Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming Bios update?

[thomson1969]

Hi,

Does anybody knows when there will be a new bios for this motherboard Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming.
The latest one is dated 2019-07-05, an there is nothing about which AGESA its using.

[Sinistercr0c]

@primeshooter - I've supplied a screenshot of my hwinfo64 data. As I said in my earleir post, I run the motherboard without the m.2 cover on due to the size of my m.2 drives heatsink. My temps are in the high 50's with the PCH fan spinning at <> 1000 revs. You could try removing the m.2 cover to see if you can lower your temps as if you have your GPU in the first PCI-E slot a lot of heat gets dumped around the chipset (depending on your GPU cooler of course)

[Sinistercr0c]

@primeshooter - for completeness, I've had issues where the m.2 fan header receives no power and shows as N/A in BIOS (as if it thinks there's nothing attached to that header) after BIOS updates. The fix to this that I've found is to run the auto fan speed feature in BIOS which attempts to see what the lowest speed each attached fan can actually run at in PWM mode. Once it 'resets' the minimum fan speed you should be able to set the fan curve again in QFan.

[HunterKillerAU]

Sinistercr0c wrote:
@primeshooter - for completeness, I've had issues where the m.2 fan header receives no power and shows as N/A in BIOS (as if it thinks there's nothing attached to that header) after BIOS updates. The fix to this that I've found is to run the auto fan speed feature in BIOS which attempts to see what the lowest speed each attached fan can actually run at in PWM mode. Once it 'resets' the minimum fan speed you should be able to set the fan curve again in QFan.

That is very interesting indeed, I wonder how long before they release the next bios then.

[FreakyPriest]

Guys, 3603 the new non-beta BIOS is out.

[McBacker]

FreakyPriest wrote:
Guys, 3603 the new non-beta BIOS is out.

It's exactly the same file as the Beta one.

[primeshooter]

Sinistercr0c wrote:
@primeshooter - for completeness, I've had issues where the m.2 fan header receives no power and shows as N/A in BIOS (as if it thinks there's nothing attached to that header) after BIOS updates. The fix to this that I've found is to run the auto fan speed feature in BIOS which attempts to see what the lowest speed each attached fan can actually run at in PWM mode. Once it 'resets' the minimum fan speed you should be able to set the fan curve again in QFan.

That's the irony, I don't have anything, nor ever did have anything attached to that M.2 header at the bottom of the board, but it was still letting me slow that fan down...in Q fan and fan xpert...

[KaitenCage]

primeshooter wrote:
That's the irony, I don't have anything, nor ever did have anything attached to that M.2 header at the bottom of the board, but it was still letting me slow that fan down...in Q fan and fan xpert...

Meaning, that this most likely was an unintended feature from Asus... Probably due to a bug in the BIOS source code it allowed to control PCH instead of M.2 or there was a matching condition (a workaround) if no M.2 header were connected you could control PCH.

The code and human mind can do many weird things...

[primeshooter]

KaitenCage wrote:
Meaning, that this most likely was an unintended feature from Asus... Probably due to a bug in the BIOS source code it allowed to control PCH instead of M.2 or there was a matching condition (a workaround) if no M.2 header were connected you could control PCH.

The code and human mind can do many weird things...

Fair enough. Any reason why ASUS wouldn't let me slow that PCH fan down from 2500-3000RPM when my temps are below 30 degrees?

[KaitenCage]

primeshooter wrote:
Fair enough. Any reason why ASUS wouldn't let me slow that PCH fan down from 2500-3000RPM when my temps are below 30 degrees?

Well.. there could be at least a few good reasons for that:

1) the chipset under the PCH fan is not stable enough under higher temps and this is a poor-man safety measure so that it always must be cooled down regardless
2) under test/lab conditions the hardware build version that ASUS uses - does not have this issue
3) the heat sensors were faulty ar actually reports higher temps than they usually are in the BIOS internals (again, code issue)
4) this is the "Achilles Heel" of this X570-E and probably a consequence of cost performance/savings and poor component choosing
5) any other valid reason that ASUS does not want us to know.

Also, this X570-E looks like an artificial product just to fill the market with the "right product for the buck". The Hero/Formula version is a far way better and this X570-E looks like a stripped-down version of it.

[Shenny]

Interestingly enough, ASUS have removed the beta status of BIOS 3603 on the support page all of a sudden. It seems that after it has been available for download long enough and there have been no major complaints, 3603 could be considered as an official release.
However, it also leaves me with the impression that the users are like some kind of beta testers to confirm that this version is safe.