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

[CoreyPL]

Hey guys,

For anyone of you having problems with some specific USB3.0 devices connected to Etron Controller, there is a new driver posted few days ago:
http://www.pctreiber.net/2011/etront...0104-whql.html

Chipset: Etron EJ168 USB3.0 Controller
Driver Version: 1.00.0000.0104 WHQL
Driver Date: 25.07.2011

It helped with transfers from my A-Data CH11 USB3.0 1TB external drive - now I don't have any slowdowns/pauses when moving large portions of data and performance is a little better.

Just letting you know, maybe somebody had similar problems.

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Installation info (since it is not automated installer):
1. Go to Device Manager -> Universal Serial Bus Controllers -> Right click on "Etron USB 3.0 Extensible Host Controller" and select "Update Driver Software". After that point to folder where you have your driver unpacked, choose either 32 or 64bit, corresponding to your system and install the driver.
2. Repeat the same steps for "Etron USB 3.0 Extensible Root Hub".
3. Computer restart might be required.

[radier]

EtronTech USB3 Treiber (EJ168) 1.00.0000.0104 WHQL
http://www.pctreiber.net/2011/etront...0104-whql.html

[Ket]

Be aware of the new Asrock XfastLan software which made my internet soooooo slow..
Maybe I wasn't set it up right but gave me 0.03mbps upload and 0.9mbps download no matter what I did.
Uninstalled it and the speed came back.

Thats very strange, I'll try to find some time to check that.

Cannot install THX TruStudio pro driver.
Or if I can - it won;t recognize any device?! Any help ?

I'll need more info than that.

Ket- what is the sequence for the full CMOS Clear again. I want to flash to the latest BIOS and want to make sure that it is flashed/cleared 100%.

I know its something like this but I am missing the part with loading defaults etc

Set CMOS jumper to "clear"
Remove CMOS battery
Remove PSU cord
Press power button 2-3 times (discharges capacitors)
Wait 1 min

Load UEFI defaults, save & exit
Flash from pure DOS via a bootable USB stick
After the flash, power down
Set CMOS jumper to "Clear"
Remove CMOS battery
Remove power cord from PSU
Press power button 2-3 times (discharges capacitors)
wait 1 min

So installed some 2 x4gb gskill blue ripX i installed it but it only runs xmp profile doesnt wanna overclock at all just locks up and gives me error 45 on the little lcd i then have to reset bios. im wondering if i should do a full bios reset cause all i did was reset to deafults then turned comp off installed mem hit the clear cmos button again and went into bios were it was id fine. Still thogh i have tried 8-9-8 and 9-10-9 at 1.5 and 1.65 and neither lets me overclock reboots and gives the error 45 on the onboard lcd

Thats sounds like a bad kit of RAM or just a kit that doesn't like to OC to me.

[Nw0rb]

Yea I thought this as well im gonna advance rma them from new egg n see whats going on cause they dont act right at all. I cant even leave it on auto because it will still show error 45 on the debud lcd.. So thank you ket for reasuring me that my thoughts were correct and i need to rma the ram.

[Ket]

NP We all have those times where a outside opinion is useful to have, even me

[BranFB]

I will make a youtube video to show you the THX problem.

[Nw0rb]

@ Ket, Did they make it so if you do a battery pull bios reset that it doesnt erase your profiles? because if not i dont think my bios is resetting i pull bat wait a min or so push the power button and put it together but it still shows my profiles so.... basicly if they didnt make it that way then my bios isnt resetting and could be causing the memory error ??

[Tunagoblin]

Got my suicide run up to 5.508GHz @1.64
SuperPi 1M @ 6.860s
I know I'll see some sparkle and smoke coming up from my comp soon since I'm on air lol.
But this is as close to the breaking point I think....
Took me while to get x55 working.

Found out a couple of interesting stuff.
"PLL Overvoltage" seems to be frequency dependent.
(been talking about this at overclock.net)
Many says it needs to be on after 4.6~4.7 range.
But that is not true.
I personally don't need it till 5.2GHz. Also some people reported that you only need it on certain frequencies.
Means you might need it at 4.8 but not needed at 5.0.
It acts different on each systems.
Very strange but that's how it works.

Also turning "Spread Spectrum" on makes the load voltage a bit lower.
Gives you a bit more vdroop. and as we know, it sets your bclk to 99.8.
Some how I needed this to be ON at 5.4 above or windows won't boot even pumping more vcore.
And surprising thing is that I get 2 to 4 GFlops better LinX score than I set it OFF (bclk at 100).

At 5.0GHz or more, AsRock board really likes default (auto) value of CPU PLL voltage @ 1.832.
Other MB, some people can turn it down to 1.709 without any problems but not mine.

