ROG STRIX X670E-I not posting with 7950X3D after BIOS 3024

[realies]

I've had my fair share of Asus weirdness over the past years, it appears I don't learn quickly.

Today's discovery is that a 7950X3D would not post with BIOS newer than 3024. Reverting to 3024 works.

The behaviour is like it never ends up training the memory. The Hive's orange/yellow light does not shop shining forever.

Resetting CMOS, or using any other BIOS after 3024 does not work. Is there a good excuse this time around?

[Silent_Scone]

Hi @realies 

If you're just starting out post-flash, memory training may take 3 to 5 minutes or more depending on the memory kit. How long are you leaving it?

Speaking of which, full system specs might be more helpful than being passive-aggressive 😂

[realies]

The irrelevance of your response is concerning for a 'Super Moderator.'

Memory training time is a non-issue when:

• BIOS 3024: Posts and works perfectly
• Newer BIOS: Doesn't post at all
• Same hardware configuration

I've waited 30+ minutes anyway - still nothing. Let's skip the basic troubleshooting deflection.

Since you insist on specs, though they won't explain this regression:

• CPU: 7950X3D
• MB: X670E-I
• RAM: KF560C36BBEK2-64
• PSU: SF750

Can we focus on the actual issue: Why did newer BIOS versions break previously working functionality?

[Silent_Scone]

Fascinating, is a Super Moderator meant to know how long exactly you'd waited for the system to train. The art of telepathy has always escaped me (I too can be sarcastic). 😅

It's ok to need assistance sometimes, there is no need to posture it as if you do not.

Glad you were able to resolve it by replacing the faulty flash drive. Have yet to see anyone else facing this problem, but always good to know the root cause.

[realies]

No, a Super moderator is expected to be aware of the context. The time to train is irrelevant in this case.

I expect a better implemented BIOS flashback functionality, where a faulty flash drive does not brick your BIOS and refuses to flash instead.

[Silent_Scone]

The context in this case was you made a vague point about the system being stuck with a yellow QLED indicator. Your exact words were "forever".

Nobody, moderator or not, is going to be able to define what this means...

Therefore, objectively, my first initial thought given the lack of information was to assertatin how long exactly you had waited, given the length of time on initial training can be considerably long.

What would be far less obvious to anyone, is the fact you were using bad flash memory.  Which, tbh, also seems rather strange.

Anyway, all is well that ends well. 👍

[realies · Accepted solution]

Update: A new flash drive fixed this. I have no idea how the old bios was getting flashed correctly.

The bios checksum verification before flashing needs an improvement.