GIGABYTE B760I AORUS PRO DDR4 (LGA 1700/ Intel/ B760/ Mini-ITX/ DDR4/ Dual M.2/ PCIe 4.0/ USB 3.2 Gen2X2 Type-C/WiFi 6/ Intel 2.5GbE LAN/Q-Flash Plus/Motherboard)

I had this motherboard freeze up once after about a week of use, but I was able to get it to start again by power-cycling. Yesterday it failed again in the same way, but never came back. When I turn on the power, the HDMI display registers a device but the BIOS splash screen never comes up. The Gigabyte support page isn't working when I try to login using Google credentials on Firefox from Ubuntu. I just get a blank screen. I'm getting impatient with brand new stuff that doesn't work and I don't have a lot of patience to troubleshoot just getting access to their support page. The FAQs don't help. Yes, I'm sure it plugged in. Yes, I turned it off and on again. They need to have some better debugging interfaces on the motherboard, like a serial port or an LED display or something. Maybe have an LED that cycles through colors as the BIOS makes it past start-up stages. I understand that space is limited on ITX boards, but it's really frustrating for it to just work or not with no other information on what state it's in. I'm returning this motherboard because I don't know what else to do.

It has caveats like the rest: -Your cables will overlap all the pretty LED's that BTW don't work without GCC software and will not allow for temperature monitoring. They are mostly useless bells and whistles that drive up the price. -The I/O heat sink is very large and protruding. It will cause clearance issues with many coolers. The rear backplate has a useless "heatsink" that covers the rear M.2 slot thus preventing access from the rear cut out in most computer cases. Best thing to do is unscrew it and cut the section out. (-10 points for design lab) Gigabyte design lab is a bad lab. GCC software is bug riddled haven. I used it for drivers and uninstalled immediately. I "upgraded" from gigabytes z590i vision D creator series which was a beautiful thing but 11th gen was an utter joke. B760i aorus pro is 10 steps backwards in some ways, 10 steps forward in other ways... Ultimately it's all systems go and I had zero hardware issues. (just clearance issues) Best for the budget if gen 5/gen 4 features and itx are important to you. (if you don't use a gpu with it, it will hit 14,000 read/write speeds via gen 5 nvme slotted into pcie 5.0) I use the internal usb c header+adapter for a 3rd nvme limited to 10gb/s transfer speeds. Basically a portable drive that is fixed inside the case semi-permanently. On the note of transfer speeds - The back io thunderbolt 4/usb-c 3.2 also only reaches 10gb/s. where as other brands in the $400 realm allow for up to x2 thunderbolt 4/usb-c 3.2 ports at 40gb/s transfer speeds.

Primera vez que tengo problemas con estas Aorus DDR4, la compré y jamás pudo bootear, se quedó en un loop infinito y nunca encendió, todas las demás piezas están funcionando en un build diferente. Haciendo troubleshooting me tomó más tiempo del esperado y la ventana de devolución se venció, no pude hacer válida la garantía del fabricante pues fue enviada por Amazon Estados Unidos. Una total pérdida de tiempo y de dinero.

I gave it 4⭐s because I refuse to use gigabyte control center app software in my opinion is bad. I may purchase a rgb hub later on. Motherboard functions great with a 12600KF and RX 6750 XT.

No issues replaced the dud in my cyber power. Less bloatware