ASUS AMD Beta BIOS Releases

[GMScribe]

Ok, I flashed to 1602 beta and I'm experiencing some strange issues.
First of all it wiped out all my OC profiles. I should mention that I loaded the "Setup defaults" before updating from 1456.
After that I put all my proved-to-work OC settings in the bios, tweaked other options, turned off all things I don't use, saved and restarted.
It booted up, checked all harddrives and stopped on "Checking NVRAM...". I went back to the bios, trying to figure out what happened. After 3 or 4 tries I found it - "Update microcode" option was causing the problems. Is it normal?

Well, I managed to load Windows 7 x64 and...here's the screen. I don't know what to believe in . C'n'Q and C1E are disabled. Haven't tested if these settings are Prime stable yet (with the new bios).




Note the min and max cpu voltage in HWMonitor. The current one in CPU-z is the normal which should be showing, but it was going all the way down to 1.28.

If you need any other info, I would be glad to help.

Hi this is normal! The new BETA uses a new version of AGESA (which is the AMD written part of the bios). This likely explains the need to clear out your OC profiles as core settings have been altered. The new version of AGESA likely includes a new microcode that needs updating on the CPU to work so this is also normal.

This bios has had a lot of recalibrating from what I gather along with fundamental changes. Your best bet is to test again to confirm where a stable overclock is.

[bingo13]

08/11/2010 Update -

Crosshair Formula IV - We have one last tweak to make to address the 1055T 95W and 1045T parts. I should have a beta to complete testing later this week and if all is well it will go up, finally....
M3N Series - NVIDIA recently changed the firmware on the GTX460 and we need to tweak the BIOS to ensure the new cards work properly in SLI with the 258 drivers. I do not have an exact date yet but will have one tomorrow.
M4A79 Series - THe new AGESA code build on the 890 boards just entered qualification testing which usually takes a week but I have asked this to be fast tracked.

[civicexcoupeman]

Still no updates for the M3A79T-Deluxe board?

[diddi35]

M4A79 Series - THe new AGESA code build on the 890 boards just entered qualification testing which usually takes a week but I have asked this to be fast tracked.

Just to be sure...
You mean while the new AGESA code build for the 890 Boards is in qt they won't do any work on the M4A79 Series, right?
So even if that qt will be done in a week it might take some more days/weeks until there will be any beta or "stable" release for the M4A79?
And the new AGESA code is only for the 890 boards?

[Monkeywoman]

whats the utility used when updating the bios on a crosshair IV? ive been to asus website but the utility listed says dos.

presently i have 801 and latest version is 905....input?

[thirdman]

M4A89GTD-Pro 1602 bios
not sure if it's just my case, after upgrade to 1602 my ssd performance dropped alot in benchmarks.
hope bingo can look into it

cheers~

[DosDuoNo]

whats the utility used when updating the bios on a crosshair IV? ive been to asus website but the utility listed says dos.

presently i have 801 and latest version is 905....input?

use a USB stick, download bios onto usb stick, and go into bios and use ez flash, direct it to usb drive and flash

[zenix]

I cant get turbo unlocker to work properly with my Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3, even if i use higher mutiplier it just doesnt get it. That's with the official lastest bios. Maybe there is something wrong with that.
Also i cant disable CnQ and C1E when i overclock

[Royalk]

Waiting for new C4F BIOS...

[diddi35]

Waiting for new C4F BIOS...

Since there was no new bios last week, maybe later this week, or next week or the week after?

[FlanK3r]

bingo: what news about Cross IV Extreme? Will launched shortly time?

[Monkeywoman]

use a USB stick, download bios onto usb stick, and go into bios and use ez flash, direct it to usb drive and flash

is there a preferred format i should format the usb?

[generics_user]

afaik any FAT32 formatted stick will do fine

i'm still on 0602 bios on my CIV Formula; do the new BIOS versions provide any significant changes? (4 Dimm RAM support /stability)

[CrimInalA]

waiting waiting waiting for CHIV bios .
maybe next week ?

[diddi35]

yes, maybe next week since its getting more and more unlikely that there will be anything this week.
Maybe bingo13 didn't mean "later this week" instead he wanted to say "later this month"?

[bingo13]

Update - A long time coming but the C4F BIOS update will go into qualification testing tomorrow and if all goes well I can have it up here late next week. I just finished a meeting with NV on the M3N series and we have a couple of items left to try in the BIOS to improve Thuban clocking. I will have an update in the morning on the M3A79/M4A79 boards. In addition, we are increasing our technical support staff for the forums so I will have a couple of new personnel reporting to me shortly and that means improved coverage here along with some OC guides for our boards in the future. The Crosshair Extreme IV is coming shortly also and we have some additional plans for AMD products in the coming months. I apologize about things being slow the past month but it will improve.

