CROSSHAIR VI HERO BIOS 1106 Update AGESA to 1.0.0.4a

[sphinx64]

Has anyone tried this bios yet? Listed under win 7 32Bit and nowhere else...

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-CROSSHAIR-VI-HERO/HelpDesk_Download/

Drop down menu choose win 7 32Bit

Regards

[sphinx64]

Although there is no official announcement made, as of this morning bios v1106 is retracted from official ASUS downloads.

Regards

[Ross350]

sphinx64 wrote:
Although there is no official announcement made, as of this morning bios v1106 is retracted from official ASUS downloads.

Regards

I can't be the only one getting their most stable pstate overclock ever with the one they took down.
I have 3.96 at 1.37v (1.35 +llc3) getting 1720 cinebench scores consistantly.
the only thing is by default sense-mi is set to Auto and that 1700 users without much experience could leave that at auto and have lower temps than they really have.
Kind of a liability thing.
I dare say many users are getting idle temps of like 18-25 Depending on ambient.
If you are getting temps that low.. you're actually not! and NEED to disable sense-mi under tweakers paradise in the bios.
Other than that I don't think there is a problem with 1106

If anyone would like I could share my overclock profile once I've perfected it.
the voltage offset affects the idle clock pstate too so I need to edit some other pstates to compensate for that as I am only working on pstate0 at the moment
but for 1700 users with flare x 3200 16g kits I've got something pretty awesome here If I can crack 4Ghz on pstate 0 stable and bring everything down for idle I'd say
I have just about achieved ZEN!

[alexp999]

1106 was pulled due to issues (voltages not sticking iirc), a new beta has been posted by Elmor here:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1624603/rog-crosshair-vi-overclocking-thread/12420#post_26055686

[GrooveIsNow]

alexp999 wrote:
1106 was pulled due to issues (voltages not sticking iirc), a new beta has been posted by Elmor here:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1624603/rog-crosshair-vi-overclocking-thread/12420#post_26055686

Interesting will check it out. I can say with 1106, my temp readings were slightly higher. My system works fine but since they've detracted it I'll try the beta 🙂

[aeonconcepts]

It can be flashed back! It's often overlooked; however:

Download your last Bios I.E. 0082 or 0083

1. Rename C6H.cap and place it on a Fat32 usb
2. Insert into the Bios flashback port on the IO
3. Turn off pc, flip your Power Supply switch / break power and push clear CMOS
^ This is what is often overlooked
4. Power up your Power supply but do not turn on
5. Now press and hold the flashback button until it starts flashing and release

It will work every time if you clear CMOS first, thanks ASUS for the April Fools, %#^@&#@

Once you release the flashback, wait until it stops flashing usually 3-5 min depending on the transfer rate of the USB. I fit only flashes 3 times: It is not formatted correctly and or the filename is not correct. It has to be C6H.cap and at the root of the drive to avoid issues.

[entropic-remnan]

YOU are the man. Kudos.

UPDATE: Totally worked. I've never use that feature on any motherboard ever. My hair that I've torn out may grow back now. Thanks again.

[skline00]

I tried BIOS 1106 after having used Beta BIOS 081 in conjunction with Asus Zenstate 0.2.2.

I had a horrible experience trying to Overclock my Gskill Flare X DDR4-3200 ram (2 x 😎 which ran perfectly with BIOS 081.

USB flashback saved my Chestnuts. Be sure to rename the "older" BIOS that you want back on your machine to C6H.CAP before you try USB flashback.

USB flashback is explained in section 2.2 of your manual.

I'm back to 081 BIOS and staying there.

BTW, I'm using the Asus software Zenstates 0.2.2 for Overclocking my 1800x and it works very well. Lower temps and lower voltages to achieve OCs. I've settled on 4 Ghz although 40.25x (@ 4017Mhz) also worked but I had to bump the Vcore setting to 1.4125v in Zenstate for P0.

Right now I'm running my Gskill Flare X ram at 3200 by enabling D.O.C.P. standard in the BIOS, using 1.36v both for Dimm v AND cold boot Dimm setting, SOC manual at 1.15 and all other settings at Auto except disabling Core performance boost in BIOS. Then I installed Zenstate and used the following settings:
P0=40x 1.39375V (needed more juice with higher running ram)
P1=30x 1.05v
P2=22x 0.9v
Check Core C6, Package C6, apply at system start and Tray icon at start then click the "Apply" tab.

Also make sure that in you power savings setup that if you have it at High Power (I do) you need to set the min power state back to @20% so the P1 and P2 will downclock.

This is a great little tool written by elmor, who should get the Nobel prize for it (hear that committee?).

[BaneSilvermoon]

Well I've only played with it for a few minutes here. But based on fan noise, my CPU temp appears to be noticeably higher.

I have all my stable 1002 settings written down. Set all of those the same in 1106, including fan profiles, and actually lowered the CPU voltage a bit. And my fans are quite loud while just idle at the desktop. Where as with 1002 and the same settings it was completely silent when idle, very quiet in games, and only started to get any real volume under stress testing load.

Going to play with the monitor section some more to make sure there's not just something wrong in there that I missed. My fan RPMs don't seem to be in the right range compared to a screenshot I took while testing before. 10 degrees lower than the screenshot, and the RPMs are running higher.

So maybe it's not actually the temps at all.



::edit::
Nope, definitely the temperature reading. Idle temperature is 14 degrees hotter. Rolled back to 1002 and snagged the below comparison.
These are with the exact same BIOS settings. Both allowed to idle at the desktop for about 10 minutes, and then the HWINFO panel reset 5 seconds after starting Prime.

[sphinx64]

BaneSilvermoon wrote:
Well I've only played with it for a few minutes here. But based on fan noise, my CPU temp appears to be noticeably higher.

I have all my stable 1002 settings written down. Set all of those the same in 1106, including fan profiles, and actually lowered the CPU voltage a bit. And my fans are quite loud while just idle at the desktop. Where as with 1002 and the same settings it was completely silent when idle, very quiet in games, and only started to get any real volume under stress testing load.

Going to play with the monitor section some more to make sure there's not just something wrong in there that I missed. My fan RPMs don't seem to be in the right range compared to a screenshot I took while testing before. 10 degrees lower than the screenshot, and the RPMs are running higher.

So maybe it's not actually the temps at all.



::edit::
Nope, definitely the temperature reading. Idle temperature is 14 degrees hotter. Rolled back to 1002 and snagged the below comparison.
These are with the exact same BIOS settings. Both allowed to idle at the desktop for about 10 minutes, and then the HWINFO panel reset 5 seconds after starting Prime.

One of the expectations from this bios was that it would suppose to correct the temperature readings. On the contrary a lot of users reported that the temperature readings were +5-10 compared to 1002 bios. I still could not understand how ASUS team could produce such a defective product (either bios or mobo; have no idea which one. May be both!).

Regards.

[BaneSilvermoon]

sphinx64 wrote:
One of the expectations from this bios was that it would suppose to correct the temperature readings. On the contrary a lot of users reported that the temperature readings were +5-10 compared to 1002 bios. I still could not understand how ASUS team could produce such a defective product (either bios or mobo; have no idea which one. May be both!).

Regards.

On the other hand. Are we sure the 1002 temps are indeed the correct ones?
I've put a lot of work into my fan profiles since then, but the temperatures I'm getting on 1106 are actually pretty similar to the temps I had when I first got the board, which was on 0902.