R6E from frustrated to very happy

[CharlieH]

I was very frustrated when I first got my i9 CPU and R6E MB. My first CPU was the i9 7980xe. With the earlier BIOS my rig would hang and other weird behaviors. So I returned that CPU and got the i9 7900x. Now I could run my rig. Unfortunately they fixed the issues and now it seems like the i9 7980xe works fine. My biggest problem was I run Hyper-V on Windows 10 and I couldn't soft boot the rig it would hang. This seemed related to the two Hyper x16 m.2 cards loaded with 8 Intel 900ps and/or VROC. I wasn't sure if it was the bios, the IRSTe driver, or what it was. And even with hard boots I could not OC it would hang on hard boots too. Finally after getting some updates I am able to hard and soft boot with a OC using Hyper-V. This makes me very happy. I get extremely fast Visual Studio integration and test run times now down to 5:25 minutes. It was close to 7 minutes with the latest code base before the OC. All I did to OC was use the wizard and set the OC to extreme. That gave me 4.4GHz CPU speed and a 3000 MHz memory speed. My memory is rated at 3600 MHz but I get you cannot get the full clock speed when you OC the CPU. And if I took the time to learn and manually OCed I could probably get the CPU and memory to run faster. But I am ok with where it is at. I don't run games or try to tune manually for best speeds anymore I just don't have the time right now and this box is built for work not play anyway.

I was seriously considering building an AMD Threadripper rig until all this worked out.

Here is the versions of BIOS, ME firmware, and drivers I am using:
BIOS: 1004
ME Firmware: v11.11.50.1436
ME driver: v11.7.0.1058
IRSTe: v5.3.1.1020

I did the ME firmware update before ASUS released theirs. The ME driver I ended up getting with the firmware was a little bit newer than the one ASUS released. The IRSTe drive I always get the latest I can I rarely if ever use the ASUS released one.

I haven't updated to the latest BIOS (1102) yet for two reasons. First off everything is working great for me. Secondly I have seen posts out here that BIOS 1102 affects performance negatively in a few different ways. I'll might try it soon but I will wait for a newer version first.

I have most all the chipsets in the BIOS turned off even PCH since I use VROC. I have the USB and 10G network enabled and that's pretty much it. I also have the Intel VT-IO disabled too.

My rig:
ASUS ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME LGA 2066 Intel X299 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i9-7900X Skylake-X 10-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 2066 140W BX80673I97900X Desktop Processor
G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 128GB (8 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Intel X299 Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C17Q2-128GTZR
2x ASUS Hyper M.2 x16
8x Intel Optane SSD 900P (280GB, 2.5in w/ U.2-M.2 Connector PCIe 3.0 x4, 20nm, 3D XPoint)
1x Samsung 960 PRO Series - 512GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V6P512BW)
Corsair AXi Series, AX1500i, 1500 Watt (1500W), Fully Modular Digital Power Supply, 80+ Titanium Certified
ASUS NVidia GTX 1080
Thermaltake Tower 900 Black Tempered Glass Fully Modular E-ATX Vertical Super Tower Chassis CA-1H1-00F1WN-00
EK-FB ASUS ROG R6E RGB Monoblock - Nickel Acetal
EK-RES X3 250 RGB - Black Acetal
Iwaki RD-30 - 24 VDC - 318GPH -1200 L/hr. - Canned Motor Pump
Tygon R3400 1/2" ID (3/4" OD) UV Resistant Tubing- Black
Bitspower fittings
Lamptron FC-2 fan controller
4x Delta Fans
480 slim radiator
Silver Coils - Antimicrobial .999 Fine Silver Strip

[CharlieH]

Silent Scone wrote:
Depends if you truly need that much memory. With bdie and 4 modules (32GB capacity), it's fairly easy to obtain 4000Mhz and keep timings near or close to minimal spacing on X299. With as much memory as the OP has, that would be very difficult. It's all about compromise where it's needed, or not needed.

Yeah I need the full memory to run multiple VMs which is why I built this rig. I knew max memory affects the OCing.

[CharlieH]

Oh and I forgot to mention the higher the OC the faster the VROC RAID 0 runs so I don't just OC for the CPU. The water cooling is obviously for the OCing.

[JustinThyme]

Your problem is not the BIOS. Im running 3800MHz memory at XMP then went back and changed that to make the CL 17 instead of 19 and it all works flawlessly and this is on BIOS 1004, im not going to 1102, no reason to. Actually find it laughable so many people freaked out over this. They have to get into your network first, if you have a proper hardware firewall in the first place its not possible to get to your machine to exploit it.

Not sure of what your native languge is bro but Im having a difficult time trying to decipher exaactly what is is you are doing and whats failing. Can you go to your profile and complete the PC specs portion first?
Also is this a kit bought together and is in on the QVL list? If not you have found your problem.