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]

mrjonnyrock wrote:
I had my 2nd h1xx unit stop working on me in the past 2 years. my 110i faild a while back and a few weeks ago my 115 failded on my ryzen system.

After switching to the Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi Motherboard asus are going to have a hard time getting me back again. the overall temps on this baords are outstanding. it is not as easy to twaek as the asus board and therefore it is a touch slower but i would rather loose 0.1xx% in speed/performance for the overall temps and stabiliry.

So what i am trying to say is, you do need to test that AIO cooler of yours i think that other comments here may well be right, its on its way out or has left the building already. The question is did this board have anything to do with killing it. mine went to the happay hunting ground when cooling an 1800x on this board, no real crazy OCing either. but temps and voltage were always all over the place.

I also bought the Aorus X470 Gaming 7 and am very happy with it by comparison. Right out of the box with the F2 BIOS, I set the XMP prfile of my G.Skill F4 3600C15 RAM and it worked. It wasn't stable but after a slight voltage bump to 1.4v and setting the SoC voltage to 1.25v, it has been solid. Even after upgrading the BIOS to F4g, it was still just as simple to set my RAM to 3600MHz and have the system work and that BIOS contained an AGESA update as well. The BIOS is definitely not as in-depth as what the Crosshair VI Hero has, but my system runs at 3.8GHz on my 1700X and my RAM runs at 3600MHz.

The temp on my 1700X is about the same on the Aorus X470 Gaming 7 are about the same as they were on the Crosshair VI Hero on BIOS 6003 before the NVRAM on the board gave up. I am using an Arctic Freezer 360 on my CPU. The only time I have ever had any issues with it, it was due to the fan headers on the Crosshair VI Hero shutting off back during the earlier BIOS's.

[biserker2]

mrjonnyrock wrote:
I had my 2nd h1xx unit stop working on me in the past 2 years. my 110i faild a while back and a few weeks ago my 115 failded on my ryzen system.

After switching to the Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi Motherboard asus are going to have a hard time getting me back again. the overall temps on this baords are outstanding. it is not as easy to twaek as the asus board and therefore it is a touch slower but i would rather loose 0.1xx% in speed/performance for the overall temps and stabiliry.

So what i am trying to say is, you do need to test that AIO cooler of yours i think that other comments here may well be right, its on its way out or has left the building already. The question is did this board have anything to do with killing it. mine went to the happay hunting ground when cooling an 1800x on this board, no real crazy OCing either. but temps and voltage were always all over the place.

I dont think the AIO has issue,because with stock cooler, temps are very very bad. with AIO aida64 runs for approx 20 mins before the temps top out and crash. while using stock it crashes like in less than 2 mins.
But i have to agree with you about the AIO breaking, the one which i am using is fresh piece which i got from RMA

[skline00]

Biserker2: Did you try the 2700x at stock with the supplied AMD Wraith cooler to see if that worked?

[biserker2]

skline00 wrote:
Biserker2: Did you try the 2700x at stock with the supplied AMD Wraith cooler to see if that worked?

what you mean, if that worked. With stock setting and with stock cooler ,idle is btw 40-55, max boost on i get while gaming( rainbow six siege) is 3925/3950 max nothing above that

[CARDO69]

Hi. Is Crosshair VI Hero drivers download page down?

[mr_mibh]

CARDO69 wrote:
Hi. Is Crosshair VI Hero drivers download page down?

No it isn't. Bios 6101 is now offical.

[Darth_Ender]

The drivers page may look down if you do ad-blocking. Asus's website scripts fail if their telemetry tracking at yahoo or whatever doesn't work.

[jbasemoine]

hey there, hi there, ho there!

Just wondering will 6101 allow 1800X with the Crosshair VI be able to boot ram stable @ 3600 ?
Havn't had the time last few weeks to test the Beta 6101 bios :S

[Sigtran]

jbasemoine wrote:
hey there, hi there, ho there!

Just wondering will 6101 allow 1800X with the Crosshair VI be able to boot ram stable @ 3600 ?
Havn't had the time last few weeks to test the Beta 6101 bios :S

Providing that IMC in your 1800x is capable of RAM@3600, since not all CPUs are made equal, there are small variations with IMC much like with CPU OC capability. AMD improved IMC in 2700x so chances with it for RAM@3600 are much higher then with 1800x or 1st ryzen series at general... Of course, in both cases, RAM itself must be capable of doing so. Motherboard is capable, although not officially...

[Syaoran]

Sigtran wrote:
Providing that IMC in your 1800x is capable of RAM@3600, since not all CPUs are made equal, there are small variations with IMC much like with CPU OC capability. AMD improved IMC in 2700x so chances with it for RAM@3600 are much higher then with 1800x or 1st ryzen series at general... Of course, in both cases, RAM itself must be capable of doing so. Motherboard is capable, although not officially...

I'm sure that applies in some cases and I used to think that about my CPU because the only time I ever got 3600MHz on my RAM was with 9945. The closest I got to that after was 3560MHz on either 1602 or 1701. When I picked up my a Gigabyte Aorus X470 Gaming 7 WiFi though, it was as simple as setting the XMP of my RAM and tweaking the RAM voltage up to 1.4v along with the SoC and a couple of other settings to get it stable on the F2 BIOS the board came with. When upgrading the BIOS to F4g, which contains the latest AGESA code, I thought it was more than likely not going work because of my experience with the Crosshair VI Hero so I flashed the second BIOS to F4g. The same settings manually set and yet again, I have my 1700X running at 3.8GHz and my G.Skill F4-3600C15 running at its XMP settings stable.

I don't know why it is such a chore and usually not stable on Asus's former flagship but Gigabyte have made reaching 3600MHz for my RAM, which is not Ryzen, Asus, or Gigabyte QVL, but it works and it was a hell of a lot easier to reach than the days of frustration with my Crosshair VI with each BIOS update to even come close.