Asrock P67 Extreme4 UEFI & Drivers thread [Extreme6 & Pro3 owners welcome]

[dnottis]

I'd guess a serious issue with the B3s as well. No problems at all with my B2 board. /feels smug/

I looked at the tracking of my B2 hoping it was still in the hub so I could try and retrieve it. Its almost back to newegg. Funny how long it takes to get to me when I order something though

[papatsonis]

Yes, they do. Its part of the ASROCKAXTU utility. You can save profiles right in Windows to a file.

thanks for point it out and make me search and find that eventhough the P67 Fatal1ty, doesn't have "OFFICIAL" support for OC DNA in its F-Stream Utility, can be easily added.. i have in fact ready compiled one slightly modified version of F-Stream for these 3 m/b (Extreme4/6 & Fatal1ty), that adds the fatality mouse port setting for the Extreme4/6 and OC DNA for the Fatal1ty, but i'd like an Asrock Representative to contact me to clarify some (legal)things 1st..

[aoch88]

My chip passes LinX and Prime95 at 4.7Ghz but when I game, it always crashes. What's wrong with this board? There's absolutely nothing else that can be adjusted! Any ideas?

[papatsonis]

My chip passes LinX and Prime95 at 4.7Ghz but when I game, it always crashes. What's wrong with this board? There's absolutely nothing else that can be adjusted! Any ideas?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=536

[aoch88]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=536

Thanks but I don't quite get what it means. Do you mean with offset mode, I should have LLC at a lower level (i.e. Level 4 or 5) instead of Level 2 which I'm using now? I've tried increasing the VTT and PLL volts a notch or two but doesn't help.

Most of the time my game crashes with some weird memory errors or graphics problem. That is horrifying.

[Falkentyne]

Tell us what some of these memory errors are. Codes would be useful.
And what sort of graphics problems? It could be the video card at fault, the PCIE slot could have problems...the drivers could be installed improperly or have problems...who knows? Need more info...

How about some specs?
You didn't give us any information. All we know is you have an Asrock P67 something...

Can you pass prime 95 blend for more than 6 hours? If you can, you shouldn't be crashing because the CPU is unstable...

[papatsonis]

My chip passes LinX and Prime95 at 4.7Ghz but when I game, it always crashes. What's wrong with this board? There's absolutely nothing else that can be adjusted! Any ideas?

I suspect you use Offset Vcore voltage setting in UEFI??
if so, with the settings, you pass prime95 (26.5) , try to run it with only 2 threads, and from windows task manager, set affinity for prime to either 0,1 or 2,3 or 4,5 or 6,7 logical processors. and stress it for a while (if you crash when gaming in a short time.. then its likely you will crash in a short time too..). I assume (wrongfully) that you use "sane" settings for your memory :P

[dnottis]

My chip passes LinX and Prime95 at 4.7Ghz but when I game, it always crashes. What's wrong with this board? There's absolutely nothing else that can be adjusted! Any ideas?

I had mine linx / prime stable and still would get random BSODs while surfing or idle. And the b3 just randomly rebooted anytime even at stock...

I can't wait to get the Asus P8P67 this week... seriously it can't be worse than this...

[Ghostleader]

I had mine linx / prime stable and still would get random BSODs while surfing or idle. And the b3 just randomly rebooted anytime even at stock...

I can't wait to get the Asus P8P67 this week... seriously it can't be worse than this...

Try the below

If you are receiving random BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) under Windows 7 OS without any warning at stock or what appears to be stable OC settings, please download the following patch from Microsoft to have the problem fixed (98% fix rate): This hotfix will be in SP1.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979444

Click on the link that states View and Request Hotfix Downloads, accept the terms, and then provide the required information and MS will send the Hotfix to you directly.

Source

[dnottis]

Try the below

If you are receiving random BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) under Windows 7 OS without any warning at stock or what appears to be stable OC settings, please download the following patch from Microsoft to have the problem fixed (98% fix rate): This hotfix will be in SP1.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979444

Click on the link that states View and Request Hotfix Downloads, accept the terms, and then provide the required information and MS will send the Hotfix to you directly.

Source

its from jan 2010. I'm already running SP1.

Also its always a 0x0101 (needs more vcore) - which is funny because its fine running prime and linx. If it really needed more vcore it wouldnt happen idle.

[Ghostleader]

@dnottis

Jan 2010, naa, 2011

Anyways, do you run fixed or offset vcore?

Does it happens with powersave feature on or off?

[dnottis]

@dnottis

Jan 2010, naa, 2011

Anyways, do you run fixed or offset vcore?

Does it happens with powersave feature on or off?

tried both. Happens with power save on or off.

[dnottis]

@dnottis

Jan 2010, naa, 2011

Anyways, do you run fixed or offset vcore?

