Asus Strix X470-F Gaming owners thread

[AniChatt]

Hello guys, I am starting this thread for all Stix X470-F owners to discuss their overclock settings, issues etc. So that everyone get help quickly in a organised way. Installed my old 1600x in this mobo with 4011 bios and flareX 3200 with default docp and it works just fine without any issues so far. One thing to mention The board pushes 1.15v soc default docp profile. Is it normal seems a bit high for me as I have upgraded from B350-F gaming.
However a small issue I believe, the asus lighting control is not behaving normal. I mean just after login to windows it is taking a bit time to start (5min) before that if I try to on Lighting Control by clicking it, program crash window appears after few seconds. But when it starts on it's own then I can open asus lighting control. Anyone experiencing similar issue???
Also tried to use older version.

[Alex_North]

Do not update BIOS! If your system is unstable or you have some other problem with it, update drivers.

[lorcav123]

I am doing fresh Windows install soon (Asus x470). I know that with ryzen chipset drivers I will get driver for USB 3.1. Do I need to install also Asus Asmedia USB 3.1 Driver? Does this driver cooperate or latest installed driver will take full control of USB 3.1?

[Plan3tCrack3r]

lorcav123 wrote:
I am doing fresh Windows install soon (Asus x470). I know that with ryzen chipset drivers I will get driver for USB 3.1. Do I need to install also Asus Asmedia USB 3.1 Driver? Does this driver cooperate or latest installed driver will take full control of USB 3.1?

The X470-F specs show the two rear red USB ports (USB 3.1 , Gen 2 Type-A (may be different USB spec after recent USB spec changes???)) as being ASMedia controlled. The ASMedia driver is separate from the chipset driver and available through the same page in the support tab > Drivers & Tools:
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-X470-F-GAMING/specifications/
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-X470-F-GAMING/HelpDesk_Download/

[Nifol]

Anyone know why when I go to grab the latest drivers nothing shows up on the downloads page?

[Alcolawl]

Nifol wrote:
Anyone know why when I go to grab the latest drivers nothing shows up on the downloads page?

The behaves weirdly with different browsers. Try another browser and you'll usually find that the Drivers and Software page loads but not the BIOS download page. Web Dev stuff sometimes sucks.

[EEFREETH]

lorcav123 wrote:
I am doing fresh Windows install soon (Asus x470). I know that with ryzen chipset drivers I will get driver for USB 3.1. Do I need to install also Asus Asmedia USB 3.1 Driver? Does this driver cooperate or latest installed driver will take full control of USB 3.1?

No that 2 USB controllers are independent each other u need the driver for the Asmedia amd the driver for the AMD because are differente hardware on the same MOBO

Hi there I compile a pack update of the chipset and audio latest AMD and Realtek Drivers for this amazing MOBO, the files are self extract and are to replace the Windows update WHQL, because some of the drivers like AMD SMBus Drivers are WHQL and i see much better performance with the AMD drivers not the Microsoft ones, so this is the list of drivers:







And here is the Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wJ...9y7JXKakzylbmR

[Alex0915]

Yes, I turned off wake timers to prevent the fan problem when the computer idles, and uninstalled AT Tuner which fixed the black screens, everything seems to be good with 4207. But if I get one of the newer PCIE 4 GPU in the future, wouldn't I need a newer BIOS to make my new GPU run at PCIE 4 speeds, whether I get a 3rd gen Ryzen CPU or not?

Should I update chipset drivers regardless of whether I update the BIOS or not? The only thing I have been updating are my 1060 6 GB GTX video drivers. I have an Audigy RX 7.1 video card and use Creative drivers for that which I got last October when I installed the card.

[Gaboexe]

Hello guys im having stability problems with latest bios.
How can i downgrade? and what versión is the most stable?

[aaraujo]

Gaboexe wrote:
Hello guys im having stability problems with latest bios.
How can i downgrade? and what versión is the most stable?

You can flash an older BIOS version using the method and tools described here:

https://www.overclock.net/forum/11-amd-motherboards/1640394-ryzen-bios-mods-how-update-bios-correctl...

Just make sure that your CPU is supported by the older BIOS version. And ignore the part of that guide which refers to flashing a modded BIOS.

[Aeratiel]

Gaboexe wrote:
Hello guys im having stability problems with latest bios.
How can i downgrade? and what versión is the most stable?

look at previos page there are 2 links one of them for the tool that make backup of serial number of ur motherboard mac adress and uuin flashing stock bios according to the overclock guide will erase those values. u need to download program FD44Editor and modify bios that u downgrade for
so back up those 3 values at first.
basically, you're gonna flash a stock bios at first and overwrite those numbers.
right after this you're gonna flash a modified/personalized bios and get those values back.

download the stock bios and extract it (.cap)
create a copy of the 4207.cap and rename it (something like 4207mod.cap)
download FD44Editor
open 4207mod.cap with FD44Editor
write those 3 values into the bios and save(overwrite the copied bios that you just opened) that bios - it should be 4207mod.bin afterwards
enable file extensions in the explorer and change .bin to .rom
put both bios (4207.cap and 4207mod.rom) on the USB drive as described in the overclock guide
boot into bios and load default/optimized settings
reboot into bios again
boot from usb
follow the overclock guide
flash the stock .cap bios at first (Afuefix64 4207.cap /P /B /N /K /X /CLRCFG)
flash the modified/personalized bios (Afugan 4207mod.rom /GAN)
reboot -> load optimized settings;
CMOS reset can't hurt either
done!