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.

[mito1172]

darkvader75 wrote:
Thanks for taking the time to link them Elmor. This is great news that the fan issues atleast got looked at early. I heard you guys were skipping the 1004 and going to the 1006 AGESA. Did AMD skip 1005 this time? Or is there something specific you guys are looking for to assist with the Crosshair VI in 1006?

no special case. I got the information from here

https://www.overclock.net/forum/11-amd-motherboards/1624603-rog-crosshair-vi-overclocking-thread-386...

[skellattarr]

I'm trying the new bios now it would not take my ryzen dram calculator settings but it did work with docp if that is what its called don't remember but it works like a charm and a lot easer

[MunkeyBalls]

I told myself years ago, after having a lot of trouble with another overpriced Asus motherboard (Asus 780i Formula II if I recall correctly, which would randomly crash on playing videos, 1000's of posts on the forum and never got fixed) to never buy another Asus product again. After all these years sadly I broke my promise and bought the piece of crap shortly after the Ryzen launch. For more than a year I've been waiting now for this board to finally become stable, but it is still a BETA piece of crap.

Many times it will just refuse to post, sometimes taking a long time to get it back up and running again when I just quickly want to use my PC. Many times this means having to do a CMOS reset and having to retweak settings to make it somewhat stable. Now I installed this new bios (even though I've already lost hope in this product) and now I can't even set up anything before it crashes in BIOS. (I will not even go into the crappy fan control on this board... Damn how can you screw something up this badly)

I think I will just sell or throw away this piece of crap and buy something else, it's really not worth my time anymore and I doubt ASUS will ever get their act together. Thanks ASUS!

[Syaoran]

MunkeyBalls wrote:
I told myself years ago, after having a lot of trouble with another overpriced Asus motherboard (Asus 780i Formula II if I recall correctly, which would randomly crash on playing videos, 1000's of posts on the forum and never got fixed) to never buy another Asus product again. After all these years sadly I broke my promise and bought the piece of crap shortly after the Ryzen launch. For more than a year I've been waiting now for this board to finally become stable, but it is still a BETA piece of crap.

Many times it will just refuse to post, sometimes taking a long time to get it back up and running again when I just quickly want to use my PC. Many times this means having to do a CMOS reset and having to retweak settings to make it somewhat stable. Now I installed this new bios (even though I've already lost hope in this product) and now I can't even set up anything before it crashes in BIOS. (I will not even go into the crappy fan control on this board... Damn how can you screw something up this badly)

I think I will just sell or throw away this piece of crap and buy something else, it's really not worth my time anymore and I doubt ASUS will ever get their act together. Thanks ASUS!

It will take a massive loss in sales to even remotely get Asus to consider thinking that they need to change their ways. Then again, LG's mobile division. Still hasn't learned after 12 years of straight losses.

[skellattarr]

MunkeyBalls wrote:
I told myself years ago, after having a lot of trouble with another overpriced Asus motherboard (Asus 780i Formula II if I recall correctly, which would randomly crash on playing videos, 1000's of posts on the forum and never got fixed) to never buy another Asus product again. After all these years sadly I broke my promise and bought the piece of crap shortly after the Ryzen launch. For more than a year I've been waiting now for this board to finally become stable, but it is still a BETA piece of crap.

Many times it will just refuse to post, sometimes taking a long time to get it back up and running again when I just quickly want to use my PC. Many times this means having to do a CMOS reset and having to retweak settings to make it somewhat stable. Now I installed this new bios (even though I've already lost hope in this product) and now I can't even set up anything before it crashes in BIOS. (I will not even go into the crappy fan control on this board... Damn how can you screw something up this badly)

I think I will just sell or throw away this piece of crap and buy something else, it's really not worth my time anymore and I doubt ASUS will ever get their act together. Thanks ASUS!

when i first got my board i had the same problem. then i called asus they had me boot with one ram stick at a time and i found out one of the sticks was bad they was g-skill triedent z 3200mhz rgb 32gb so i sent the memory back and got new ones now all is good

[MunkeyBalls]

skellattarr wrote:
when i first got my board i had the same problem. then i called asus they had me boot with one ram stick at a time and i found out one of the sticks was bad they was g-skill triedent z 3200mhz rgb 32gb so i sent the memory back and got new ones now all is good

So just to make sure I let memtest run last night for about 10 hours with 1 stick and it ran 10hours with 3 passes with no errors found. With this one stick it still crashes in the bios and fails to boot many times (took me another hour last night to get it to post).

Could you confirm something for me though? Since a while the Q-Code screen shows an 8 when the computer is turned off. This will even stay on when unplugging power and holding the power button, I don't recall I had this in the past but flashing back to an older BIOS doesn't change anything.

I will probably order a B450 board today to just be done with it. Anyone able to recommend a good board?

[gupsterg]

MunkeyBalls wrote:
Could you confirm something for me though? Since a while the Q-Code screen shows an 8 when the computer is turned off. This will even stay on when unplugging power and holding the power button, I don't recall I had this in the past but flashing back to an older BIOS doesn't change anything.

Q-Code display should not have anything when motherboard turned off or even when in "sleep".

I have owned C6H since launch, I pre-ordered before release so very early production/retail board. I have used several differing CPUs, GPUs and RAM kits with it and it has never failed to impress me. To me it seems you have some kinda HW issue which is causing you grieve with rig.

[Silent_Scone]

Q-Code 8 normally relates to CPU or memory instability. I would reseat the CPU if you haven't done so already. Some earlier CPU cooler mounting kits tend to put too much pressure at the rear if overtightened.

[MunkeyBalls]

Silent Scone@ASUS wrote:
Q-Code 8 normally relates to CPU or memory instability. I would reseat the CPU if you haven't done so already. Some earlier CPU cooler mounting kits tend to put too much pressure at the rear if overtightened.

I tried reseating, running in differen't ram slots etc... Then I eventually gave up and bought a different motherboard....

Now this new board was lighting up a red CPU led, which also indicated something was wrong on the CPU side. Same strange behaviour where the light would keep burning even after taking out the PSU cable and removing the battery.

Then I noticed something odd... I pulled out the DisplayPort cable, and voila, the light turned off. I quickly replaced the DisplayPort cable with a regular HDMI cable and the PC actually booted up (still testing the new motherboard). Then I went to the amazon page of the DP cable I bought (and have already been using for months) and took a look at the 1star reviews. It seems these cables feed back 3v to the mainboard which causes a whole host of issues with booting and resuming from hibernation.

This was really a hair pulling experience, but maybe my findings help someone else.

I actually really like the new mainboard though, it boots up lightning fast compared to the slow post times of the Asus Crosshair, and the fan control actually works... Just one problem, there is a high frequency constant noise on the audio output. I still have a new CPU and PSU on the way back (ordered in a rush after the new motherboard also didn't post, figured either of the 2 had to be broken.. Would never have expected a stupid display port cable to be the culprit). I will probably try the new PSU with the new MB to see if this fixes the high pitched noise and in that case I'll say goodbye to the Crosshair. If that doesn't work I guess I'm still stuck here waiting for updates on the post times / crazy fan control.

[darkvader75]

I loaded the bios Elmore listed. I havn't had any fan controller issues.