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Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 BIOS L1.15
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Hello, i have tested L1.12 and all worked ok even my Logitech UltraX Premium Keyboard which didn't worked in offical original stock bios 1.00, this 2 bioses have Intel OROM 10.6.xxx so I was using it paired with Intel RST 10.6 software.Quote:
Originally Posted by R_1
About new OROM - here are all available Z68 Extreme 4 Gen3 bioses link old 1.00A (25) has newest Intel RAID OROM 11.0.0.1124 ! and I'm using it now with Intel RST 11.0.0.1015 software which in fact is recommended for all new SSDs (especially latest sandforce). I think it's not offcial but modded 1.00 bios which in fact didn't recognises my Logitech keyboard in bios/UEFI.
I'm very curious what changes L1.15 brings, all I want is now newset bios L1.14/L1.15 with keyboard/mouse fixes and added newest Intel OROM 11. Here's some info about it. I read somewhere how to modify any bios for this board and add newest OROM, got any tools needed but I wish that someone with better knowledge made it. :)
From the beginning I got some slow booting problem when my LSI 9240-8i is inserted in this mobo, this happens with old and new OROM, disabling Marvell ROM and other devices didn't helped much but I still hope there are some bios tweaks possible to improve this.
tried to use beta L1.12 and 1.10d used my logitech g9 laser on the red usb never had an issue but truly guys i wouldn't care less if it work or not, if my keyboard won't work then i will shout all over the forum.
try to fix what really important first and then do the other think.:mad:
Having a few problems ive put my specs in my sig. Seems my overclock throttles @4.0 when i run prime or occt but when i run super pi or gaming in bf3, skyrim and other games runs at full 4.8 o/c tryed turning off cie and all c states in bios still no go just weird. If anyone here knows the fix plz tell me
Having a few problems ive put my specs in my sig. Seems my overclock throttles @4.0 when i run prime or occt but when i run super pi or gaming in bf3, skyrim and other games runs at full 4.8 o/c tryed turning off cie and all c states in bios still no go just weird. If anyone here knows the fix plz tell me
anyone tried 1.15?
Sorry Ket, but I can't leave this remark unanswered. I think the users have the right to know the issues about the Etron USB 3.0 Controller.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
Maybe you have no issues with Etron USB 3.0 Controller, but see these links with unhappy users.
Let's start with the most serious bug, until version 0.101 the Etron drivers could cause random BSOD even if you didn't use the USB 3.0 ports. See this forum:
http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...e-crazy-8.html
http://www.overclock.net/intel-gener...sods-halp.html
http://windows7forums.com/blue-scree...uild-help.html
Not only is it less reliable than the Renesas solution found on most boards, it is slower as well:
http://www.hardcoreware.net/gigabyte...oard-review/9/
Quote: "This board is the first time I have seen the Etron EJ168A controller, and I have to say, it sucks."
See this review:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1668/6/
On a German site they are building up a list with compatible and incompatible USB devices:
http://www.pctreiber.net/forum/intel...e_14617.0.html
See this user having problems:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/...rts-responding
Or this user:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1624179
Users start to RMA Asrock mainboards with this Etron controller and exchange them for Asus:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1785632
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1789651
See this forum:
http://forums.tweaktown.com/asrock/4...0-problem.html
http://forums.tweaktown.com/asrock/4...-problems.html
http://forums.tweaktown.com/asrock/4...ont-panel.html
See this German forum:
"The Etron EJ168A USB 3.0 controller is a disaster"
http://www.pctreiber.net/forum/intel...e_15202.0.html
Tell me Ket, have you received a free motherboard from Asrock? ;)
I'm quite curious to know how many USB3 problems have been solved and still remain now. Good to know updates drivers don't cause random BSOD but does using the USB3 ports cause problems, when and why? Just with certain devices or is it hit and miss with different boards? Also are some problems occurring with just some ports, like case ones plugged into the mobos header or random ones? If anyone could offer me some enlightenment on this I'd be really pleased, I'd even help spread the word of any fixes. I've just ordered the Z68 gen3 ext4 and am expecting to have it before Christmas so if I can work things out by then it'd be great.Quote:
Originally Posted by bat4
L1.15 - Keyboard/mouse fixes obviously includded because my Ligitech keyboard once again works in UEFI/BIOS, Intel OROM 10.8.0.1303, what else do you want to check, I'm rather going back to 1.00A
What do you do when you have a case with USB 3.0 + this mobo? You can't use both on USB 3.0 HEADER right?
