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The GA-z77x-ud5h is essentially the same motherboard as the GA-Z77X-UP5-TH, the only differences are the (obvious) lack of Thunderbolt on the UD5h, and the addition of the firewire on the UD5h (the UP5-TH does not have a standard firewire port on it).

Recently Gigabyte chose to go crazy and give us this dreadful “3d BIOS”. Let me tell you in the typical FailedExE fashion…it fucking sucks. Talk about a horrible UI when an end user prefers the old basic method which looks like DOS…you know you have done pretty bad as a company.

Anyways I won’t bore you with granular details about the mobo, it is a kickass board after all. Your’e here because you googled GA-Z77X-UD5H A9 error or GA-Z77X-UD5H A6 error. Basically you had/have the same problem I ran into. The GA-Z77X-UD5H won’t post and you have this retarded broken english manual that tells you that BIOS is waiting for your input but your screen is blank or blue.

I was setting up two 670 GTX in SLI and had my 27″ Apple LED Cinema display plugged in via an Atlona mini displayport to displayport adapter to the 670 gtx. When I would boot it seemed that nothing was happening. I checked all the basics and just knew it was just not displaying on the ACD (Apple Cinema Display).

Here’s how I fixed it

I pulled out both 670 GTX cards and plugged the display into the GA-Z77X-UD5H directly via displayport. While the unit was still on I pressed the CMOS reset button. When it booted up, I now saw the shitty 3d BIOS screen.

Wait your not done Turbo…

Once your in BIOS you have to set primary graphics display to PEG, so that it will read off your graphics card and not the onboard. I also disabled the Intel onboard video card at that point as well. If you do this and you have issues, don’t worry, it’s a dual BIOS mobo…meaning that it has two BIOS’s and will switch back and forth in the event of an error. Also you could always just manually reset both BIOS’s by shorting the pins that are labeled on the mobo.

Reboot after this and you should be good.

Cheers,
David Leach

Cheers,
David Leach

The BBC pulled data from a major UK ISP that found P2P activity ended up returning to normal levels only after a week after the The Pirate Bay block went live earlier this year. The Pirate Bay confirmed this as well when they found that the site got 12 million more hits after the news of the ban broke.

ISPs did see (a short term) P2P traffic drop 11 percent after the ban went into effect. P2P traffic is back to pre-block levels now, but it’s important to note the ISP only measures the volume of P2P traffic.

After the evidence has proven that bans don’t work, you would think that the entertainment industry would wise up, right? Not a chance, as BPI’s chief executive, Geoff Taylor, defended the ban and said that they will “take further steps to deal with illegal sites that line their pockets by ripping off everyone who makes the music we enjoy.”.

The U.S. is ready to implement their own anti-piracy solution shortly that will take a different approach. The U.S. will essentially turn IPSs into copyright rent-a-cops that will sent customers notices when they are found to be pirating content. It will start out as education about the effects of piracy and then go into harsher punishments if P2P use continues.

Various groups like the UK’s Pirate Party are fighting the ISP blockade by providing proxies and alternative methods for accessing The Pirate Bay in the UK. The party’s leader, Loz Kaye, said that “blocking is an ineffective measure.” We at FailedExE agree.

Microsoft just unveiled the next installment of their ubiquitous Office products, and you can download the customer preview here.

Microsoft says that Office 2013 (or technically Office 15) is going to work perfectly across multiple devices – “touch, stylus, mouse, or keyboard.”

“We are taking bold steps at Microsoft,” said Steve Ballmer at the press announcement. “The new, modern Office will deliver unparalleled productivity and flexibility for both consumers and business customers. It is a cloud service and will fully light-up when paired with Windows 8.”

Microsoft says that Office 2013 (or technically Office 15) is going to work perfectly across multiple devices – “touch, stylus, mouse, or keyboard.”

Microsoft arriving at the whole cloud storage solution a little to late…is putting the new Office firmly in the cloud:

SkyDrive. Office saves documents to SkyDrive by default, so your content is always available across your tablet, PC and phone. Your documents are also available offline and sync when you reconnect. Keep in mind that it would be totally unheard of for Microsoft to provide this cloud service for free, so expect a monthly premium…to their default saving solution.

Roaming. Once signed in to Office, your personalized settings, including your most recently used files, templates and even your custom dictionary, roam with you across virtually all of your devices. Office even remembers where you last left off and brings you right back to that spot in a single click. (Mac users are laughing as this identical functionality has been available for yeeaaarrs.)

Office on Demand. With a subscription, you can access Office even when you are away from your PC by streaming full-featured applications to an Internet-connected Windows-based PC.

New subscription services. The new Office is available as a cloud-based subscription service. As subscribers, consumers automatically get future upgrades in addition to exciting cloud services including Skype world minutes and extra SkyDrive storage. Subscribers receive multiple installs for everyone in the family and across their devices.

Pricing has yet to be announced, but Microsoft says that subscriptions will come in three new formats – Home Premium, Small Business Premium, and ProPlus.