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.

[Syaoran]

Clouseau wrote:
Give this a read: https://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/781247-Is-this-why-Ryzen-is-having-problems-with-...

The very bottom of the post will shed some light on your frustrations. Also the meat of the post should help as well with getting your ram functioning again. Hope this helps.

I wanted to say thanks for sharing that link. I had some free time Friday night and Saturday to absorb some of that and tinker with my system. The CLDO_VDDP definitely seems to have some impact on RAM stability. The value of 937 that is mentioned in the thread, I decided to give a try. My system did boot into Windows just fine but the RAM failed AIDA64 stability testing within the first 5 minutes. That was at Stilt's 3,600MHz presets, which is looser timings than my RAM is rated for. I played around with that number for a bit to see if I could get 3,600MHz stable for the RAM with no luck but I only tried a range of 935-945. I tried again at 937 at 3,466 at my RAM's rated settings, 15-15-15-15-35-50-44-2T and everything booted fine. Saturday night to Sunday morning, it passed just over 8 hours of AIDA64's stress test. I did have to bump my RAM voltage up to 1.43 though but it is stable. I have played quite a bit of Horizon 3 today as well, which normally is very sensitive to the RAM being unstable and no crashes.

One thing to note though, is that I have had higher stable RAM speeds before on previous BIOS's that did pass AIDA64's stress test for more than 8 hours. However, for some reason, this board gets to a point where it just refuses to want to do that anymore, crashes, and doesn't pass POST until things are scaled back to 3,200MHz for the RAM. This happens with no changes to the BIOS or BIOS version at all but has happened to me a few times without explanation. I am hoping this time will be different. I just wanted share because so far, the information there was helpful and I hope it holds up.

[mito1172]

Raja@ASUS wrote:
Directly from Elmor:

New 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.

Why is 1602 not here?

[Muddy_Paws]

1602 should be pulled from asus site

people was crying for an update so they rushed one to shut you up :cool: while they work on threadzipper

[sadaharu]

Muddy Paws wrote:
1602 should be pulled from asus site

people was crying for an update so they rushed one to shut you up :cool: while they work on threadzipper

People are not crying for new update.

They are complaining because they dont get any information about anything related to this Mobo.

They should tell us " We have plans to release it at the end of the September." or " Dont expect anything in 3 months. We are waiting new agesa update. "

But nothing.

This whole bios update thing goes very silly.

[Pandemix]

sadaharu wrote:
People are not crying for new update.

They are complaining because they dont get any information about anything related to this Mobo.

They should tell us " We have plans to release it at the end of the September." or " Dont expect anything in 3 months. We are waiting new agesa update. "

But nothing.

This whole bios update thing goes very silly.

It should be pretty obvious that they are waiting for the new agesa update before putting much effort into a new bios, because that actually makes sense. Their hands are tied by AMD, so giving you a date would just be a guess and incite more nerd rage if it's delayed.

[Muddy_Paws]

also here http://www.overclock.net/t/1624603/rog-crosshair-vi-overclocking-thread/27100

[Create585]

all my successful OC's failed stability on 1602. back on 1501.. not sure how that cleared as a "stable" bios..

[voreo]

Ill just stay on 1403 til whatever version the agesa 1007 update will be, since it sounds like itll include 9920s improvements.
Everythings been working fine, only annoyance is cold boot but just up the fail count high enough so it doesnt reset everything 🙂

[Culley40]

the new bios didn't change anything for me, it still takes 1.375v for my 1800x to reach 4ghz and 1.4v for 2 sticks of ram to sit at 3200mhz, anything lower and i crash, i also still have problems with cold boots, can anyone suggest anything to lower my voltage, the 1800x should be binned better than this, the cpu never goes over 55c under a stress test, i am curious myself if voltage can be adaptive up to 1.45v and last.

[looncraz]

Culley40 wrote:
the new bios didn't change anything for me, it still takes 1.375v for my 1800x to reach 4ghz and 1.4v for 2 sticks of ram to sit at 3200mhz, anything lower and i crash, i also still have problems with cold boots, can anyone suggest anything to lower my voltage, the 1800x should be binned better than this, the cpu never goes over 55c under a stress test, i am curious myself if voltage can be adaptive up to 1.45v and last.

1.375V for 4GHz is actually pretty darned good. Especially if it's an older chip.

Many need 1.4V+ and very few can do it with 1.35V or lower.