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.

[Raja]

muziqaz wrote:
Guys, are you trying to torch our Ryzen CPUs on purpose?
With this and previous BIOSes stock voltage is set to 1.438/1.46v. The thing is 1.35v is more than enough to feed at least 3.8ghz (haven't tested more yet) all cores with AVX work load.

That's what the CPU is programmed to request under XFR by AMD. 1.45V is normal. If your CPU can handle less, then set less.

muziqaz wrote:

Also, is there any plans to let loose RAM frequencies for us to play around? Like on x99 platform we have memory frequencies far beyond what CPU memory controller actually is capable to drive stably. Why not do the same with AM4 platform?

That would be up to AMD, not us. Right now, the current AGESA microcode doesn't even have user control over the sub-timings, let alone more ratios.

[muziqaz]

Raja@ASUS wrote:
That's what the CPU is programmed to request under XFR by AMD. 1.45V is normal. If your CPU can handle less, then set less.
That would be up to AMD, not us. Right now, the current AGESA microcode doesn't even have user control over the sub-timings, let alone more ratios.

Typical AMD 😄 tried to burn their CPUs since Athlon XP days. yes 1.35v will get me long way.
And fair enough on memory speeds, I guess we need to kick AMDs arse a bit, for them to wake up 😄

But regarding the temps, I am now running at stock frequencies(turbo is OFF, so 3.6ghz)@1.35v and I have CPU loaded 100% with some AVX code. I locked the fan to 65% top speed which results in 1000rpm. HWinfo reports CPU temps as 75C, which is completely wrong since I can touch easily base of noctua cooler and it is not even warm to the touch. From my previous experiences 75C is very hot to the touch. Contact between CPU and heatsink is perfect: https://flic.kr/p/RU987E

Is this an effect of that reported temperature offset which AMD for some reason put in? I have no other explanation otherwise.

Thanks for replies, by the way 😉

[SinartNZ]

Yeah this temp issue is starting to drive me nuts... every bit of monitor software I try reports temps into the 70's when under load but when I fire my trusty infrared Thermometer (just had it recalibrated) at it and its not even in the 40's 😕

muziqaz wrote:
Typical AMD 😄 tried to burn their CPUs since Athlon XP days. yes 1.35v will get me long way.
And fair enough on memory speeds, I guess we need to kick AMDs arse a bit, for them to wake up 😄

But regarding the temps, I am now running at stock frequencies(turbo is OFF, so 3.6ghz)@1.35v and I have CPU loaded 100% with some AVX code. I locked the fan to 65% top speed which results in 1000rpm. HWinfo reports CPU temps as 75C, which is completely wrong since I can touch easily base of noctua cooler and it is not even warm to the touch. From my previous experiences 75C is very hot to the touch. Contact between CPU and heatsink is perfect: https://flic.kr/p/RU987E

Is this an effect of that reported temperature offset which AMD for some reason put in? I have no other explanation otherwise.

Thanks for replies, by the way 😉

[Demoniacstar]

Evanair wrote:
Flashed to 1001.

Still stable at 41x multiplier and 100 clock to 4.1ghz on CPU @1.4 volts. As for RAM, I was able to decrease my timings from 12-14-14-30 to 12-12-12-30 at 2400mhz @ 1.4 volts.

T state is still at 2T according to HWinfo.

Another issue is voltage. Setting RAM to 1.35 volts only gives a reading of around 1.31, upping to 1.4 gives me the 1.35 needed to run the correct voltage through the ram. Ram kit is Corsair 8x2 2400/C10, which I'd like to be able to run at proper timings.

i think i seen someone say that the cr 1 setting in the 1001 bios did not set cr1 unless your ram wuz at 2666 or higher

[kildar]

New C6H bios 1002 found here:

http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=167530

Supposedly is 1001 with bug fixes.

Cheers,

Mel

[Demoniacstar]

kildar wrote:
New C6H bios 1002 found here:

http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=167530

Supposedly is 1001 with bug fixes.

Cheers,

Mel

i tried this bios ....it sucks.....after installing this bios i could only boot 2133 ram.....and now that i'm back to 1001 bios i still can't get anything but 2133
still working on it though.....


i have got my 1001 bios settings working for 4.035 cpu and 2725 ram....
1002 just would not do nothing at all for my system i keep getting a 33 qcode

[Zingel1986]

With BIOS 1001 I have now problems to use the precision boost Feature.
When everything is set to default, RAM is at 2666 and precision boost is enabled, the System boosts only to a Maximum of 3.7 GHz.

WIth older BIOSes there was 4.0 GHz when testing with Cinebench single core.

I think there is a long way to until we get a full functional BIOS and all the bugs are gone. The temperatures and fan control in 1001 is driving me crazy.

[kildar]

Demoniacstar wrote:
i tried this bios ....it sucks.....after installing this bios i could only boot 2133 ram.....and now that i'm back to 1001 bios i still can't get anything but 2133
still working on it though.....


i have got my 1001 bios settings working for 4.035 cpu and 2725 ram....
1002 just would not do nothing at all for my system i keep getting a 33 qcode

That's weird because I'm finally stable @ 3200 with blk @ 100 and multiplier @ 38.

I'm not going through the dredded 08 or 0d code nightmare after each change either ....

Mel

[Demoniacstar]

kildar wrote:
That's weird because I'm finally stable @ 3200 with blk @ 100 and multiplier @ 38.

I'm not going through the dredded 08 or 0d code nightmare after each change either ....

Mel

thats crazy ...cuz thats all i got with 1002.....and if it passed ram checks it would get stuck on cpu qcode 33......
i could not get 1002 to barely boot stock settings...

[swapgut]

Demoniacstar wrote:
i tried this bios ....it sucks.....after installing this bios i could only boot 2133 ram.....

WOW, I'm surprised with that. I've followed that other thread by elmor since I found it at this site, installed 1002 same day you did without issue. Well I did notice that my soc was running up towards 1.5v and over so I manually set it to 1v as a base while I was messing with it for the first time `cause I saw my ryzen temp staying up in the 50s (HWmonitor in windows). I was running 4GHz easily but the fans started getting noisy so I dialed it back because this rig was super quiet when I first set it up last week and I liked that!