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This started months ago when I opened ver.1402 G20ci Bios with MMtools. I found out that this latest G20ci bios have coffelake intel 8th gen microcode inside. Asus must be prepared for coffe lake processors with G20 intel 200 chipset, but intel didnt allow it.
This made me curious to try the coffelake processors with my G20ci. so I tried i5 8400 on it, but it didn`t work.
With some research finnaly i found that intel not allow intel 200 chipset board to recognize coffe lake processor if the board using intel ME 11.8.x.xxxx firmware, so i downgrade the firmware to 11.7.0.1229 with flash programmer.
And voila, i5 8400 was detected, and runs well. Then i tried i7 8700, it didnt work, but after learning from here: https://www.win-raid.com/t3413f16-GUIDE-Coffee-Lake-CPUs-on-Skylake-and-Kaby-Lake-motherboards.html finally i am able to make it works.
Not stopping there, i am also tried 9th gen CPUs by adding another microcode, tried i5 9400f and i7 9700k, both works well.
Now I am using Intel Core i9 9900k on my G20ci.
The main problem is the Board`s VRM get very hot when running 6 core processor and above. So I put extra heatsinks on the vrms chip.
i9 9900k with 16 thread wont run stable, VRM gets too hot easily and pc will shut off automatically when running apps. Then I disabled the Hyper threading and runs with all 8 core without HT, it works well.
This made me curious to try the coffelake processors with my G20ci. so I tried i5 8400 on it, but it didn`t work.
With some research finnaly i found that intel not allow intel 200 chipset board to recognize coffe lake processor if the board using intel ME 11.8.x.xxxx firmware, so i downgrade the firmware to 11.7.0.1229 with flash programmer.
And voila, i5 8400 was detected, and runs well. Then i tried i7 8700, it didnt work, but after learning from here: https://www.win-raid.com/t3413f16-GUIDE-Coffee-Lake-CPUs-on-Skylake-and-Kaby-Lake-motherboards.html finally i am able to make it works.
Not stopping there, i am also tried 9th gen CPUs by adding another microcode, tried i5 9400f and i7 9700k, both works well.
Now I am using Intel Core i9 9900k on my G20ci.
The main problem is the Board`s VRM get very hot when running 6 core processor and above. So I put extra heatsinks on the vrms chip.
i9 9900k with 16 thread wont run stable, VRM gets too hot easily and pc will shut off automatically when running apps. Then I disabled the Hyper threading and runs with all 8 core without HT, it works well.
spartan_hoplite wrote:
This started months ago when I opened ver.1402 G20ci Bios with MMtools. I found out that this latest G20ci bios have coffelake intel 8th gen microcode inside. Asus must be prepared for coffe lake processors with G20 intel 200 chipset, but intel didnt allow it.
This made me curious to try the coffelake processors with my G20ci. so I tried i5 8400 on it, but it didn`t work.
With some research finnaly i found that intel not allow intel 200 chipset board to recognize coffe lake processor if the board using intel ME 11.8.x.xxxx firmware, so i downgrade the firmware to 11.7.0.1229 with flash programmer.
And voila, i5 8400 was detected, and runs well. Then i tried i7 8700, it didnt work, but after learning from here: https://www.win-raid.com/t3413f16-GUIDE-Coffee-Lake-CPUs-on-Skylake-and-Kaby-Lake-motherboards.html finally i am able to make it works.
Not stopping there, i am also tried 9th gen CPUs by adding another microcode, tried i5 9400f and i7 9700k, both works well.
Now I am using Intel Core i9 9900k on my G20ci.
The main problem is the Board`s VRM get very hot when running 6 core processor and above. So I put extra heatsinks on the vrms chip.
i9 9900k with 16 thread wont run stable, VRM gets too hot easily and pc will shut off automatically when running apps. Then I disabled the Hyper threading and runs with all 8 core without HT, it works well.
