BIOS 0606 Freezing games / or when installing software

[s4nt0s]

Hello,

I seriously wish to complain with latest BIOS released for Strix z370-I. I have updated BIOS yesterday and updated the drivers on the page, and now when installing/removing software, the system freezes for a couple of minutes. I cannot play games anymore as eventually they just freeze and will crash.

I'm running stock settings, no overclock on the GPU or CPU. Can someone let me know if I can downgrade and how?

I also cleared CMOS after upgrading.


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I updated to the latest LAN/Wifi/Bluetooth/Audio/Chipset driver that has been latest released on the ASUS page.

I have just reverted back to 0605, with XMP profile (no CPU or GPU OC) and will let you know if I still have freezes.

Anyone with a 1080TI and i7-8700k experiencing issues?

[IraHayes]

yes, random freezes while gaming. This didn't happen with the 0605 but 0606 started causes random freezes.

Also, system is overclocked.

[Raja]

katlani wrote:
Hi,

Didn't say i get an error?
I just said that when i tried (almost a week ago), using the DHCP auto update option, it only recognized 0605 as the latest.
According to users comments, maybe i was lucky 🙂

Anyways, i'm not interested in updating until a more stable version comes out.. At least from Intel's perspective in the form of a new BIOS version from you.

You didn't state you were using the internet option. Most of the EZ Update errors we see users get are due to using a non-compatible drive format, hence my question. In any case, as you're not upgrading, it's fine. 😉

[Raja]

You probably need to re-tune the voltages for the overclock.

[IraHayes]

I thought so but re-tuning voltages didn't help but reverting back to 0605 seems to have resolved the random system freezes.

[Raja]

You have to debug which voltage or setting is causing it at the overclock.

[s4nt0s]

Raja@ASUS wrote:
You have to debug which voltage or setting is causing it at the overclock.

It is not related to OC, I'm, running mine on the default settings and I had random freezes/crashes in game, even with installing/uninstall programs. 0605 is fine.

[Raja]

s4nt0s wrote:
It is not related to OC, I'm, running mine on the default settings and I had random freezes/crashes in game, even with installing/uninstall programs. 0605 is fine.

The reply you quoted was for IraHayes. When you say defaults, are you still running XMP?

[s4nt0s]

Raja@ASUS wrote:
The reply you quoted was for IraHayes. When you say defaults, are you still running XMP?

With XMP profile and without XMP profile it still exists.

[Raja]

You'll need to update your pc specs to include the actual part number of the memory you're using.

[s4nt0s]

Raja@ASUS wrote:
You'll need to update your pc specs to include the actual part number of the memory you're using.

Hello Raja, this is the RAM i'm using in my system: https://azerty.nl/product/gskill/2560199/g-skill-trident-z-rbg-ddr4-16-gb-2-x-8-gb

F4-3200C16D-16GTZR