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RaptorLake Resources

Shamino
Moderator

i will use this as a collection of test bioses/tools/info targeted towards Raptorlake + z69/790

NOTE for Z690: You must update ME on your Z690 to properly support raptorlake (if you are on dual bioses then you need to do this to both bioses)

1) d/l and install ME driver
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/03CHIPSET/DRV_MEI_Intel_Cons_ADL_TP_W11_64_V2229320_20220809B....

2) update ME with ME Update Tool (I know there are newer versions but its not up on Asus official site yet so >= this version is fine)
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/03CHIPSET/MEUpdateTool_16.1.25.1885_T.zip

3) update to Latest BIOS of your choice

Note 2 for Z690: i have some Z690s that are already LOW in battery so you are advised to use a new Battery during this upgrade.

New test bioses

Z690 Apex

Z690 Extreme

Z690 Hero

Z690 Hero Eva

Z690 Extreme Glacial

Z690 Formula

Z690 Strix E

Z690 Strix F

Z690 Strix G

Z690 Strix A WIFI D4

Z690 Strix A WIFI

Z690 Strix I

Z690 Creator

Z690 Prime A

Z690 Tuf

Z690 Tuf D4

Z690 Tuf WIFI

Z690 Tuf D4 WIFI

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Z790 Extreme

Z790 Hero

Z790 Apex

Z790 Strix I

Z790 Strix F

Z790 Strix E

Z790 Strix A D4

Z790 Strix A

Z790 ProArt

Z790 Strix H

Z790 Prime A WIFI

Z790 Prime M Plus D4

Z790 Prime P

Z790 Prime P D4

Z790 Prime P WIFI

Z790 Prime P WIFI D4

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Latest ocpak

Turbovcore
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ifsr8x0zncxcvyd/TurboV_Core_1.10.20.zip?dl=0


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OK, sounds like it's best to avoid these BIOSes then?

Taint3dBulge
Level 10

Ya, not going to touch these for awhile, gonna wait till another brave soul with an encore posts their findings. Been running 1503 forever and its been rock solid. Would really like to know what has changed with the new microcode and what else was tweaked. Will prob wait till they are out of beta tbh lol. Glad that they are still tweaking the bios though. Maybe they will finally get this problem fixed.

Curiosity got the better of me last night and I installed it. Interestingly enough it got me a decent boost in CB23 multi. I installed it to see if it would help me stabilise a new kit of G.Skill RAM I got. It didn't help the RAM but CB23 multu went up by about 700 points.

Notice any changes in your voltages and would be interesting to see if it makes ram overclocking the same or worse then the last few bios's. Lastly are your cores downclocking with a high performance power plan?

Voltages look to be the same when it comes to mins and max. Can confirm that RAM clocking is also the same. I tried to stabilise my RAM kit at the same settings as the 1801 BIOS and the RAM test (Karhu) fails at the exact same point. And yes, the ratios DO downclock in the high performance power plan.

einherz
Level 9
may be you guys will think about creation some memory profiles container? it can help really much when memory set different latencies, and for found stable need many time go back to auto and set again xmp. if somewhere we can save latencies profile for certain hardware, that's would be so cool, and with that all related voltages too:) that's way if we set 100% working latency profile and have any problem with new bios we will be sure this is not memory, but something else. i still use 2503, but last time i was forced to use my accidently created screenshots, for change onde parameter same as was before. i'd love to update when it's will out of betta to release for update microcode, but with my situation it's horrible way, always need tonn of time for make the system stable again, and even with screenshots it can take more time, and all time changing voltage logic pretty confuse, i use -0.12v on vcore, it's only thing i do in bios for cpu, so that's way i totally avoid throttling and stay in performance, but with bioses after 2503 voltage at idle too low on -.12 and too high under load if not use undervolting. with not predictable latency under xmp(two kits) it's really driving crazy. or even different cpu voltage profiles if that even possible? afaik it read it from cpu... but if different bios set different cpu voltage profiles, probably someway possible to save that too as memory profile, and that's way we can use new microcode with old profile that we sure. it's probably even not about certain stuff, just for future chipsets too. this is really strange stuff btw, when we got rock stable system, and after update and set same parameters everything gone. may be even something like we have already profiles, but with opportunity to have highly much profiles, that's will set literally everything same way, just thru new microcode. or even way to change microcode, that will not touch voltages and latencies, if that even have any sense, i don't sure any more.

Galixte
Level 9

Hi,

I found this changelog about Intel microcode 0x12C: https://community.intel.com/t5/Processors/What-changes-improvements-are-in-new-13-14th-Gen-Raptor-La...

ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-I - ASUS ROG STRIX 4070 Ti - Intel 13700K - G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6400 64GB (2x32GB)

did you even read the actual forum? they specifically stated that all vmin shift instability issues were apart of  0x12b. AND NOT apart of 12c. As they stated before that random guy showed up that probably copied and pasted from google...about 0x12b  that 12c is just regular routine duty cycle updates. Everything people found on the overclocking forum showed that it is just for security updates.

It's probably just a security fix update. MSI has already updated their z790 boards.

AMI BIOS     7D91vHF    2025-03-13    10.07 MB

Description:
- Update CPU Microcode
- Update ME firmware 16.1.35.2557


The changelog you mentioned is incorrect, it was clarified on the other forum you linked.

https://community.intel.com/t5/Processors/What-changes-improvements-are-in-new-13-14th-Gen-Raptor-La...

 

einherz
Level 9

i have 13900k@790 from the end of 22. only couple of bios works great. so yeah, don't rush to update, new isn't always best for all systems. in my case it's not standard situation, as i use xmp at 2 kits, and this is highly not recomended. and xmp pretty aggressive for my ram capacity. so probably with standard situation new is better:) but as mentioned above my post. chipset, cpu and ram can be are different with their own whims even at standard construct