They have not been able to resolve most of the issues in more than 10 months time. I tend to believe that there is a hardware design flaw in the EJ168A controller chip. Even if they don't cause random BSOD, they might cause high latency as described in the following forum:Quote:
Originally Posted by B Boy Rock
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/pax-dr...d-crashes.html
Quote:
"I found out that I have very high DPC latencys (sometimes >100000 µs) and that the problem is the onboard Etron USB 3.0 controller. I left a game running in the background and deinstalled the Etron drivers while monitoring the DPC latency. The latency fell from red (more than 50% off the values were above 10000µs) to normal green just as the unistaller finished."
If you plan to overclock, I suggest you to disable USB 3.0 support.
It seems that both EtronTech and Asrock are ignoring support requests concerning the EJ168A USB 3.0 Host Controller.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
Tell me Ket, if the Etron controller "is the first to be interoperable with USB 2.0 and 1.1." why do you make the users "silly" if they plug USB2 devices into USB3 ports?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
The world’s fastest USB 3.0 controller. :D
to Ket's defense, he only said that it is "touted" as the fastest and most compatible, which means he simply mentioned what Etron says and not necessarily his own opinion.
Well, I can understand that, but why is he saying "if anyone is plugging USB2 devices into USB3 ports... well thats just silly". Asrock clearly states support for USB 2.0 and USB 1.0 on the Etron ports:Quote:
Originally Posted by vulture_g7
Now, is it silly to use a product according to its specifications?Quote:
- 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ168A, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
- 1 x Front USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) by Etron EJ168A, supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
I think Ket has received his reward (one free motherboard from Asrock) for presenting in such a nice manner their products.
I must admit that I am one of the users who has been mislead by Ket's review.
Indeed he didn't present his own opinions. He was one of the first users to get BSOD after plugging in a webcam into the Etron USB 3.0 ports.
Ket, why did you plug in your USB2 webcam into the USB3 port if this is a silly thing?
Ok so maybe I will be disabling USB3 if this fixes problems. Then I guess I'll just buy a PCI-e USB3 card or something for my cases front ports. Also is DPC latency just to do with onboard audio? Could a soundcard fix that and is there anyway of transforming USB3 ports into USB2 after disabling USB3?Quote:
Originally Posted by bat4
So does using any usb2 device with usb3 cause problems with the etron ports?Quote:
Originally Posted by bat4
I was struggling with latency problem with this board few days, so thank you for some helpful thoughts. USB3 in my case seems to be not the root of all problems. I disabled USB3 devices in bios and uninstalled driver and Asrock XFastUSB software and the problem still exists. I suspect that my Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic card (also PAX driver) somehow shares interrupts with another device on this mobo and problems appears as sound cracking, one channel stops working with loud crack sound in the same time when DPC latencys shows abnormal latency high peak. If you want to generate some high peak latency , just change audio mode or start channel testing in system panel.
Some older users may already know similar compatibility problems like using SB X-Fi + DVB-S2 card + nForce4 chipset which in worst case resulted in mobo frying, I was using this combination and after some tweaking it was possible to find a culprint of all problems and resolve it.
In the past 7 years I was using 2 different mobos : Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe & Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P with X-Fi card and same problems occoured, after few tweaking, trying different pci port combinations, drivers and disabling unneeded devices this problem was resolved. What I want to say is that highly doubt that it's only Etron USB3 problem, more likely Etron + something ...
No, usb3 cannot be transformed to usb2 ports if they're disabled, they'll just not function at all. Not all usb2 devices cause trouble on usb3 ports. Admittedly, I've been very lucky thus far and all usb2 and usb3 devices I've plugged (webcams, flash drives, external hds, hubs, network cards and tv capture cards) worked fine and no latency problem either, but there have been many reports of problems using usb2 devices on usb3 ports by other people. The latency problem *could* also be related to onboard audio as it could be related to usb3 ports and/or various other things - each system is pretty much unique even if the same motherboard is used.Quote:
Originally Posted by B Boy Rock
It depends on the device. I had issues with my mouse, but not with the webcam and scanner.Quote:
Originally Posted by B Boy Rock
Ok thanks. Should be getting this board tomorrow or the next day so I'm eager to see what it's like for me.
I have to add that i got bsod twice, when gaming & listening to music (yes at the same time). My first culprit would be the realtek drivers but could have been the Etron, so i updated from 0.96 to 1.07.
You were using 0.96? That is a known source of BSOD.
In case of Etron, newer driver doesn't necessarily mean better driver. A while ago I have seen Ket recommending 0.101.
