Crosshair VI Hero: UEFI build update thread

[Raja]

Directly from Elmor:

Beta BIOS 3008 for C6H/C6HWIFI/C6E:

AGESA 1.0.7.1, temperature offset fixed after S3 resume, GPU Post function fixed, 0d with some GPUs fixed

http://www.mediafire.com/file/f95motjmh211e7h/CROSSHAIR-VI-HERO-ASUS-3008.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ntn6i3jiub610ai/ROG-CROSSHAIR-VI-HERO-WIFI-AC-ASUS-3008.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/yj22ld2rmmedp01/ROG-CROSSHAIR-VI-EXTREME-ASUS-3008.zip





C6H Test BIOS 0020 with AGESA 1007 (405200c4e299c1eed9a0044edec9aba51f37cee1d70caabe40b9485b0604521a)

In order to get back to an older version after flashing, you have to use USB BIOS Flashback.

Let me know how it works for you, especially regarding cold boot issues. Any confirmed bugs in the bug report form please




Beta BIOS 1501

* Workaround for some CPUs stuck at 22x ratio if using override voltage
* Fixes PCIEX4 bandwidth setting getting lost after power is removed
* Same DRAM boot behavior as 1403 (no cold boot fix)
* Same DRAM profiles as in 9920
* Still has the Vcore value issue when booting with Offset Mode and switching to Manual Mode

Crosshair VI Hero 1501 SHA256 EDE223DC6897B7199C93D9985E28B7A2CD1B8A8DB2DCBF3D3555A521DB4F045D
Crosshair VI Hero Wifi AC 1501 SHA256 0D9F51F43AA3A56A4AC984B11A52F58451B76F8A7CCB9A04E1C3194231C9D4DA






UEFI build 9920 for the C6H:

* Improved DRAM cold boot, results in slightly longer POST time
* Fix for CPU Ratio stuck at 22x on some CPUs when using Vcore override/offset
* SenseMi Skew is now Disabled by default. If you want to return to previous behavior set SenseMi Skew = Enabled and Offset = 272.
* Added DRAM profiles for Samsung B-based DIMMs with tuned subtimings, including The Stilt's settings



C6H beta UEFI 1403

* Fixed W_PUMP and AIO_PUMP speeds during POST
* Fixed Fan tuning sometimes failing
* Fixed a few issues with AMD USB3.1 ports
* Some tuning on DRAM settings, let us know how they work for you. tRDRD_Sc is still at 5 above 3500 MHz as it helps with stability. For performance you want to force this to 1. We'll consider changing this in future releases as the performance impact can be quite noticeable in certain applications.

An update on DRAM Boot Voltage, currently it should be 1.35V by default if the DRAM Voltage is changed. So if you're setting DRAM Voltage to above 1.35V, you might want to sync this setting. Additionally there might be scenarios where you will have better luck by syncing DRAM Boot Voltage to DRAM Voltage even at lower values.




AGESA 1006 RC4 official UEFI 1401

Just tested quickly 3600 memory and cold booting, seems good but you guys are going to have to help me test this before we have a judgement. Seems CPU temp reading from SIO now has -20*C offset for XFR enabled CPUs.





UEFI build 1107





Older test builds:


Test BIOS 0079

Test BIOS with new AGESA 1004a, with a couple of bugfixes. Up to 5% performance increases in specific applications. Also has P-state overclocking working with BCLK increase. If you want to keep C-states, make sure to set Advanced\AMD CBS\Zen Common Options\Global C-state Control = Enabled. There are two new settings under AMD CBS\UMC Common Options\DDR4 Common Options\ you might want to take a look at, Fail_CNT and ProcODT. Fail_CNT decides how many times to retry when DRAM training fails (F9 -> 0d), default is now 1. ProcODT can help improve your DRAM overclocking. There's a setting available also on previous BIOSes under AMD CBS\UMC Common Options\DRAM Memory Mapping named BankGroupSwap. If you have 2x Single-Rank modules you can try setting this to Disabled and you might see some performance boost in certain applications.

Test BIOS 0081

Same as 0079 but has ProcODT default = 53.3 ohm

Test BIOS 0082

Same as 0081 but with a DRAM compability patch for the below part numbers

CMK16GX4M4A2133C13
AHU08GGB13CGT7G
PV416G240C5QK
F4-2400C15Q-32GRR
TCD44G2400C14BK
F4-2666C16Q2-64GRB
AVD4UZ126661504G
BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FAD
IMA41GU6MFR8N-C F0
MD16GK4D4266615AXR
HX430C15PB2K4/16
HX430C15PBK4/32
AX4U3333W4G16-QGZ
GAM4DBLBM2133D15IE041C
TC48G24S817
SP004GBLFU213N02
78.C1GM3.AF10B
F4-3200C16D-8GVKB

MTA4ATF51264AZ-2G6B1
MTA8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1
MTA16ATF2G64AZ-2G6B1
HMA41GU7AFR8N-TF T0
HMA451U7AFR8N-TF T0
HMA41GU6AFR8N-UH N0
M378A2K43BB1-CTD
M378A1K43BB1-CRC
M378A1G43EB1-CRC

Test BIOS 0083

Same as 0081 but with "2T" DRAM Mode when using above 2666 DRAM Ratio.

