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USB 3.0 now useless and no Bios update for Classified Are we Abandoned?

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2016/07/23 19:30:10 (permalink)
 
 
We were told that there would be an update to make it possible to get performance out of M.2 Drives Months ago.  USB 3.0 is basically worthless now on the front panel headers.  So I am wondering..
 
I am seeing threads that are very old about both of these issues and EVGA seems to have dropped off the support for them.  I know that they have many other Boards but that is business.  It is reasonable to expect more that such a short attention Span when you pay for the Top of the Line Products from a company.   It's been about a year and a half , maybe two but I am itching to do another TOL Build with all the latest gear BUT seeing that we can't seem to get support for things like this so soon it is not looking like EVGA is the company to invest in. DO they realize how much we spend just on MOBO and GPU here... hell I was even looking at the new Cases.  But NOT for a two year investment.....

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    Re: USB 3.0 now useless and no Bios update for Classified Are we Abandoned? 2016/07/24 07:54:51 (permalink)
    I'm thinking you are referring to the latest BIOS update version R204 which addresses support for OS installations on M.2 drives although it is unclear what performance gains this provides with such configuration but I could pass this along to our PM team to see if there were any performance tests done with this latest BIOS. I'm not sure what you mean when you say USB 3.0 is now useless; please elaborate. 
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    Re: USB 3.0 now useless and no Bios update for Classified Are we Abandoned? 2016/07/24 08:34:38 (permalink)
    For what it's worth,  the USB ports on my Classy have always been a bit twitchy and very, very particular about the device(s) plugged in.    I've got an Orico external that will barely even function it plugged into 3.0.   And I have had a couple of instances where the front USB ports failed to recognize a device.
     
    But on the whole, I've found that USB 3.0 period can be a bit twitchy as I've had issues on every board I've ever owned with 3.0.

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    Re: USB 3.0 now useless and no Bios update for Classified Are we Abandoned? 2016/07/26 15:21:24 (permalink)
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    I'm thinking you are referring to the latest BIOS update version R204 which addresses support for OS installations on M.2 drives although it is unclear what performance gains this provides with such configuration but I could pass this along to our PM team to see if there were any performance tests done with this latest BIOS. I'm not sure what you mean when you say USB 3.0 is now useless; please elaborate. 


     
    http://forums.evga.com/Z97-Classified-and-Samsung-950-Pro-M2-m2422203.aspx
     
     
    Most of us have just given up hope and rightfully so it seems.

    Case: Lian Li 011 Dynamic XL Black
    Displays:   2X  4K  Samsung UE510 28" Ultra HD  1X 2K  32" 144hz Gaming  X1 Samsung 55" 4K

    CPU:AMD 2700X 4.05 GHZ
    MOBO:   ASUS Crossfire 8 Hero WIFI X570
    VGA:  EVGA RTX 2060 XC ULTRA

    Ram: 32 GB Trident Z NEO 3600 Mem DDR4 
    Primary Drives: Sabrent M.2 Gen 4 1tb  Samsung M2 950 Pro 512gb, Samsung  850 Pro 512 SSD x 4,  1x 4tb Performance WD HDD 1x 6TB WD HDDBlack

    PSU: Thermaltake Tough power Grand 850psu
    Cooling: EVGA CLC 280
    OS: Win 11 64 Pro 

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