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Frozen Time Clock in UEFI - The Fix

Raja
Level 13
Is your motherboard suffering from the malady of a frozen time clock in UEFI?

If so try the following:

1) Reflash the latest UEFI, using EZ Flash 2 or USB BIOS flashback.

2) When the system POSTs, enter UEFI. Once in UEFI power down the motherboard. Keep the PSU attached and "on". Only the motherboard is powered off and in "standby". You will see the MB standby lights on (boards with start buttons onboard will be lit). Standby does not mean the board is actually running, standby means the board has power, but you have not pressed the power button to turn it on. Make sure the board is off before you go to the next step in this list. You will know if it is off because if you leave it for 5 seconds it should not POST~BOOT - this means it is in standby.



3) Clear CMOS (Clear RTC) for 10 seconds. This will clear the Management Engine.

4) Power up the system, enter UEFI, set the clock and then save and exit.

5) Update MEI driver to Version 9.5.14.1724 in the OS.










6 )Carry on using the system as normal.

The above steps should fix the issue.

-Raja
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ironfan
Level 7
Another user who has the frozen clock issue. I've tried resetting things as per the first message in the thread but as others have reported this is only a temporary fix. This bug is really messing with daily work 😞

Raja, if you still need a board with the frozen clock, I am willing to ship mine to you with the cross ship method mentioned before.

rick66
Level 7
Another frustrated Maximus V1 Extreme owner with the frozen clock bug, done everything in Raja`s post with no fix, it keeps fine for 1-2 hrs then boom back to stuck again.

rick66 wrote:
Another frustrated Maximus V1 Extreme owner with the frozen clock bug, done everything in Raja`s post with no fix, it keeps fine for 1-2 hrs then boom back to stuck again.

When the clock freezes what have you done the moment before?
Have the computer waked up from sleep, booted up, or what?

🙂

Wickman wrote:
When the clock freezes what have you done the moment before?
Have the computer waked up from sleep, booted up, or what?

🙂


I got a Maximus Vi Extreme too, and right now when i boot up i saw that clock did freeze again. I have had this problem a few times earlier and fixed it by resetting CMOS and loading my OC profile afterwards, and it works for 1-10 days then it freezes again. I do nothing special, just boot up-shutdown-boot up-shutdown-boot up and then some sunny day i see clock freeze itself at he time of shutdown. For example i turned off my pc at 22:38 yesterday, and turn it on at 13:42 or so.. and i see 22:38 at the task bar. The computer simply does not "count time" when in shut of state (motherboard is in standby with power on of course) I updated my Intel ME to 9.5.15.1730 yesterday and problem persists.

Is there some permanent solution or fix or should my next MB be something "not ASUS"?

Thumb down for ASUS for this... Lots of people got this problem and the only thing ASUS says is that you should reset CMOS and update ME... yup, doesn't help, and guess what, i restarted my pc too.. several times ._.

Another victim of this frozen clock bug. I have Z87 delux with repeat issues. I have tried the fixes everyone else has tried. Is there any relief on the horizon ASUS?

Wickman
Level 7
Guys and Dolls,
Christmas is coming in summer this year.
Read post #134

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?35490-Sabertooth-Z87-Bios-Clock-Issue/page14

🙂

Wickman wrote:
Guys and Dolls,
Christmas is coming in summer this year.
Read post #134

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?35490-Sabertooth-Z87-Bios-Clock-Issue/page14

🙂

I have second thougths about that this bios update will actually totally fix the clock thing, I think it's more to it.

As most of the clock freezing occurs at boot and shutdown sessions, I think the deffective AMDA00 driver will also have to be fixed, for the problem to totally go away.
That driver is responsible for most of the problems related to hibernation/faststartup so it would most probably also affect the clock freezing.

cypone_x
Level 7
Also, I was just wondering... is the VII board affected by the clock issue as well? If so... other than an audio upgrade (which I don't need the greatest audio, the VI has better audio than I need) and PWM fan control which luckily my case has a built-in fan controller, I'm fine with the VI (or I was) untilI learned that ALL are affected and ASUS will not resolve the issue. Sorry for all the nagging but these things just surprise me big time.

I did also see where someone from ASUS is asking for someone to send him a board that has this frozen time issue. I live in the states and can easily do this if from what I'm reading regarding not being able to reproduce this issue even though it affects every Z87 board is true. But, if people are sending their boards back to ASUS with this problem, I don't understand how they can't reproduce it, etc.

I'm still going to go ahead and do the build and see what happens and worse case scenario is a refund, etc. Sorry to continue to add on to an issue that has already been expressed but it's difficult to understand why a permanent solution has not been made available to everyone. It just sounds like a manufacturer recall situation. So yeah, please excuse the frantic-like posts, it's just come as a surprise.

bern43
Level 7
Does the most recent 1505 bios for the Maximus Extreme VI fix the clock issue? It just says "improve system performance." It was posted today.
Asus Maximus Extreme Z, Intel 2600K at 4.5, Noctua NH-D14 cooler, MSI GTX 670 PE/OC, Dell U2412 monitor, 8GB Gskill Sniper memory at 1866, Corsair HX850 Power Supply, Asus Xonar Essence STX, Samsung 128 gb 830 ssd, WD RE4 2 tb X 2 in raid 1, Intel 320 870 gb ssd, Filco Tenkeyless keyboard, Logitech G400 Mouse, Audioengine A5 speakers, HP Officejet 6500 printer

bern43 wrote:
Does the most recent 1505 bios for the Maximus Extreme VI fix the clock issue? It just says "improve system performance." It was posted today.

I think that is it.
It seems that all boards are getting this update even the Z97 ones.