ASUS AMD Beta BIOS Releases

[thingbreaker]

If they aren't done with all features 1005 may be a transition BIOS, if there's a new BIOS in 7-14 days you might as well skip it, if you have a X6 you will probably be more tempted to try it

i've try it, still no booting
only boot using memOK switch, any idea?

[Cyberlink_20]

Well since there has been no news lately on the M3N series boards I guess mine is garbage then. Too bad it has been a good Mobo, guess I will have to buy an AM3 board what do you guys recommend. 980A any better since I have TRI SLI 260's

[birdiex]

i've try it, still no booting
only boot using memOK switch, any idea?

Did you clean CMOS?

[thingbreaker]

Did you clean CMOS?

yes , but still nothing. The mobo has replaced with the new one too.

[chew*]

I notice with non usb3 M4A89TD PRO bios 1006, it's overvolting quite heftily with LLC on, 1.475v = 1.524 full load prime 95, not a big deal I will just drop voltage to compensate but would be nice to set a voltage and actually get it as LLC Off = undershooting what I set quite a bit. A simple fix would be a middle option. LLC Off, 50% LLC and 100 % LLC.

[zoomee]

Success!!!! yaay - thanks asus - it does overvolt .02v more than the previous BIOS's with LLC but at least I got it stable at 4Ghz again

[Daveburt714]

I notice with non usb3 M4A89TD PRO bios 1006, it's overvolting quite heftily with LLC on, 1.475v = 1.524 full load prime 95, not a big deal I will just drop voltage to compensate but would be nice to set a voltage and actually get it as LLC Off = undershooting what I set quite a bit. A simple fix would be a middle option. LLC Off, 50% LLC and 100 % LLC.

This seems to be a common problem with most Asus bios, the last couple releases for the C4F do the same thing,
although 1005 is a little better (especially on the IMC)...
I was hoping to see the LLC% option too, hopefully 1005 was just a placeholder and bingo has something new and better coming soon.

Success!!!! yaay - thanks asus - it does overvolt .02v more than the previous BIOS's with LLC but at least I got it stable at 4Ghz again

Glad you got your clocks back man!!

I have to say... Asus may be a little slow getting new releases out, but at least when you get a new one it actually improves things!

[thingbreaker]

how to rollback m4a87td/usb3 bios using bupdater?

[Dolk]

I notice with non usb3 M4A89TD PRO bios 1006, it's overvolting quite heftily with LLC on, 1.475v = 1.524 full load prime 95, not a big deal I will just drop voltage to compensate but would be nice to set a voltage and actually get it as LLC Off = undershooting what I set quite a bit. A simple fix would be a middle option. LLC Off, 50% LLC and 100 % LLC.

I wonder how hard it would be to put in a variable percentage for LLC.

[chew*]

I wonder how hard it would be to put in a variable percentage for LLC.

If it's was not possible at hardware/bios level. I would not mention it

[Royalk]

I notice with non usb3 M4A89TD PRO bios 1006, it's overvolting quite heftily with LLC on, 1.475v = 1.524 full load prime 95, not a big deal I will just drop voltage to compensate but would be nice to set a voltage and actually get it as LLC Off = undershooting what I set quite a bit. A simple fix would be a middle option. LLC Off, 50% LLC and 100 % LLC.

Maybe Hexacore CPUs will have a more heavy overvolting.
My 955 set 1.4625v in BIOS, CPU-Z shows 1.476v on idle and 1.488v on load, same as previous BIOS.

[chew*]

Maybe Hexacore CPUs will have a more heavy overvolting.
My 955 set 1.4625v in BIOS, CPU-Z shows 1.476v on idle and 1.488v on load, same as previous BIOS.

load as in prime 95 or just a game?

I'm set at about 1.4375 for example right now to compensate doing some testing in prime 95, Load = 1.488-1.50. I use LLC only to keep voltage more consistent, it bounces around quite a bit more off.

Target is 1.475 which I will hit with these settings IDLE.

It may have more to do with the way turbo is implemented on chip. I like control and don't want my chip doing stuff I don't tell it to do especially when doing reviews, that said turbo is off. What could be happening is turbo is told to be off multi wise but the cpu and or microcode isn't smart enough to say hey we don't need to ramp voltage now becasue turbo is off. Thats a very logical explanation why instead of having some droop voltage ramps up even more when loaded as that is the way turbo was designed to work.

It's not a big deal LLC percentages will allow closer to accurate set voltages for all parties.

[Royalk]

load as in prime 95 or just a game?

I'm set at about 1.4375 for example right now to compensate doing some testing in prime 95, Load = 1.488-1.50. I use LLC only to keep voltage more consistent, it bounces around quite a bit more off.

Target is 1.475 which I will hit with these settings IDLE.

It may have more to do with the way turbo is implemented on chip. I like control and don't want my chip doing stuff I don't tell it to do especially when doing reviews, that said turbo is off. What could be happening is turbo is told to be off multi wise but the cpu and or microcode isn't smart enough to say hey we don't need to ramp voltage now becasue turbo is off. Thats a very logical explanation why instead of having some droop voltage ramps up even more when loaded as that is the way turbo was designed to work.

It's not a big deal LLC percentages will allow closer to accurate set voltages for all parties.

Load on Prime 95. Disabling LLC may cause a ~0.06v vdroop for my x4 955.

Changing to 1055T and the same board, LLC overvolt goes higher. Set 1.4125v for 4GHz and shows 1.452-1.464v on CPU-Z under Prime 95 load. Similarly as yours.

I'm struggling if CPU-Z voltage value is a bit higher than actual on M4A89TD? I have measured vcore use a voltmeter on C4F, and it is always ~0.02v lower than what CPU-Z showed (1.4125v 4GHz setted in BIOS as M4A89TD, 1.438-1.440v measured, 1.452-1.464v on CPU-Z under Prime 95 load), I doubt this because I'm not sure if C4F's LLC level is the same as M4A89TD.