ASUS Intel Beta BIOS Releases and Official Support

[mjgr33n]

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...-ASUS-1702.zip for fast Sabertooth P67 link ))

[mjgr33n]

Well for one thing in 1702 BIOS Intel RST has been updated to 10.5.0.1034, so I am guessing at least one of the updates is the same as the Z68 boards which is as follows -

Update RAID OPROM to version 10.5.0.1034 to enable the support of Intel Rapid Storage Technology version 10.5.0.1026

[mjgr33n]

So far seems very stable at the same settings, still can't have C3 and C6 enabled with same settings or get instability according to Intel Burn Test after 10 minutes at Very High.

Speaking of Intel Burn Test, am getting over 130 GFlops at 4.8Ghz on Very High Setting, loving this CPU )))

[danielkza]

Does anyone have the 1702 BIOS for the P8P67 PRO? The P67 thread in Overclock.net links to it, but it seems to have been pulled from ASUS' FTP (the modification date for the folder is today, but the file itself is not accessible anymore).

[mjgr33n]

Tried http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...-ASUS-1702.zip but it failed ((

[Havokator]

The 1702 BIOS was there for the P8P67 Pro last night. So Asus must have taken it down today. They never released it publicly on their website, so maybe it was a mistake that it was on their ftp server. Anyone got a copy of it that they can upload somewhere? I should have grabbed it last night.

[roman63]

Does anyone have the 1702 BIOS for the P8P67 PRO?

http://www.box.net/shared/8gs280zj8d

[spoolindsm127]

I'll just make this public so maybe Raja@ASUS will be inclined to actually respond and further explain this:

Hq has confirmed QPI PLL is indeed tied to VIOH as I suspected.

-Raja

Obviously referring to beloved R3E.

[donmarkoni]

I'll just make this public so maybe Raja@ASUS will be inclined to actually respond and further explain this:

Hq has confirmed QPI PLL is indeed tied to VIOH as I suspected.

-Raja

Obviously referring to beloved R3E.

Thanks mate!

[spoolindsm127]

Not a prob glad I can help

[zoson]

It's so about time that we finally have closure on QPI PLL voltage... I sense a new era of juicing up our IOH's above 1.3v to see what higher QPI PLL will do for us...

[idahosurge]

I installed BIOS 0003 in my R3E, I was using 0901. Now the motherboard temp and the CPU temp do not read correctly. The MB temp never goes above 38C. The CPU idle temp is now close to 10C higher than it was with BIOS 901 and it does not read as high when under load (OCCT) as it should. I have seen two threads on the Asus R3E support forum that BIOS 1301 has CPU temp problems also.

Is Asus ever going to fix this on going temp problem in the R3E BIOS?

It works in 901 so why can it not be fixed in the new BIOS releases?

[Irocing]

A bios that supports lower then 1.8 cpu pll for the P6X58D-E would be awesome.

Thats what I've been waiting for.

Later

[zoson]

I installed BIOS 0003 in my R3E, I was using 0901. Now the motherboard temp and the CPU temp do not read correctly. The MB temp never goes above 38C. The CPU idle temp is now close to 10C higher than it was with BIOS 901 and it does not read as high when under load (OCCT) as it should. I have seen two threads on the Asus R3E support forum that BIOS 1301 has CPU temp problems also.

Is Asus ever going to fix this on going temp problem in the R3E BIOS?

It works in 901 so why can it not be fixed in the new BIOS releases?

I don't have this problem with 0003 or 1301...
4.4ghz HT on idling below 30C:

[idahosurge]

I don't have this problem with 0003 or 1301...
4.4ghz HT on idling below 30C:

Thanks for the screenshot Zoson. I think that SYSTIN is your R3E MB temp, I could be wrong, but when stress testing with BIOS 901 and OCCT or LinX I really think that I had more than a 4C degree swing from idle to the high temp and you only show a four degree swing. With 0003 my R3E MB temp only goes from 34C up to 38C at the most.

I think that I am going to try 1301 and see if that makes a difference. If I do not like what I see then I will put 901 back in just to at least verify if there is any noticable difference.

[zoson]

Thanks for the screenshot Zoson. I think that SYSTIN is your R3E MB temp, I could be wrong, but when stress testing with BIOS 901 and OCCT or LinX I really think that I had more than a 4C degree swing from idle to the high temp and you only show a four degree swing. With 0003 my R3E MB temp only goes from 34C up to 38C at the most.