In case someone is interested, the latest Etron drivers (0.107) still have issues with external HDD enclosures having JMicron chipset. See this thread:
http://forum.mediasonic.ca/viewtopic...2&t=704&p=2969
Yeah, used 0.96 since the beginning, but for over one month I have never seen a bsod.Quote:
Originally Posted by bat4
1.05 or 1.01 or 1.07 I dont think they change much. I read that the latest behave like 1.05.
double sry.
Just found out my source of latency problems, it happend cyclically ever 4 minutes and X-Fi wasn't even connected with it, it was "clhnserviceforpowerdvd" working in background as service, one problem resolved, my latency is 60-150ms with max 448ms. Going back to install Etron again and will report later. :-)
edit : naaaa it was utorrent + MSE ;-)
more here :
link
link
link
USB 3.0 Read Test
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/864...ithcorsair.png
USB 3.0 Write Test
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1...withcorsai.png
Tested by moving a install.wim file (3.xx GB) from SSD to USB drive and back. Are these speeds any good?
HD Tune benchmark Screen shots
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2...eusb30read.png
http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2...lebenchmar.png
Using driver version 0.5.394.1 dated 28 Sep 2011.Are these results any good?
I believe they're very good speed-wise, yes!
If you wonder what changes L1.15 bios have :
"USB3.0 port support “USB Keyboard/Mouse Power Onclosing” function
Anyone got a high res image / logo of the Extreme4 Gen3 to use as a desktop wallpaper?
Hey guys,
So I sold my 5850 graphics cards. I've been 'trying' to use the onboard graphics on my mainboard since with not much joy.
Basically I keep getting flickering and often the screen just goes completely blank altogether. Some advice please - heres what I've tried already:
Bear in mind no overclocking is enabled on anything at all, and it all worked fine with my 5850's. Full system spec is in my sig barr the X-Fi Elite soundcard I have plugged in.
A)- Completely removed ATI drivers
B)- Installed both latest Intel and Asrock drivers for Intel HD.
C)- Reset CMOS completely (pulled battery for 15 minutes).
D)- Upgraded and downgraded to all BIOS revisions (1.0, 1.10, 1.15)
E)- Complete format and reinstall of windows from scratch.
F)- Tried upping iGPU +0.50mv (next step in BIOS) to no avail (made it worse!)
G)- Tried with and without iGPU VDroop (setting in BIOS)
Heres a video showing the problem - as you can see its pretty much unusable as a result! :(
http://youtu.be/9T25po1MU-s
Thanks in advance for any advice.
looks like its the displayport connection that causes this.
Changed to DVI and it works perfectly fine.
Anyone else get this issue with the displayport connection?
After spending some time around digging info i somewhat settled on Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 for motherboard choice for my build (black mobo with black slots;pcie3 with ivy bridge and normal uefi unlike with gigabyte;more or less good reviews for stable o/c; reasonable pricing).
I hit problem when i tried to find LC solutions for it (at least for mosfets/vrm part). While i found mosfet blocks fit for Extreme3 Gen3, nothing for Extreme 4 Gen3 or Extreme7 Gen7.
So i'd really appreciate if someone from Extreme4 Gen3 owners can post picture of board with heatsinks removed, so that EK WB's guys can check block compatibility. Maybe even for Extreme7 as well, while that's not the board i plan to buy, but knowing what may fit for LC builds may help with fitting waterblock search for others. I posted also support request on asrock's site for that, but so far got only automated response, no pics. :/
Man, I see you got some HP monitor, mine is HP LP2475w and problems with DisplayPort appeares even in my old AMD/Gigabyte rig even with HD4870, now with Intel/Asrock and HD6850/Integrated GPU is all the same. So I think that it's not only DP problem but HP+DP. In my case it's not blank out of picture but rather lack of initialisation of picture after boot, if you got more than 1 display connected to your pc (I got 3 sometimes) then even worse for you.
I have the HP ZR24w mate. Its not the monitor because it worked fine with both my 5850s. It just doesnt seem to like the onboard DP port :(Quote:
Originally Posted by apatch
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i have a z68e4 (non g3) with an hp zr30w over displayport that does have a blanking issue, but it is different in that it happens at specific times. when i see flickering and random blanking i tend to suspect a signal problem - have you tried changing the displayport cable?Quote:
Originally Posted by zoomee
in my case i do suspect displayport is the culprit, but i can't switch to DVI because my zr30w runs at 2560x1600 and for some reason these boards don't support that resolution over DVI. so i'm stuck with it since i actually want to stay with the integrated video for heat/airflow/noise reasons. but i did find a minimally acceptable workaround in software that allows me to wake up the screen when it blanks, so it's become tolerable.
hmmm sounds like a common issue then.