Does it happens with powersave feature on or off?

the hotfix shows Jan 2010

For all supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 and of Windows Server 2008 R2
File name File version File size Date Time Platform
Ntoskrnl.exe 6.1.7600.20618 5,490,056 15-Jan-2010 20:11 x64
Ntkrnlpa.exe 6.1.7600.20618 3,954,560 15-Jan-2010 20:12 Not applicable
Ntoskrnl.exe 6.1.7600.20618 3,899,776 15-Jan-2010 20:12 Not applicable

[Ghostleader]

the hotfix shows Jan 2010

You mean the hotfix, well it was worth a try, it has helped a lot of people that didn´t upgraded to SP1

tried both. Happens with power save on or off.

Well, who knows what´s up with your Pro3, the UEFI is probably not good enough.

I guess it happens at stock also?


I guess you have tried a lot of stuff to figure it out, really don´t know what to say sorry

[Mysterfix]

I had mine linx / prime stable and still would get random BSODs while surfing or idle. And the b3 just randomly rebooted anytime even at stock...

I can't wait to get the Asus P8P67 this week... seriously it can't be worse than this...

I've got the same problem with my board when I run it at 5ghz. I can pass all the test and game for hrs. but surfing the web bsod's! I've since given up on this board for 5ghz, I'll wait for Z68 and see if I have better luck.

[Sync0r]

I'm currently running at 5Ghz and never had an issue. Seems all very strange.

[Ket]

My chip passes LinX and Prime95 at 4.7Ghz but when I game, it always crashes. What's wrong with this board? There's absolutely nothing else that can be adjusted! Any ideas?

Increase CPU voltage by 0.02v, and set LLC to level 2.

[Ket]

I've got the same problem with my board when I run it at 5ghz. I can pass all the test and game for hrs. but surfing the web bsod's! I've since given up on this board for 5ghz, I'll wait for Z68 and see if I have better luck.

That problem is possibly down to a firmware bug with the P67 intel are currently working on a fix for. Disable all P states, CPU throttling etc and try then. My system is solid as a rock @ 4.6GHz even when the CPU hits 80c (IBT torture )

[Mysterfix]

That problem is possibly down to a firmware bug with the P67 intel are currently working on a fix for. Disable all P states, CPU throttling etc and try then. My system is solid as a rock @ 4.6GHz even when the CPU hits 80c (IBT torture )

I'm stable at 4.8Ghz with 1.36v, no freezing, BSOD's or hiccups but nothing above that will work on this board. I have no idea why, I've tried many many settings and configurations. Fixed voltage wasn't any better than offset either, I still got BSOD's.

[aoch88]

I seriously gave up and I just picked up a Maximus IV Extreme. I'm now going to put my chip there and give it a shot. If it's the same problem then it must be something else instead of the board

[bat4]

I seriously gave up and I just picked up a Maximus IV Extreme. I'm now going to put my chip there and give it a shot. If it's the same problem then it must be something else instead of the board

Please let us know your results with the Maximus IV Extreme motherboard.
Thanks.

[emueyes]

As a soon-to-be Ext 4 or Ext 6 owner, I've been reading this thread with interest, origanally to find out how the PCIE lanes are used.


Now I'm a little confused: the review at Madshrimps http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/ar...board-Review/4 shows the PLX PEX8608 chip next to and almost underneath the chipset cooler, down in the bottom corner where a southbridge chip would live back in the day. However, the Extreme 6 changes this, for example the review at http://www.overclockers.com/asrock-p...rboard-review/ shows the PLX chip in the 'Southbridge' position, with the P67 chip moved up above the PCIE slots, with its troublesome heatsink cover. So, does the PLX chip even need a heatsink?

The stock cooler does look like it'll do more harm than good. The chipset heatsinks from Enzotech might work, for example http://www.enzotechnology.com/cnb_evgai.htm looks like it'd fit with a couple of holes drilled in it, and would be so much better than the stock. It looks pretty, too.

The Zalman ZM-NB32K might work too, and they're heaps cheaper.

[emueyes]

Also, are there any issues using a PCI soundcard? I have a Xonar D2 PCI card which I wish to continue using, but as it would interface through the PCIe/PCI bridge AND the PLX multiplexer I was wondering if there'd be any issues with latency etc especially if the multiplexed U3S3 ports are being used.

[aoch88]

Also, are there any issues using a PCI soundcard? I have a Xonar D2 PCI card which I wish to continue using, but as it would interface through the PCIe/PCI bridge AND the PLX multiplexer I was wondering if there'd be any issues with latency etc especially if the multiplexed U3S3 ports are being used.

I have Xonar Essense STX (PCI-E) with the Extreme4 earlier, works like a charm.

[burebista]

Xonar D1 here and no complains.