Hi really impressed by your work, I’ve been struggled with making a 6/8 core CPU w/ HT boot on my G20CI for months, would you be so kind to share the modded BIOS? Thanks in advanced!
hi togheter,
last week i went trough the journey of upgrading the CPU to the 9400f form 7700.
it was a long way to a successful running and finaly stable system again.
i have almost ruined my wifi (week cable and silly management)
my setup is fully configured that means, 4TB Harddrive 3.5 inch, 512 gb SSD 2,5 inch, and NVME SSD 256 (western digital ns500, 32GB ram)
very important, you must cover the ASUS pins (BLUE) according to this image:
for programming the BIOS you need to take the chip out and flash it with for instance a CH341a Flash Programmer
as software you use the AsProgrammer_1.4.1 and then you flash with overwriting the flashprotection!
i was in contact with Lost_N_BIOS form the win-raid forum, in the end he was kind enough to repatch the BIOS correctly (i have no idea what that means) but his version is here: (update i got a freeze with this version and went back to mine)
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...466037123673544 (no download possible with chrome) use edge for instance
https://www.win-raid.com/t3987f16-TOOL-Easy-automated-Mod-tool-for-Coffee-Lake-bios-62.html
i have to add, that the system is not stable at all, therefore i went back to the default bios with the i7 7700. i had also covered the VRMs with heatsinks and they didnt got really warm at all.
UPDATE 2 it works now! Lost_N_BIOS made a new bios that unlocked hidden menues form BIOS:
[ASUS] High voltage VCore (up to 1.5V) in the “Auto” mode is a proprietary bug of ASUS motherboards. The problem is solved by setting the value “0.01” for the parameters “IA AC Load Line” and “IA DC Load Line”.
[ASUS] The “2.1” value for the “IA AC Load Line” and “IA DC Load Line” settings will help to remove throttling on 2xxx bios
after setting the “IA AC Load Line” and “IA DC Load Line”, i could boot windows and run everything like normal.
i have stresstested the System with Prime95 and several Benchmark Utilitys. so this is a final win!
i'll ask Lost_N_BIOS if he can make a general bios that works for everyone.
so wait for the update! cheers
last week i went trough the journey of upgrading the CPU to the 9400f form 7700.
it was a long way to a successful running and finaly stable system again.
i have almost ruined my wifi (week cable and silly management)
my setup is fully configured that means, 4TB Harddrive 3.5 inch, 512 gb SSD 2,5 inch, and NVME SSD 256 (western digital ns500, 32GB ram)
very important, you must cover the ASUS pins (BLUE) according to this image:
for programming the BIOS you need to take the chip out and flash it with for instance a CH341a Flash Programmer
as software you use the AsProgrammer_1.4.1 and then you flash with overwriting the flashprotection!
i was in contact with Lost_N_BIOS form the win-raid forum, in the end he was kind enough to repatch the BIOS correctly (i have no idea what that means) but his version is here: (update i got a freeze with this version and went back to mine)
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...466037123673544 (no download possible with chrome) use edge for instance
https://www.win-raid.com/t3987f16-TOOL-Easy-automated-Mod-tool-for-Coffee-Lake-bios-62.html
i have to add, that the system is not stable at all, therefore i went back to the default bios with the i7 7700. i had also covered the VRMs with heatsinks and they didnt got really warm at all.
UPDATE 2 it works now! Lost_N_BIOS made a new bios that unlocked hidden menues form BIOS:
[ASUS] High voltage VCore (up to 1.5V) in the “Auto” mode is a proprietary bug of ASUS motherboards. The problem is solved by setting the value “0.01” for the parameters “IA AC Load Line” and “IA DC Load Line”.
[ASUS] The “2.1” value for the “IA AC Load Line” and “IA DC Load Line” settings will help to remove throttling on 2xxx bios
after setting the “IA AC Load Line” and “IA DC Load Line”, i could boot windows and run everything like normal.
i have stresstested the System with Prime95 and several Benchmark Utilitys. so this is a final win!
i'll ask Lost_N_BIOS if he can make a general bios that works for everyone.
so wait for the update! cheers
