Maximus X Hero BIOS 1602

[reupens]

BIOS 1602 is now out.

1. Improve system performance.
2. Support the latest 8th Gen Intel® Core™ Processor.

It's still propagating on the support site, so it's only showing for some operating systems.

HERO download:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/ROG_MAXIMUS_X_HERO/ROG-MAXIMUS-X-HERO-ASUS-1602.zip

HERO Wi-Fi AC download:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/ROG_MAXIMUS_X_HERO_WI-FI_AC/ROG-MAXIMUS-X-HERO-WIFI-AC-A...

[ftln46]

Phillyflyer wrote:
Your not 100% stable until you pass P95.....Gotta go through some hurdles and take some risks when overclocking to make claims.

Mate I totally agree that if you overclock and run workloads that tax the cpu like p95 does then yes by all means you need to be p95 stable. But I have yet to see a real world app that uses the CPU like P95. Can you point one out to me ?

[Phillyflyer]

ftln46 wrote:
Mate I totally agree that if you overclock and run workloads that tax the cpu like p95 does then yes by all means you need to be p95 stable. But I have yet to see a real world app that uses the CPU like P95. Can you point one out to me ?

Bro.....at least we agree on something....the point I'm trying to make is that true stability is when your system is taxed regardless of what real world app may or may not be out there....Any enthusiast will not make a claim to be stable at an
overclocked frequency with such test as Aida64..Real Bench....Intel BurnTest...some folks claim stability after running CineBench...3DMark...TimeSpy...but yet fail to validate the claim....everyone has an opinion to what they deem to be stable...but every enthusiast will tax their system to ensure 100% stability for whatever overclock they may have achieved !!

[amdscooter]

Noticed an oddity with my wake issue that I had not noticed b4. From full power down off it responds the same way as if I try to wake from sleep. If it hit a key on the keyboard, the KB lights up.. but no HD or monitor activity. When I hit the power button the drives spin up and the monitors wake. Gotta be a setting I'm missin for KB power on & wake from USB.

[Menthol]

amdscooter wrote:
Noticed an oddity with my wake issue that I had not noticed b4. From full power down off it responds the same way as if I try to wake from sleep. If it hit a key on the keyboard, the KB lights up.. but no HD or monitor activity. When I hit the power button the drives spin up and the monitors wake. Gotta be a setting I'm missin for KB power on & wake from USB.

Has there been different C states in new bios, I believe the new 9000 series processors have new C states available, maybe something not working correctly or differently than before.

[ARFacchini]

Hi folks! New around here...

Any great advantage in upgrading from BIOS 1003 to 1602? Reading the posts seems that all BIOS from 1301 to 1602 have had some kind of issue... Any of them was more stable then the others? (even considering that every build is different)

Thanks!

[erocker]

ARFacchini wrote:
Hi folks! New around here...

Any great advantage in upgrading from BIOS 1003 to 1602? Reading the posts seems that all BIOS from 1301 to 1602 have had some kind of issue... Any of them was more stable then the others? (even considering that every build is different)

Thanks!

For me, yes. I'm running the same settings between bios's and with the newer bios my CPU runs cooler. Don't really know why, if anything I should be running warmer since I added a couple more sticks of RAM (should add to IMC load) but it's not! Voltages all looks good, nothings changed, just runs cooler.

[---SK---]

ARFacchini wrote:
Hi folks! New around here...

Any great advantage in upgrading from BIOS 1003 to 1602? Reading the posts seems that all BIOS from 1301 to 1602 have had some kind of issue... Any of them was more stable then the others? (even considering that every build is different)

Thanks!

Noone of the bioses ever gave me problems i come from 1003 1301 and now on 1502

[Menthol]

The only difference I have noticed from the latest bio's is obviously 1602 updates for new 9000 series processors so I don't see a need to upgrade past 1503 until I get a new CPU.
as I can run tighter memory settings on 1503 and earlier bios on the Apex

[Gold333]

Does anyone actually know what these "performance enhancements" are in 1602?

[NemesisChild]

Gold333 wrote:
Does anyone actually know what these "performance enhancements" are in 1602?

They never state what are, it's apparently a big secret.