Z790 1402 BIOS

[arlicht]

Any thoughts on latest Z790 BIOS 1402? 

[DerFunk3r]

Did it today on my Strix Z790-E .... and so far ... no problems 🖐

[Goodguyavi]

Hi ! question where did you find ME driver version: 6.1.30.2264 ?

[DerFunk3r]

Hi again…the ME Firmware 6.1.30.2264 installs automatically after flashing bios. It does the ME after I think 2nd restart. It’s new since the last version. Works well!

Original text:

„Updating this BIOS will simultaneously update the corresponding intel ME to version 16.1.30.2264. Please note after you update this BIOS, the ME version remains the updated one even if you roll back to an older BIOS later.“

[Goodguyavi]

Thank you very much for answering 🙌

[DerFunk3r]

The only thing I noticed now ist that the lettering „Press DEL/F2 to enter setup“ now is bigger than before with 1402. Before it was smaller an more „WQHD“…now it looks like FullHD size. Difficult to describe…

Anyone else?

[Goodguyavi]

Oh yes agree ! Kind of looks like a low resolution boot logo and text

[DerFunk3r]

Thx for ur answer now 😉 yes that’s what I mean. Don’t know if it’s normal or a bug 🤷‍♂️

[Han_Rastax]

I can't quite tell that this BIOS is remarkable. In the OCCT stability test, it doesn't get over the CPU power package over 150W while I have the limit set to 250/225W (i9-13900KF), and the core frequency doesn't go over 4400 MHz when all cores are loaded. This was not happening in the 1303 version.

[Stefan_87]

Updated my Z790-F Gaming WiFi and it completely busted the system. 

With 1303 I've played Starfield and Cyberpunk over the last 3 weeks without issues and after 1402 it was directly not loading any game. Even Windows and programs weren't starting or crashing randomly. The data on the NVMe/SSD drives (Intel Rapid Storage enabled) must be completely messed up and even a complete reinstall with deleting all partitions didn't help.