I think that I am going to try 1301 and see if that makes a difference. If I do not like what I see then I will put 901 back in just to at least verify if there is any noticable difference.

Ah, I see. Sorry, my initial response was regarding CPU temps... I think you'll agree that I do not suffer from any CPU temp bug, though.

I still pose the question to you: How do you know 901 was correct and 0003/1301 are incorrect?

I agree that SYSTIN is the MB temp, however... 44C seems right in line with what it should be. My board has an EK-FC-RE3 waterblock, and my OPT2 sensor is the temperature of my coolant(40C). OPT1 is my ambient temp sensor, and OPT3 is the temperature of my exhaust.

I think it's more likely that 901 and bios's before it were wrong, and 0003/1301 are correct.

[idahosurge]

I still pose the question to you: How do you know 901 was correct and 0003/1301 are incorrect?

Good question. I just got done testing 901 and I was wrong about the MB temp, it does stay within a 4C range.

The CPU temp is a different story though. In 901 running OCCT the CPU temp (70C) is within a few degrees of my Core1 temp (74C). With 0003 it is at least 10C lower while running OCCT and at idle the CPU temp is 10C higher than with 901, so I think that it is messed up. I am going to test 1301 later tonight and will report what I find.

[idahosurge]

I think it's more likely that 901 and bios's before it were wrong, and 0003/1301 are correct.

I loaded 1301, I now think that this maybe correct and I apologize to the Asus Reps for my above rant.

My CPU temp with both 0003 and 1301 behaved pretty much the same.

All the below temps are in C.

With 901 the CPU idle temp was 37 and with 1301 it is 46.

Under load with OCCT my CPU temp with 901 was 71 and my Core1 temp was in the 70 to 74 range.

Under load with OCCT my CPU temp with 1301 was 63 and my Core1 temp was in the 70 to 74 range.

So now I ask do my CPU 1301 temps seem reasonable? My CPU idle temp is 46 while my Core1 idles around 40. My CPU OCCT load temp is 63 while my Core1 temp is 70 - 74. Does this seem reasonable because with 901 my idle was over 10 degrees lower and at load with OCCT it was close to 10 degrees higher than what I see with 1301. Also 1301 and 0003 are close to the same readings.

So what do you think?

[idahosurge]

Does the R3E BIOS also contain the BIOS & F/W for the Marvell controller? I am asking because I downloaded an updated ISO from Station Drivers with an updated BIOS & F/W for the Marvell controller.

With the ISO on a DVD I can load the Marvell update just fine. When I reboot the Marvell initialization screen shows the new BIOS.

The problem is that when I shut the PC down after the first reboot and boot again at the first R3E BIOS screen (the one with clock freq, ram freq) right after the amount of ram is displayed I get a message that that the ATA controller firmware is being updated and then when I get to the Marvell initialization screen the old BIOS is loaded back in. I tried to load the Marvell update four times last night and got the same results everytime.

For some reason the update keeps getting rolled back.

Can someone please comment on why this is happening?

[Brama]

The Marvell firmware is a part of the motherboard BIOS so, if you want to upgrade it, you need to substitute the old firmware with the new one in the motherboard BIOS itself.

[idahosurge]

So Brama do I understand correctly that if I am using Rampage III Extreme BIOS 1301 then the Marvell firmware is apart of BIOS 1301 and the only way to change the Marvell firmware is for Asus to update BIOS 1301 and release it as a new BIOS.

[zoson]

Raja, any release notes on 1401 R3E bios just released?
Maybe firmware updates for raid controllers?
Maybe re-add tRL? I still cannot use 1301 bios with my 12gb kit because it assigns tRL incorrectly.

[Raja@ASUS]

Wont know the change-log until next week - offices are closed. Soon as I know will post it up.

-Raja

[mm67]

Tried new 0901 bios for Rampage III Gene and cpu temperature is still broken, core temps are showing about 40 but cpu socket temperature which controls fan speeds is showing almost 100 C and that crazy temperature reading puts fans at full speed all the time. Same thing happens with all bioses since 0602 version, just had to put that old one back in again.

[GaBBa-Gandalf]

There is a new one for the Maximus IV Extreme: 1850

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/LG...-ASUS-1850.zip