Pretty sure its not the displayport cable as its only a couple of weeks old and worked perfectly fine plugged into my 5850's...
i am done with this board, nothing but trouble since day 0 till lately find out the onboard sound is also defective...... thank you to all who was so kindly help me.
Not to be callous, but has ASRock forgot/ignoring their customers whom have bought their products within the last 6 months?
I waited for Z68, then took a leap of faith and tried out a extreme4 back in may. was relatively satisfied din't use it long enough to be 100%. But when i saw the Extreme7 with all it's PCIE slots, i guess i got to excited. Bought it shortly after available, arrived DOA (ok it happens), replacement good. But i've had intermittent problems....
1. Bios usually freezes at B2 code when first boot, quick off/on gets through issue. PITA have to do it every time.
2. Every time I wake from sleep within an hour (depends on what doing) get a BSOD from some video driver, was VIRTU driver at first (with trail and error realized 3 video drivers was max for windows so uninstalled VIRTU), but now i get ATI driver BSOD, every time i resume from sleep (hybrid sleep/ hibernate is disabled)
3. Not 100% sure why but tonight i noticed that after a resume, it took forever, if at all for any application to load (CCC.exe would not load) and when i tried to restart computer seemed to freeze at black screen
I bought a second Sapphire card for crossfire after i got the board because it had the extra slots, and i enjoy having the intel video and don't want x79.
Did i make a mistake investing in this company?
Does anyone else have these issues and/or will ASROCK every release an official bios update? (nothing since end Sept!)
I had problems with DP on my z68 extreme4. haven't tried my extreme7. I use DVI to a secondary monitor via Onboard GMAQuote:
Originally Posted by zoomee
I have noticed a few people with the Z68 Extreme 7 are having problems... I for one couldn't be happier it runs my whole setup flawlessly. Overclocking with this board was so simple and and only 1.35 vcore need for 100% stable 4.8 ht on 2600k sound is good and everthing else is working great. Just so you know i'm running 1.3 bios and 1.21d interface full parts list is in my sig
Can you pop the tops of the heatsinks off so more air can flow through?Quote:
Originally Posted by LoneWolf
Yes you can. I have done that to my extreme 4 and it looks much better now imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glow9
They just used some two sided tape to stick those tops on and little bit bending. But those things came off really easily.
Has tech support improved for the U.S. and do you still have to go through the place where you bought it if it needs to be RMA'd?
Biostar let me down with 1155's so
Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
or
P67 EXTREME4 GEN3
Z68 + for SSD's
P67 + for USB's
Am I missing anything else that seperates the two? I don't care about onboard video.
Help Please
My MB does not recognize 16GB MEM, I have the 16GB Mem Kit G. SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 F3-Model-14900CL9Q 16GBXL and so is accepting 8GB and only in slots A1 and A2 and B1 and B2 not My configuration: Asrock Extreme 7 GEN3 i7 2700K
thank you
Guys, perhaps I've missed something, but in Asrock's AXTU Windows tweaking utility, there's a setting called "GT frequency".
What the fornic8 is this? Is it the IGP clock? Professor Google doesn't seem to know either - the only hits there seem to be (1) Asrock's propaganda about being able to overclock it in their Sandy Bridge boards, and (2) Intel's abbreviation for billions of bus transactions per second.
BTW, I want to underclock the IGP, or better still, disable it & power it off. My Z68 Pro3-M/2600k is usually just used to crunch numbers for WCG 24/7, and I access it via remote desktop from another machine. Or does the IGP automatically power off when the display/monitor turns off when it has not been recently used?
Anyone out there know anything about this?
Sorry I'm having difficult fully understanding what you've tested.Quote:
Originally Posted by ricardomollik
The Extreme7 is known to have some issues with mem slots, guess there was a few batches of bad boards.
Please try the following:
Confirm all sticks work individually and try a single stick in each slot.
Also try identifying each stick (i.e. label them with a piece of tape) and trying different sticks in different slots.
For Example (stick/slot): 1/A1 & 4/B1, 4/A2 & 3/B2, etc.
I only use the software for fan control, but I suspect your assumtion is correct. GT freq (AXTU) = IGP freqQuote:
Originally Posted by BlindFreddie
It's been over a week and a no reply to your or my questions, and this is the "official thread". My next step is to try and contact ASROCK directly but i haven't heard good thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glow9
Last board i buy from them unless i get some questions answered. It's a shame they have some nice "looking" board
I currently have no faith or hope in this company or it's supporters
Yes the GT frequency controls the intel gpu clock. You can disable it from the BIOS iirc.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BlindFreddie
Ur not the only one m8. I been waiting for an official new bios since september!!. This will be my first and last asrock productQuote:
Originally Posted by reaver_shado
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I somewhat doubt *official* in thread name means some kind of official support from vendor itself, in my eyes it's rather to deduplicate related threads. And bashing vendor because some non paid enthusiasts haven't replied in due time by your ungrounded expectancies? Sounds a bit childish. Well, it's not exactly end of life for others here or vendor.
