UEFI GOP Fast Boot update

[X-ROG]

Hi All,

We've just had a meeting today to get the latest info for you all. It's quite a complicated situation so please bare with me.

1) Not every motherboard UEFI BIOS is compatible. ASUS will only be qualifying it's own motherboards. Currently these are fully compatible with UEFI Fast Boot Mode:

- Intel 7 Series or later
- Intel X79 Series updated to Win8 BIOS (3xxx)
- Intel H61 Series R2.0 or later
- AMD R2.0 series or later

UEFI is not a uniform standard. There is Gen 1 and Gen 2. Only Gen 2 is compatible with Win8 Fast Boot and has to have the BIOS code re-written from the ground up, which is why even if your board has "UEFI" and is older than on the list it won't work with Win8's Fast Boot sorry. It must have a Win8 certified UEFI BIOS.

All our GPU UEFI BIOS' are dual mode (hybrid). We are currently testing our legacy and 1st Gen UEFI boards to see which are compatible and will fall back to booting from the legacy BIOS code until you update to a Win8/2nd Gen UEFI board. We cannot guarantee other manufacturer boards will fall back correctly, causing no POST or no display output.

GOOD NEWS!:
We have tested our Hybrid BIOS on a range of Intel and AMD motherboards ranging back 4-5 years and the Hybrid fall-back function works perfectly in all cases! That means even if you have older ASUS motherboards with no UEFI even, you can still install the Hybrid UEFI GPU BIOS and it will automatically fall-back to legacy mode!

EDIT: Updated this part 26th Feb
EDIT2: 2nd update 28th Feb.

3) As you may know we don't just make one GTX 680, for example, in fact there are 12 different versions, which all have different BIOS'. As you can imagine, if you flash the wrong BIOS your card will not work. Multiply this by several products and that's many, many BIOS'. The chance of getting it wrong is unacceptably high when as codes vary by small amounts.

However, despite Nvidia's suggestion and the large potential for incompatibility causing no POST, we are still going to introduce UEFI GPU BIOS' under condition of the clear warnings above. Starting first with the GTX 680 in the next few weeks we will be providing a very detailed guide on how to check your GPU version and how to upgrade the VBIOS. The on evaluation of success of that (and any modification of the guide) we will then add GTX 670, 660 Ti. This is exclusive to the high-end GPUs and ROG forums for now.

4) During April we will have a more public release of an automated tool for checking compatibility and updating the VBIOS if it detects all is OK. Should this tool not work for you, yet you are convinced your PC is compatible, you can use the guide we provided.

Hope this helps everyone understand the next month-to-6 weeks better 🙂

[X-ROG]

Myk SilentShadow wrote:
Confusion leading to question: Why do you guys need to update graphics card BIOSes for Win8 Fast Boot capability? I thought all that was taken care of on Motherboard?

You need both motherboard and graphics card for it to work.

If you're using onboard graphics like Intel HD graphics, or a fixed system like a notebook that ships with Windows 8, then these already have UEFI BIOS' installed on their respective motherboard/graphics BIOS chips. For graphics cards that could go in any system it's a lot more difficult to control compatibility.

[Myk_SilentShado]

MarshallR@ASUS wrote:
You need both motherboard and graphics card for it to work.

If you're using onboard graphics like Intel HD graphics, or a fixed system like a notebook that ships with Windows 8, then these already have UEFI BIOS' installed on their respective motherboard/graphics BIOS chips. For graphics cards that could go in any system it's a lot more difficult to control compatibility.

Ok, thanks...I guess lol 😛

[X-ROG]

All I can think of:

1) Try a different wall socket or if it's on an extension lead, try a wall-socket directly. Noise in the electrical line can sometimes cause issue, especially if you live in a low(er) voltage country or experience brown-outs.
2) Recheck all your power connections to the motherboard: are any loose?
3) Try booting the board outside the case with just the bare essentials plugged in (one DIMM, use onboard graphics). It might be shorting to the case. Begin to plug in things systematically to see when it stops.
4) Try updating the BIOS to the latest version (use EZFlash in the BIOS to update)
5) How tight is your heatsink attached? If it's so tight it bends the PCB it will cause it to fail booting as this bends the traces within it.

[X-ROG]

The rest are on the way in ~April 🙂

(fingers crossed)

[shiecldk]

MarshallR@ASUS wrote:
The rest are on the way in ~April 🙂

(fingers crossed)

Hi,

Sorry for that I don't know where I can ask this question.

I own an ASUS EAH6850 V2. Where could I get an GOP supported VBios for this card?

I'm appreciative of your help!

Regards, Kevin

[Freudenberger]

Hello i saw you post due to update the bios of the gpu.

i have already the GTX680DC2T with the MAximum V Extreme. I Installed WIndows 7 x64 in uefi mode on my ssd raid. therefore i have installed it with the newest raid driver with the F6 function before the installation.

after windows is installed with all drivers i try to update mx gtx 680 with the GTX680BIOSUPDATE.exe.

the cmd appears and after 1-2 sec it will crasehd unexpectely -> CheckVGABIOS.exe does not work.

my bios version is 80.04.09.00.C3

it would be great if you give me a hint.

Happy easter 🙂


after this i deleted the raid array and installed win8 with uefi. i execute the gtx680biosupdate.exe and no error appears but it seems that the gpu was not updated. a cmd window was poped up for a very short time and close again... 😞

Update: Now it works. I have to install Windows 8 not in raid modus and with uefi. then it works. 😄

i am disabled csm and it works very well! 😄

Thank you all!

[df1ech]

Did the magic happen ?

I wonder... putting other brand bios on the card works without any problem (tested my self)
Will flashing for instance the MSI GOP compatible vbios also work ?

I got several computers here where secure boot is needed waiting to be delivered to my customer. If only I had knew upfront ....

[Nodens]

df1ech wrote:
Did the magic happen ?

I wonder... putting other brand bios on the card works without any problem (tested my self)
Will flashing for instance the MSI GOP compatible vbios also work ?

I got several computers here where secure boot is needed waiting to be delivered to my customer. If only I had knew upfront ....

This is not supported. It can work on "reference" cards but it will cause issues on any custom design cards. Also if you do this you're on your own if you brick the card (I believe it voids the warranty as well). I'm not even sure if it can be recovered with JTAG..

[df1ech]

it's quiet shh shh oh so quiet shh shh


HELLO ASUS DID YOU FALL ASLEEP?

[steffen_pohlman]

Hello Asus,

can you kindly give us an update for the Hybrid vBIOS for GTX 670. Will it be availlable in April or do we have to wait longer and if so can you give us a new time frame?

Thanks in advance