[Panther_Seraphi]

Sounds Good

Running the 1609 BIOS for the M3A79 and no weird or wonderful issues here

[diddi35]

I will have an update in the morning on the M3A79/M4A79 boards.

But don't forget to share that update with us. Thanks

[FlanK3r]

BINGO:thx! Its good news :-)

[Neera]

Hey bingo, or really any other person that can help me. I have a Athlon II x3 445 rana (m4a89gtd pro/usb3 mobo)and i wanted to try to unlock the l3 or 4th core (it's a deneb die). I tried the autounlocker but everytime i do it (switch or from bios) the red DRAM LED light comes on and i have to hit that MemOK button or w/e it is to reset the bios settings in order for it to post. I realize it may be a bad core but why would the DRAM LED light up and is there anyway i can try to manually unlock the l3 cache (or the 4th core for that matter, i don't trust this auto unlocker thing :X)? Would this bios update help this issue or what should i do? I contacted asus tech support and they responded (after 2 weeks), that you should contact asus overclocking department over the phone and well... I either get hung up on or dropped call so I don't know what to do :/. I have BIOS revision 1456. Perhaps maybe since my processor was released pretty close to this 1456 release date, it is not supported for autounlocking? will the 1602 BIOS update fix this?

[taz2]

Hey all,

A problem with the Asus M4A89GT/USB3 I have is that it does not recognize an Nvidia 9600GT card I have installed in the second PCIe slot for Physics. I have an HD 5850 in the primary slot and the Nvidia in the second slot. Windows does not recognize the 9600GT in this setup. If I swap them, I can see both cards in Windows. This setup does not work since I want the primary to be the HD 5850.

Has anyone else had this problem or know of any resolutions? Besides getting a different board? Other forums state it is a BIOS issue, and that certainly seems plausible that a BIOS fix should correct it. I have sent the issue to ASUS support for help, but they have pretty much ignored me, told me it couldn't work because of the AMD chipset, or told me to RMA the board.

T

[p4spooky]

Thanks for the update Bingo. Still waiting on the M3NHT-Deluxe bios. Looks like you guys are pretty close.

Update - A long time coming but the C4F BIOS update will go into qualification testing tomorrow and if all goes well I can have it up here late next week. I just finished a meeting with NV on the M3N series and we have a couple of items left to try in the BIOS to improve Thuban clocking. I will have an update in the morning on the M3A79/M4A79 boards. In addition, we are increasing our technical support staff for the forums so I will have a couple of new personnel reporting to me shortly and that means improved coverage here along with some OC guides for our boards in the future. The Crosshair Extreme IV is coming shortly also and we have some additional plans for AMD products in the coming months. I apologize about things being slow the past month but it will improve.

[mibo]

Hey all,

A problem with the Asus M4A89GT/USB3 I have is that it does not recognize an Nvidia 9600GT card I have installed in the second PCIe slot for Physics. I have an HD 5850 in the primary slot and the Nvidia in the second slot. Windows does not recognize the 9600GT in this setup. If I swap them, I can see both cards in Windows. This setup does not work since I want the primary to be the HD 5850.

Has anyone else had this problem or know of any resolutions? Besides getting a different board? Other forums state it is a BIOS issue, and that certainly seems plausible that a BIOS fix should correct it. I have sent the issue to ASUS support for help, but they have pretty much ignored me, told me it couldn't work because of the AMD chipset, or told me to RMA the board.

T

You are not alone with this problem. The official ASUS forum is full of people with two graphics cards not beeing able to use them.
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...age=4&count=40

With the beta BIOSses posted here it might be possible to run two Nvidia cards, but an ATI/Nvidia combination seems to be only possible if ATI sits in the second slot :-(
I really hope for an official BIOS fixing all this. I bought the board because of the two PCI-E slots for GPUs and folding@home (no need for SLI there)

[bingo13]

Hey all,

A problem with the Asus M4A89GT/USB3 I have is that it does not recognize an Nvidia 9600GT card I have installed in the second PCIe slot for Physics. I have an HD 5850 in the primary slot and the Nvidia in the second slot. Windows does not recognize the 9600GT in this setup. If I swap them, I can see both cards in Windows. This setup does not work since I want the primary to be the HD 5850.

Has anyone else had this problem or know of any resolutions? Besides getting a different board? Other forums state it is a BIOS issue, and that certainly seems plausible that a BIOS fix should correct it. I have sent the issue to ASUS support for help, but they have pretty much ignored me, told me it couldn't work because of the AMD chipset, or told me to RMA the board.

T

I will have you a BIOS later today that solves this issue and also addresses some of the C1E/CnQ problems in the last Beta.

[Sunfire]

*** I will have an update in the morning on the M3A79/M4A79 boards. ***