How To Tell if Your Mobo Is Failing

I have had problems with the bios wanting to update to p2.50 over and over again even though it is already running it. Also, my gpu had been slow after a BSOD. I RMAd it and they found nothing wrong. It is a GTX 1080. It was struggling to play at 1080p. I tested my psu output and that's fine. Obviously this brings me to the mobo. I am on a fresh reinstall of windows, CMOs cleared. Whats next? The 'auxiliary' temp is up around 40C under just basic load(me posting here). The aux temp is higher than all other components right now.

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Specs:

z97 extreme 4
GTX 1080 ASUS ROG STRIX OC EDITION
i7 4790k @ defaults
16gb ram
Asus sound card
850w Gold PSU


Edited by Brigadine - 28 Jan 2017 at 2:59am

wardog wrote: [URL=][/URL]How do you update the BIOS, APP Shop? If so, use Instant Flash from within the BIOS under Tools tab. Also, if you're not already, plug in a 4-pin molex from the PSU to the connection just above and to the right of the upper most PCIe x1 slot. That is for providing additional/supplemental power to the PCIe bus. Reply back please.

I use the internet flash inside the bios. That 4 pin connection is already in place.

Another issue, that asus sound card is showing as 'asmedia pci to pci bridge' in the bios. Is that right?

instant flash isn't working. Like it wont do it. flash drive with nothing but the bios file and the folder with the file in it. I tried both.

wardog wrote: You need to unzip the actual Instant Flash file, Z97Ex42.50, only, onto the root of a FAT32 formatted thumb drive.

And insert the thumb drive into a USB 2.0 port located at the rear I/O panel of the motherboard.