I totally argee with you my comments are somewhat childish however they're well founded and not foul lashing out (random garbage anger), and I did have somewhat ulterior motives. I was hoping to grab some anger for a fanboy or maybe an actual rep from the company, the ket person seems to have a connection to the company.Quote:
Originally Posted by churchy
Although, i will admit i have made a slight mistake, ASROCK fourm link, directs you to 3rd party fourms. I've made the mistake of thinking this was one of them. As it is not, i would think that the idea of *Offcial* should have been removed in the title by an admin, as this is dissipative.
I still hope someone can help me out, maybe i've made a simple mistake, which a enthusiast could easily correct?
Until then my opinion still stands, unless your an enthusiast, i don't recommend this companies boards. I really hope this changes as they have great looking boards
Lets get something straight here, I report anything worthwhile to my Asrock contacts. You need to appreciate I'm not paid by anyone so I do things as and when I have the time. Also remember its been christmas, everybody has been away on holidays and has things to catch up on. We are not robots.
P67 and Z68 boards are dual channel.Quote:
Originally Posted by nakata24
I've been told by my contacts the Gen3 boards will get a UEFI update to support Ivy, they aren't sure on non gen3 boards yet though.Quote:
Originally Posted by fullerms
Both P67 and Z68 boards I have do not have many problems at all. Certainly nothing as drastic as random BSODs and even the Etron issue is under relative control now. Just be sure to download the latest Etron driver (clicky) and you should be good to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by B Boy Rock
You need to increase long & short power duration limits, try setting 200 or 250. You should also increase core current limit to 200 or 250.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deuzsta
Those are all very old things being drudged up, to my knowledge most of them have been fixed. I've also tested the USB3 ports with all of my devices and the only device that has a problem is a really old Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000, plugging it into a USB2 port fixes that.Quote:
Originally Posted by bat4
As already said by vulture_g7, I was simply stating what Etron were claiming of the EJ168A controller, and that was very clear. In no way did it represent my opinion, just simply stated what Etron said, and gave the user my experiences with the 168A controller. If something sucks as you well know, I have no problems in saying it sucks. If you can find them burried in the forums look for my Corsair Vengeance and G.Skill Ripjaw reviews ;) As to why its silly to use USB2 devices on USB3 ports, the simplest answer is because the difference between USB2 and USB3 is night and day, they are two completely different animals. Its not like the step from USB 1/1.1 to USB2 which were incremental steps really and not whole lot changed. One of my contacts close to R&D also advises against using USB2 devices in USB3 ports. If you want full details on why its a bit daft using USB2 devices in USB3 ports.. that'll be a long post so use google first :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by bat4
Download and try the latest drivers from intels site. Apparently the newest drivers fix a lot of user complaints, and trust me intel had a LOT of complaints about their crappy HD drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by zoomee
Thanks ket. Ur help is appreciated mate.
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Ket: if you have such contacts, can you ask them for pics of Extreme4/7 boards without heatsinks to check waterblock compatibility? When i asked asrock via support section of site, after a while i got only mail with that "it's bad to run board without heatsinks", so i'm guessing about some language barrier at fault.
I will indeed ask, might take a few days though if my contact doesnt have any pics of the board heatsinkless already.
How many years warranty does Asrock have in Australia? I keep seeing it advertized as 3 on local online stores. Is that correct?
Also, I am going to upgrade the Q6600 in my internet box to a 2600K and turn it into and encoding box, as I have quite a few HD-DVDs that I want to backup. I just need to get a MB now and was looking at the Asrock Extreme4 Gen3 or the Gigabyte Z68XP UD3R. Leaning towards the Asrock because I've read lots of people bash the Sandy Bridge Gigabyte boards. What do you guys recommend?
How is the USB3 performance now on the Asrock boards? I want to get a USB3 dock and use that quite a bit with the board so I need a board that has good USB3 support.
Edit : Quick question about RAM - Can you use X79 Quad Channel kits on these Z68 boards? That shouldn't be a problem should it?
