new bios revisions

[syldon]

Are there any new bios revisions near completion? A lot of us are sitting with very expensive coasters atm.

[SinartNZ]

I can confirm the new 1002 update now on the support page is worth trying, my Corsair Vengeance LED 3200 2x8GB works a treat, still need to manually set the dram voltage and speed but other than that no cold boot issues, finally and fans don't go to spastic

[Bureaucromancer]

What on earth? Updated to 1002 and it disabled HVM for some asinine reason.

Not a big deal, but thats not even restoring defaults, it was on ORIGINALLY. And if this is some kind of "optimized default" what possible use is a configuration with IOMMU on and HVM off (seriously, this is what I ended up with)?

[wombooga]

SinartNZ wrote:
I can confirm the new 1002 update now on the support page is worth trying, my Corsair Vengeance LED 3200 2x8GB works a treat, still need to manually set the dram voltage and speed but other than that no cold boot issues, finally and fans don't go to spastic

Could you share those settings? Mine doesn't like 3200 (sat at 2666 currently). Tried 1.35V with no luck.

[Raja]

H2323 wrote:
I think the concern is that we are given priority. AMD has been careful to not call out partners but it seems to me that they have had Q1 launch in financials for over a year. Working and demoing hardware since the fall and the ASUS board shown at CES. All in all it seems the platform is not respected and not given the attention it is showing it deserves. Early adopters or not this, this board has a crossfire brand and should be better and we should be getting bios updates more frequently.

Thank you for all your effort, you're welcome this is my second crosshair board.

I have no mem stability issues I followed the QVL. Buggy as hell, multi-boots after shutdown is irritating more than anything. Slow post as well.

To be on series 1000 UEFI builds this early in the launch is busy to say the least. Given the scope of how much work this platform needs, just churning out builds for the sake of it isn't going to help - some of the updates can break more things than they fix. We don't program the microcode, AMD do. And, it still needs a lot of work.

Moving forwards, I'd advise a 6 months breather period to avoid early-adoption issues - that goes for any platform, but more so for a company that is trying to get back in the game.

[alexp999]

syldon wrote:
I am stuck on the splash screen - qcode 06. I am 100% convinced my problem is memory. The board flashes, and I have tried all 3 bios revisions back and forth. I have used the bare set up to see if it is down to other components. That is cpu, 1 mem stick and one GPU with no drives attached. I knew getting memory to run at full speed would be an issue, but I never thought that the memory would be so incompatible, that you couldn't get it to run at all.

When I bought the board there was no memory to be had from the qvl list in the UK, so I took the gamble with what I thought would be the most popular brand in the UK. (3200mhx) corsair vengeance DDR4 CMU32GX4M2C3200C16B.

So now I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. I don't want to buy new memory , because even the qvl stuff is giving issues, that is if you can get it. And a new board could just give the same result.

I've got the non LED version of that memory (probably exactly the same stuff), and got it running at 2666 CL16 no problems (other than slow POST).

It defaults to 2133 so should be fine. What is code 06 in the manual? What BIOS you using?

[syldon]

alexp999 wrote:
I've got the non LED version of that memory (probably exactly the same stuff), and got it running at 2666 CL16 no problems (other than slow POST).

It defaults to 2133 so should be fine. What is code 06 in the manual? What BIOS you using?

038, 902, 1001

There is a new revision out today 1002. I will try that out tonight when I get in from work. I don't expect to get full speed at 3200. But it would be great to see something come through. Do you have a memory id code for your batch? Mine is CMU32GX4M2C3200C16B.

[alexp999]

syldon wrote:
038, 902, 1001

There is a new revision out today 1002. I will try that out tonight when I get in from work. I don't expect to get full speed at 3200. But it would be great to see something come through. Do you have a memory id code for your batch? Mine is CMU32GX4M2C3200C16B.

I've got CMK32GX4M2B3200C16.

Only real difference is the 3rd letter, which should denote the LED heatspreader.

Even two kits of the same part number could have different ICs though. Mine are Hynix (according to AIDA64), hence why I can't go over 2666 at the moment.

Have you tried both bits of memory separatly, to rule out a faulty stick? Also are you using A2 and B2 slots?

[syldon]

I have just tried 1002 with no difference which isn't surprising when I see the change notes. There is no extra support instigated for memory.
I am just write going this off as a bad loss and grab an MSI board. The idea of waiting 6 months to be able to use some of the £1100 pounds I just spent isn't going to happen. I have had the board 2 weeks now so cant RMA it under distance selling. I don't think I have the complete set up still intact to send it back as a reject. I still don't know if the board is a flatliner or the CPU. The memory works fine in an I7 system so I know it isn't that.

Seriously disappointed.

[MNMadman]

syldon wrote:
I have just tried 1002 with no difference which isn't surprising when I see the change notes. There is no extra support instigated for memory.
I am just write going this off as a bad loss and grab an MSI board. The idea of waiting 6 months to be able to use some of the £1100 pounds I just spent isn't going to happen. I have had the board 2 weeks now so cant RMA it under distance selling. I don't think I have the complete set up still intact to send it back as a reject. I still don't know if the board is a flatliner or the CPU. The memory works fine in an I7 system so I know it isn't that.

Seriously disappointed.

Read this.

The important part is the last line of the Let's Talk BIOS Updates section. For those who can't be bothered to check the link -- "We will continue to update you on future AGESA releases when they’re complete, and we’re already working hard to bring you a May release that focuses on overclocked DDR4 memory."

So, yeah ... don't expect big changes to RAM compatibility/stability/speed until after the May update is distributed to manufacturers. Hold off on your bzitchin' and moanin' about RAM compatibility/stability/speed until then.

[AMNFORGR]

MNMadman wrote:
Read this.

The important part is the last line of the Let's Talk BIOS Updates section. For those who can't be bothered to check the link -- "We will continue to update you on future AGESA releases when they’re complete, and we’re already working hard to bring you a May release that focuses on overclocked DDR4 memory."

So, yeah ... don't expect big changes to RAM compatibility/stability/speed until after the May update is distributed to manufacturers. Hold off on your bzitchin' and moanin' about RAM compatibility/stability/speed until then.

I was able to get my f4-3200c16q-32gtzr to be stable at 2666. I've played Andromeda for about 20 hours now and have had a great experience I'm averaging about 100fps with my 1080ti sli set up at 1440. I can only wonder what 3200 mhz could do for the community. I'm one to appreciate what ASUS is doing to support CH6. I can't complain one bit. For others having trouble, don't give up hope because it took me nearly 24 hours of non-stop work to get to a stable state. Just keep browsing the forum. I personally don't know what a qcode 06 is since I didnt encounter it myself. I have had an 0d error many times and specifically 8 error after a failed OC. I was able to circumvent the errorcode with pusing the clear cmos button.