RaptorLake Resources

[Shamino]

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 M15ocpak
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jf7ob7r5quvri1c/M15_OCPAK1121.zip?dl=0

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

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[itzjonjon69]

Loving the new 088 bios for the Z790 extreme, using "xmp tweaked" has made my DDR5-7200 ram even faster and stable. Great job team!

[Cucobr]

Hello guys, I'm new here and I'd like very much if you guys could answer my question

Why the Intel ME Consumer Firmware 16.1.25.2020 isn't listed on the Z690 Hero link? https://rog.asus.com/br/motherboards/rog-maximus/rog-maximus-z690-hero-model/helpdesk_bios/

At there the newest version is Versão 16.1.25.1885.
Why?

I've found the 16.1.25.2020 at https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?126385-FIRMWARE-Intel-ME-(H610-B660-H670-Z690-B760-H770-Z7...

[Darge82]

I do not have a 13th Gen CPU yet but running 12700k. Should I update BIOS and ME now prior to installing 13900k to avoid issues?

[ExtremeSuperRam]

I noticed that on BIOS 0088, my 3090 operates at PCIe 4.0 x8 instead of x16. I switched to the second BIOS on my motherboard, which was set to 0401, and the issue went away. However, that BIOS will not boot my 7600 kit at 7600 (regardless of timings), whereas 0088 boots (via "XMP Tweaked") and is stable with some minor voltage tweaking. So something is off with BIOS 0088 regarding the PCIe bandwidth. This will be problematic for a 4090 running at low resolutions, which is something I will be doing for benchmarking purposes.

[itzjonjon69]

ExtremeSuperRampageCJ wrote:
I noticed that on BIOS 0088, my 3090 operates at PCIe 4.0 x8 instead of x16. I switched to the second BIOS on my motherboard, which was set to 0401, and the issue went away. However, that BIOS will not boot my 7600 kit at 7600 (regardless of timings), whereas 0088 boots (via "XMP Tweaked") and is stable with some minor voltage tweaking. So something is off with BIOS 0088 regarding the PCIe bandwidth. This will be problematic for a 4090 running at low resolutions, which is something I will be doing for benchmarking purposes.

I think that's just you, as i'm not having that issue with my 4090:



Keep in mind if you using a NVME in 2_1 slot it'll split it with the GPU so that's why you may be seeing x8

[adrenalin_uk]

ExtremeSuperRampageCJ wrote:
I noticed that on BIOS 0088, my 3090 operates at PCIe 4.0 x8 instead of x16. I switched to the second BIOS on my motherboard, which was set to 0401, and the issue went away. However, that BIOS will not boot my 7600 kit at 7600 (regardless of timings), whereas 0088 boots (via "XMP Tweaked") and is stable with some minor voltage tweaking. So something is off with BIOS 0088 regarding the PCIe bandwidth. This will be problematic for a 4090 running at low resolutions, which is something I will be doing for benchmarking purposes.

I have the same issue on my Maximus Hero Z790, bios 0502 works fine but any release after that reduces PCIe to 4.0 8x

I have seen someone mention that if m.2_1 is populated then 8x is set, but I don't believe that to be true, reading the manual it appears to me that it only drops to 8x when both 16x slots are used and/or a 16x slot and the Hyper m.2 card is in use, I only have the 3 NVMe slots on the board populated

[adrenalin_uk]

ExtremeSuperRampageCJ wrote:
I noticed that on BIOS 0088, my 3090 operates at PCIe 4.0 x8 instead of x16. I switched to the second BIOS on my motherboard, which was set to 0401, and the issue went away. However, that BIOS will not boot my 7600 kit at 7600 (regardless of timings), whereas 0088 boots (via "XMP Tweaked") and is stable with some minor voltage tweaking. So something is off with BIOS 0088 regarding the PCIe bandwidth. This will be problematic for a 4090 running at low resolutions, which is something I will be doing for benchmarking purposes.

This ended up being my PCIe riser cable somehow. Even though it worked in bios 0502 it just wouldn't in any newer release. I figured it was my last available option to troubleshoot and hey-ho an alternative worked fine, bought a new one and that works too.

Didn't think it was my issue as I could get it to work in 0502 but it threw me a curve ball. Anyway, problem solved

[yobzhik]

Z790 Hero with 13900k + kit 6000 64gb (1 kit)

0031 - pretty stable, but with some games (like the latest NFS Unbound) pretty often shows bluescreen.
0803 - looks stable, but rise my temp to +20C over 0031 bios with the same settings (adaptive power -0.09v).

Currently, the ASUS Z790 Hero system is too unstable to use for games, only web browsing is not crashing...

P.S. Board is not working well, too; it always 403 or 500... need to re-send the message 4-5 times for success... I'm disappointed...

[schoolofmonkey]

yobzhik wrote:
Z790 Hero with 13900k + kit 6000 64gb (1 kit)

0031 - pretty stable, but with some games (like the latest NFS Unbound) pretty often shows bluescreen.
0803 - looks stable, but rise my temp to +20C over 0031 bios with the same settings (adaptive power -0.09v).

Currently, the ASUS Z790 Hero system is too unstable to use for games, only web browsing is not crashing...

P.S. Board is not working well, too; it always 403 or 500... need to re-send the message 4-5 times for success... I'm disappointed...

Interesting, because I've been pounding the crap out of my z790 Hero, other than the 0804 being mega flaking on increasing the power draw/temps, 0803 has been fine, don't think it's as good as 0802 was, 0802 was drawing even less power than 0803 with the same settings, but gaming wise it's been completely stable.

I am running different ram than you though: G.Skill Trident Z5 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz CL36 (36-36-36-96, 1.35V), I'm just using the XMP II setting.

[yobzhik]

schoolofmonkey wrote:
Interesting, because I've been pounding the crap out of my z790 Hero, other than the 0804 being mega flaking on increasing the power draw/temps, 0803 has been fine, don't think it's as good as 0802 was, 0802 was drawing even less power than 0803 with the same settings, but gaming wise it's been completely stable.

I am running different ram than you though: G.Skill Trident Z5 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz CL36 (36-36-36-96, 1.35V), I'm just using the XMP II setting.

Mine is G.Skill Trident Z5 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MHz CL32 (32-38-38-96, 1.4v).
Currently, I'm able to stabilize the system only by disabling Efficient cores (all of them). Additionally - the same adaptive power to -0.09 (less than 0.12 causing some problems).