If everywhere over there says 3 years, 3 years it will be. I don't have a Gen3 board atm but I do have the Z68 E4 and the board is very reliable, OCs well and works with all the USB devices I have without issue now. I do advise you start by using the Etron .101 driver though otherwise you are bound to run into problems. The .107 Etron driver would seem to be quite good too so if you have problems with the .101 Etron driver move up to the .107 driver. Quad channel memory should also work fine, just remember P67/Z68 are dual channel boards.
Hello, a clarification please. I have asrock z68 extreme4 Gen3. There is a menu option called overclocking GT FREQUENCY, I'm not using the intel hd video, so if you would like to know how to disable it in UEFI? Some friends have the same board and not on this menu option to overclock.
WHIT i5 2500k.
Thanks for the reply. What do you mean by this Quad Channel comment? I was going to use 16GB (4 x 4GB) anyway, so wouldn't a quad channel kit be the same as buying two dual channel kits? I was just asking if X79 RAM in compatible, I assume the Ripjaws Z kits are very similar to the Ripjaws X kits?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
Also, my keyboard is a Logitech G15, and my mice are Logitech G5 and Logitech MX518. I was reading through this thread and some people mentioned they had issues with those mice in the UEFI BIOS. Is that fixed yet?
As far as I know most issues with keyboards/mice have been fixed. I use a MX518 and haven't even bother updating yet though, so I can't confirm anything, but when I asked about my mouse on another forum I was told problems were fixed.
Simply, P67/Z68 are dual channel boards, quad channel memory kits should work fine if you intend to fill all DIMM banks anyway but I can't guarantee anything. AFAIK, mouse/keyboard issues are mostly ironed out with the latest UEFI releases.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ice009
Hey guys a little bit of a problem here.I have my 2600K OC'ed to 5.0Ghz on Extreme 7 and whenever i run prime95, the CPU throttles down to 3.4Ghz the go back up to 5.0Ghz then go back down again randomly.These are my settings at bios:
50x multi
250 core current limit
Core v=1.470v fixed
level 1
DRAM v=1.515v
PCH v=1.068v
CPU PLL v=1.840v
VCCSA=auto@0.925
C1E,C3,C6,Thermal throttling,speedstep disabled
spread spectrum disabled
package c=auto
I have disabled speedstep,C1E,C3,C6 and thermal throttling.Using a Corsair H100 on an open air setup.Highest temp is 83C on core 3 and the rest are about 5-8C below that.Any other settings i should know about?I heard that these chips throttle down at a certain temp like 95c or something but it shouldn't do that on mine since i'm only at 83C.Here is a pic of it when i was testing.Note the difference between real temp and cpu-z.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...stomp95-00.jpg
You need to up your short and long power limits to 250 aswell ;)
asrock releases bioses all the time, unlike other board makers :) you just have to know where to look.Quote:
Originally Posted by zoomee
asrock z68 boards have new bios on janurary 16 2012: http://www.pctreiber.net/asrock-bios-downloads
they are beta, the release log will not mention all the changes, and none of the changes may help you. but asrock is making new bioses!!!
Did that also.Same results.Quote:
Originally Posted by davefran
Enable Speedstep
Increase core current limit along with long and short power draw limits to 300 or more. 1.47v is a LOT of juice for a 2600K its going to be a all consuming power guzzling hog.Quote:
Originally Posted by bleachigo
Hoping someone can help me out. My only hassle with my board is upon resume from sleep, I get BSOD not immediate but it's a guaranteed. It seems to be video card related, at first it was BSOD was tell me VIRTUVDDM cause it but now after uninstalling that, BSOD says ATIKGATM (or something like that). I suspect it's something with crossfire and thus NF200, which i don't like i have very many options to deal with myself. There's a setting in BIOS to do with S level but i don't really understand have tried both setting, no diff. Have tried 3 diff ATI drivers, no change, and on my original board this wasn't happening. (although i didn't have PCIE revodrive for boot device)
Thank you anyone for help me out.
I have the Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3Quote:
Originally Posted by churchy
You are in luck. I found that Koolance has some that will fit your mosfets/vrm.
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...fa3a4080f51701
You need 2 of them each with their own MVR Heat Transfer Plate, 75.5mm
I am running them and you can see them here tucked in behind the rear 120mm radiator. I will warn you if you plan on using the 4pin molex below the power management then you will need to dremel/cut off the ear on the molex plug so it will fit beside the mount.
http://disorbtion.smugmug.com/Comput...IMG1716-X3.jpg
I can see if I can get a better picture if you need, just let me know.
EK is working on their site right now it seems and I can't get there, but I thought they had a mosfets/vrm block as well that was 1 pc for our boards. I went with the cheaper and universal solution for "down the road"
EDIT: Nevermind they don't seem to have one for this board...
