3:57pm
Well, after a week of trouble shooting, over $100 in gas, expenses, and return fees, I'm going to say something is wrong with the Z390 Taichi board or the specific combination of it and my hardware.
I gave up after 3 boards and picked up an MSI Z390 ACE and swapped it with the Amazon Taichi (board #3), and had absolutely no issues. Booted straight into my OS drive, cranked my volume to 100%, moved my mouse around - nothing, not a peep.
I set the power option to high performance, and moved the mouse, the faintest hum came through my speakers. At 100% with no other noise in the room, I could hear a slight hum. That is a win. Also didn't realize that the board turned on MCE by default so high performance profile had all 8 cores at 4.7ghz.
Called it a win, through the Taichi back into it's box, did a return request to Amazon, and packed it away to drop off tomorrow at UPS.
Good luck to anyone who is planing on using the onboard audio. I have a Sound Blaster Z from my previous build that I wanted to retire do to constant issues with old drivers and Win10 updates. I picked the Taichi on the strong audio reviews it go, but I wonder if those were due solely for the Ultimate, while the cheaper model might have had some skipping somewhere else.
Subject: Z390 Taichi x2 with audio issues...
Posted: 28 Dec 2018 at 3:57pm
Well, after a week of trouble shooting, over $100 in gas, expenses, and return fees, I'm going to say something is wrong with the Z390 Taichi board or the specific combination of it and my hardware.
I gave up after 3 boards and picked up an MSI Z390 ACE and swapped it with the Amazon Taichi (board #3), and had absolutely no issues. Booted straight into my OS drive, cranked my volume to 100%, moved my mouse around - nothing, not a peep.
I set the power option to high performance, and moved the mouse, the faintest hum came through my speakers. At 100% with no other noise in the room, I could hear a slight hum. That is a win. Also didn't realize that the board turned on MCE by default so high performance profile had all 8 cores at 4.7ghz.
Called it a win, through the Taichi back into it's box, did a return request to Amazon, and packed it away to drop off tomorrow at UPS.
Good luck to anyone who is planing on using the onboard audio. I have a Sound Blaster Z from my previous build that I wanted to retire do to constant issues with old drivers and Win10 updates. I picked the Taichi on the strong audio reviews it go, but I wonder if those were due solely for the Ultimate, while the cheaper model might have had some skipping somewhere else.