[Nw0rb]

Tuna do you know if resetting the bios from the jumper/bat will erase your OC profiles cause last i knew it did and if i have tried it 3 times and it still doestn erase the profiles so i wonder if i have a corrupt bios or something like that

[BDM123]

I can tell you mine does not lose the profiles unless you change the BIOS version.

[Tunagoblin]

Tuna do you know if resetting the bios from the jumper/bat will erase your OC profiles cause last i knew it did and if i have tried it 3 times and it still doestn erase the profiles so i wonder if i have a corrupt bios or something like that

I'm not so sure... but updating UEFI does it.
Clears everything to stock even the saved presets are gone.
You can save it in AXTU but yes, they all reset to stock.

[papatsonis]

even if you save the profiles in axtu you cant restore in another uefi version.. ;/

[Nw0rb]

So i found this hope it helps other people I have advance RMA from new egg will be here monday and i will let everyone know if it fixed the problem. This is what i found on asrock website.


Please refer to below form for the beep code and debug code of AMI UEFI BIOS.
Condition Beeps Code Debug Code
Normal 1 short beep after POST
With goodnight LED enabled, debug code will disappear
after the beep.
Bad CPU No beep No debug code
Bad memory No beep 45
Without memory 3 long beeps 53
Without CPU No beep(No Power) No debug code
Without VGA card 5 long beeps Beeps at”d6”, then show “0d”

[radier]

New beta UEFI for Pro3 that fix disappearing LLC options:

http://www.pctreiber.net/forum/dlatt...n_14970.0.html

[Ket]

@ Ket, Did they make it so if you do a battery pull bios reset that it doesnt erase your profiles? because if not i dont think my bios is resetting i pull bat wait a min or so push the power button and put it together but it still shows my profiles so.... basicly if they didnt make it that way then my bios isnt resetting and could be causing the memory error ??

UEFI profiles are preserved with a full reset, all other settings are cleared.

New beta UEFI for Pro3 that fix disappearing LLC options:

http://www.pctreiber.net/forum/dlatt...n_14970.0.html

You need this thread for that > http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...xtreme4-thread

[radier]

What P67 Pro3 and "Asrock Z68 Gen3 Extreme7 & Extreme4 thread " have in common? Enlighten me.

[Ket]

Its for sake of ease, P67 owners have their thread, Z68 owners have their thread, and Gen3 owners have their thread. It keeps any board specific problems that may be found in their own category so users don't start getting confused with which board has what problem.

[Olivon]

P67 owners have their thread, Z68 owners have their thread

And P67 Pro3 is a ... P67 mobo ...

[Ket]

Which is why the P67 thread exists, any Pro3 owners that have posted with issues have been dealt with, if there are other issues with the Pro3 people need to tell me about them because A: Asrock don't send me every single board to test myself and B: I don't have a crystal ball

[GripS]

I think you missed drinking some coffee this morning Ket. The link that radier posted is for a *P67 Pro3*. Note the title of the thread: "Extreme 6 & Pro3 owners welcome"

[CoreyPL]

New UEFI 2.0 for P67 Extreme4. Download available at official site:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.as...xtreme4&o=BIOS

Update BIOS code for NVM.

[BDM123]

I wish ASRock would put update notes/logs in with their BIOS updates

[Ket]

I think you missed drinking some coffee this morning Ket. The link that radier posted is for a *P67 Pro3*. Note the title of the thread: "Extreme 6 & Pro3 owners welcome"

I did indeed miss my traditional cup of tea that day (coffee = gross, tea = theanine!)

[CoreyPL]

Hello Everybody

For people that like to have most current drivers for their motherboards I've prepared a compilation for ASRock P67 Extreme4. This drivers are intended for all devices integrated with motherboard and will work for Windows XP/Vista/7 (32 and 64bit). For Intel and Marvell controllers you will also find TXT mode drivers. Those are the latest drivers that I was able to find to this date and everyone of them is newer than what's available on ASRock page.

Package contains:

• Etron EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver 1.00.0000.0104
• Intel Management Engine Interface Driver 7.1.14.1107
• Intel Rapid Storage Technology 10.6.0.1022
• Marvell SATA3 MV9xxx AHCI Controller Driver 1.2.0.1006
• Realtek HD Audio Driver 2.63
• Realtek LAN Vista 6.249
• Realtek LAN WinXP 5.788
• Realtek LAN Win7 7.046
• Intel Chipset Device Software 9.2.3.1016

You need to download only one file from hosting site that you prefer (packaged with 7zip):
MEGAUPLOAD
HOTFILE
FILESERVE

[Sailindawg]

I appreciate the effort with the driver update CoreyPL. However, what's going on with the Realtek HD Audio Driver 2.63? I'm running the 2.51 driver and it has a sound effects tab that has a graphic equalizer and other sound effect presets. I loaded the 2.63 driver and the sound effects tab was gone. I looked around the driver for a button and no luck. I reloaded the 2.51 driver to get the sound effects tab back. Anyone else notice this?