[pendoxxx]

Culley40 wrote:
i am using an 1800x at 4ghz and 3200mhz ram with no issues now, everything works as it should,the only issue i see sometimes, the cpu doesn't downclock when idle, other than that, this 1501 bios is extremely stable for me.

Someboy got WOL problems? got activated power on by pcie devices and not work at all on any bios...

[BOBIROC]

Well if any one has Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 RAM - Part# CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 I think I found a stable and acceptable speed.

According to the XMP Profiles the RAM should hit 2998Mhz but I could not find a way to hit that and I tried all the DOCP profiles but they would only get 2997 or 2999Mhz which didn't seem like a big deal but the board would not boot. It would lock up every time.

Long story short I decided to try the DOCP profile that had a 2800Mhz selection as that was a speed listed in a compatible XMP profile. I had to set some timing manually but the board booted on the first try and has passed stability test so far.

For reference here are the profiles exported from CPU-Z

XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 9.0-11-11-21-32-n.a @ 899 MHz (1.350 Volts)
XMP #2 10.0-12-12-24-35-n.a @ 1000 MHz (1.350 Volts)
XMP #3 11.0-13-13-26-39-n.a @ 1100 MHz (1.350 Volts)
XMP #4 12.0-14-14-28-42-n.a @ 1200 MHz (1.350 Volts)
XMP #5 13.0-15-15-31-46-n.a @ 1300 MHz (1.350 Volts)
XMP #6 14.0-16-16-33-49-n.a @ 1400 MHz (1.350 Volts)
XMP #7 15.0-17-17-35-52-n.a @ 1499 MHz (1.350 Volts)
XMP #8 16.0-17-17-35-52-n.a @ 1499 MHz (1.350 Volts)
XMP #9 17.0-17-17-35-52-n.a @ 1499 MHz (1.350 Volts)
XMP #10 18.0-17-17-35-52-n.a @ 1499 MHz (1.350 Volts)
XMP #11 19.0-17-17-35-52-n.a @ 1499 MHz (1.350 Volts)
XMP #12 20.0-17-17-35-52-n.a @ 1499 MHz (1.350 Volts)

The one bolded in Red is the one I set the timings for.

Maybe this will help someone else get a little extra speed out of their DDR4 RAM.

[whiskey-foxtrot]

Culley40 wrote:
i am using an 1800x at 4ghz and 3200mhz ram with no issues now, everything works as it should,the only issue i see sometimes, the cpu doesn't downclock when idle, other than that, this 1501 bios is extremely stable for me.

I wish I could say the same 😞 On 1403 I can run OCCT+Linpack (all cores enabled, avx) for 1 hour. On 1501, errors within 5 minutes or less. CPU Core voltage on 1501 also hovers around 1.49 - 1.53V which is way more than I'm comfortable with.

[panni]

ded99 wrote:
Why would I want to do that?

To prove the point that there're still bugs in 1501, and you also have them.

[Syaoran]

panni wrote:
To prove the point that there're still bugs in 1501, and you also have them.

I am honestly curious to know if they are trying to make the Extreme look better by comparison by going slightly backwards with each BIOS released for the Hero. This board should be getting better, not worse!

[pendoxxx]

Syaoran wrote:
I am honestly curious to know if they are trying to make the Extreme look better by comparison by going slightly backwards with each BIOS released for the Hero. This board should be getting better, not worse!

I STILL NO WAKE ON LAN FROM S3 SLEEP...

the adapter loses the connection the led not blinking when i shutdown de pc... original bios,1403 and now 1501 same behavior.

Raja or Elmor got note on this problem? for proximus bios...

[r3dleh]

pendoxxx wrote:
I STILL NO WAKE ON LAN FROM S3 SLEEP...

the adapter loses the connection the led not blinking when i shutdown de pc... original bios,1403 and now 1501 same behavior.

Raja or Elmor got note on this problem? for proximus bios...

did it worked well with previous BIOS then 1403?

[pendoxxx]

r3dleh wrote:
did it worked well with previous BIOS then 1403?

Nop, dind work with any bios, Does not work with the integrated or external tplink pcie

Before having this motherboard had a maximus ranger and the wol worked perfect, I send the wol package from my asus ac87u router as the rest of the pcs of my house and the only one that does not work is in this CH6.

There is no other option in the bios but to enable PWROn by pcie devices?

In the maximus ranger it was also necessary to activate it in the flap of intel lan but in this ch6 there is no such flap ...

[r3dleh]

I'm using 1700 at 3.4GHz blck 109 ram at 3196MHz no issues as well

[ded99]

I just put DOCP Standard for 2933, but mine is a little different RAM. Tried with 3200 MHz, but that didn't work so I didn't bother to start tinkering timings for extremely minimal computer speed increase between those two speeds.

@ whiskey
If I were you I'd downclock with those voltages. Maybe you could ask people who overclocked their 1700s to 4 & 4.1 GHz, they must know how to get voltages down . They obviously have some magic trick when they're running those with some 1.35V core which they have stated.

About BIOS; When I changed from 1403 to 1501, I put same settings to BIOS and voltages are exactly the same as before.