I have not watercooled the southbridge yet and haven't researched a block for it. That will be when I tear the loop down to add the watercooled videocard when I buy it. I do believe if you run crossfire/sli like I am right now it is going to be a tight squeeze, but just have to make sure the proper block with proper barb locations is selected.
Plz tell me what the exact message is so that I may help you if I can.
A long shot: Tried to disable intel internal gfx from the bios?
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Originally Posted by reaver_shado
This would really suck balls if i had to disable it, I specfically went with Z68 rather then X79 because i liked having the on-die GPU for my second monitor.Quote:
Originally Posted by vulture_g7
Currently in the process of moving (i'll get back to you on this in a couple of days), but the problem is really starting to P.M.O. I was thinking considering i suspect it's crossfire related to remove a GFX and thus disable crossfire and see if the probelm persists. AT the very least i would know exactly what the problem is so i can pass it on to someone (ASROCK Tech support) to get it corrected.
videogamer323: yes, if you can, please do. No need to remove everything from plate of course. I'm guessing that it should be enough if heatsink mount holes/coolable mosfets/nearby elements can be clearly seen and to take pic at straight angle from side for Eddy or Niko to further deal with compatibility check. After all, heatsinkless pic part then can probably be easily photoshopped onto pic from vendor with heatsinks on.
Hey guys! i recently bought my extreme 4 and it's truely excellent, one of the best boards i've ever had.
However i have a small problem, i'm unable to create a RAID 0 array with my two ssds.
I've tried setting SATA to RAID and pressing ctrl + i on post but the system just boots as per normal.
Anyone have any advice?
What is your Bios Version? if there's a newer one i would update and try again. Also please provides so Computer Specs, so we can better helpQuote:
Originally Posted by jadeskye
I've pulled the second 6970 and two of my problems are gone. No freezes during boot, and NO crashes after resume from sleep. SO it feels like a problem with BIOS-NF200Quote:
Originally Posted by vulture_g7
Any ideas on how i could fix is? or do i have to wait for a BIOS update from ASROCK with crossfire
I don't think there's something you can do about it since it seems like an issue which can only be resolved by BIOS.
EDIT: just a thought, are you absolutely certain your PSU can handle all the load? I suppose you are, just checking.
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Originally Posted by reaver_shado
Don't panic people I'm aware of the megaupload issue. Links will be up again when I've finished rebuilding all my archives >.<
Don't panic people I'm aware of the megaupload issue. Links will be up again when I've finished rebuilding all my archives >.<
All links are live again.
Has anybody tried the L1.15A UEFI for the E4G3? What about L1.34 for the E7G3? What have your experiences been with those UEFIs?
I'm using L1.15A with E4G3 for 2 weeks without any problems but I made myself a modified version, let's called it L A1.15 with added newest Intel OROM 11.0.0.1339 .
You can find instruction here how to do it , translated from Italian (fourth post). I tried also to add newest Intel MEI firmware 7.1.20.1119 and latest Marvell OROM but so far it's impossible with this mainboard.
You can find a lot of usefull things in this topic, but keep in mind that links in translated version will not work.
While I can't hoast anything (well, I could but it wouldn't look too good on my part) along the lines of a modified UEFI, feel free to upload and post links in this thread to any modified UEFI you do :) I'm sure a lot of people would appreciated a UEFI with updated Intel O-ROM, MEI and Marvell O-ROM.
Ok here's my modified UEFI for Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 L A1.15 , it's just L1.15A with Intel OROM 11.0.0.1339, use it on your own risk or just make it yourself if you know what you're doing ;)
Like I said before you can try to update Intel MEI firmware, it even will work to some point
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6439/imag0801e.th.jpg
http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/1...ag0802d.th.jpg
but after first hardware restart and upgrade UEFI, some internal mechanism takes place which reverts Intel MEI to old version. I assume that it somehow reverts changes in case something goes wrong with UEFI/firmware, not a bad solution but in this case it's pain in the ass. It works with some Intel and Asus boards.
In fact this recovery mechanism sometimes seems to work when you do something wrong like not settling PCI/PCI-E cards right in the slots.
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/9...ag0720o.th.jpg
Marvell OROM is another story, this firmware is made for stand alone PCI-E Marvell Raid controllers and seems to work with few mainboards with onboard Marvell controllers :
-Gigabyte X58A-UD3R (88SE9128)
-Asus P8Z68 Deluxe (88SE9130)
-Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4
There's also some new UEFI (with driver) for Broadcom NetLink Gigabit Ethernet Lan card but it's beyond my point of understanding how to flash it or include to Asrock UEFI.
And here is always some new beta software for this boards.
I would be skeptical about some of that software on station-drivers. If its not on the official website of that manufacturer theres a good chance its just a modded driver from the manufacturer and theres a good chance the modded driver is older than the driver available from the OEM site. As for the MEI issue, I'm pretty sure there is a backup version in the UEFI. You will need to update the backup MEI as well as the "primary" MEI.
Been using 1.15A for a couple of weeks until last week when i got a major bsod running @4.8. Machine_check_exception which severly corrupted the program running at the time. Dropped my oc back down to 4.6 and its been fine since a bios resetQuote:
Originally Posted by Ket
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Greetings from Taiwan, and apologize first for my poor english.
Recently I've bought an Asrock Z68 E4G3, nice design.
In fact the last platform I've been dealing with is Intel 775, so still don't have any clue how to build a stable OCed 1155 platform.
As below is my HW spec:
i7 2600K (100 x 47)
GSkill F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXL (4GB x 4 @ 1600MHz 1.50v w/ XMP1.2 profile)
MSI 560Ti
Board config under 4.7G:
EIST enabled (250/250/160), CPU PLL overVoltage enabled, Spread-Spectrum disabled.
C1E enabled, C3/C6 disabled, C-State enabled, Thermal Throttle disabled
VCore Offset +0.15, LLC level3, DRAM 1.500v, CPU PLL 1.709v
I've done some research about the features of SNB, and some OC how-tos.
The major issue is, with Linx, IBT, HyperPi 32M, CPU under load voltage is about 1.360v, temp. is fine, and no prob after 20 loops.
But when i tried to do something low loading, such as watching youtube or just surveying material with web browsers, the system will freeze randomly, i don't know how to describe it, it just like someone kicks in and out and sucks all my CPU resources.
but it is not like BSOD 0x124 or 0x101, the system could still works, but the mouse and everything will be laggy as hell, i've recorded the symptoms as the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwQ3FhmzQ7A
And also it could happens when i tried to do a memory test under Ubuntu LiveCD or pure DOS memtest86 v4.20, when 20~25% a "unexpected interrupt halt" error msg will be shown and the whole program will crash. (But in 4.6GHz it will be no problem)
From my point of view, the voltage i gave to the CPU is enough for it to do stress test under load and to prevent low loading BSOD, but something is still needed to be fine-tuned.
I am dying right now and dunno what to do next...
Increase your limits all to 250, set LLC to level 1 (level 1 is less aggressive than it was on the P67), set BCLK to 100.1, leave IGPU voltage at auto, increase CPU PLL to 1.857v, increase VTT to 1.155v, increasing VCCSA to 1v might help as well. You should now be good to go. If that fails, CPU might need more voltage or your CPU simply just isn't fully stable @ 4.7GHz, so back off the OC a bit.
thanks, i'll give it a try.
Does LLC level1 result a higher CPU temperature?
It might result in slightly higher temps, but it provides the most stable voltage (least vdrop).
after using your config, worked smooth and nice, but now i got a 0x0000001E BSOD when low loading (youtube or just browsing), it happens about 2 times a week.
now i'm using 1.400v @ 4.7G; 1.018v @ 1.6G, i don't think there is a margin for me to increase anymore..
You are probably just pushing the CPU too far. Only magic can fix that. I don't own any pixie dust :p:
I still got the freezing problem @ 4.5GHz, and every time it lags the mouse & keyboard (mouse freeze , kb freeze, num lock / caps lock no response)
so it is not a OC problem anymore.
i'm wondering.... what if its root cause is the Etron USB3 driver?
i'll keep tracing it and will feed back as soon as i've got the result :)
Funny. You advise not to use stationdrivers and yet you yourself post links to that very site :ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ket
BTW, do you mind switching to mediafire to host the files? Rapidshare is utter crap for free downloaders now, only 30k/s AND no resume :mad: So it would take about an hour to download your driver package from the first post - and if it get's interrupted for any reason, you have to start all over again... Basically, Rapidshare is pretty much as dead as megaupload as far as I'm concerned :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ket
Flashed to 1.15a and now my mouse won't work in the UEFI at all, it was 'inverted' before the flash ie up= left, down=right, vice versa
any ideas what is or I might be doing wrong?
I don't think there's anything you can do until ASrock fixes this. Could you contact them with info of your mouse model so that they may fix it on a later bios?
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Originally Posted by OfficerDibble
Hopefully Ket knows something about this issue and can suggest a fix (unless I'm the first) but FYI I'm using a Razer Lachesis 4000 DPI
I have a Mionix Naos too, I'll give that a try and report back