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

[banwell]

Anyone else running a Sata3 Sandforce 2281 SSD and this motherboard?

I've recently added one - Corsair GT series. Had great results with a OCZ Vertex 2LE (Sata2) and performance appears to be almost double with the second generation Corsair (Sata3). Not that you'd notice... but thats another issue and I dumped the OCZ into a new netbook anyway.

Had 1 BSOD but think that was just an old driver issue. Seems fine now. The BSOD seems to be related more to your hardware/mobo than anything else so thought I'd check here for issues.

[Ket]

With some of the latest drivers, I haven't had any issues. Same goes for the Z68.

[banwell]

With some of the latest drivers, I haven't had any issues. Same goes for the Z68.

Ket did you disable the aggresive link state option in the Bios under the ACHI?

I've just had my second BSOD - stutter, freeze then Crash. Without doubt related to the SSD.

I've also added to registry with:-

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\servic es\iaStor\Parameters\Port0]
"LPM"=dword:00000000
"LPMDSTATE"=dword:00000000
"DIPM"=dword:00000000

Might enable BIOS LPM if I go freeze free for a few days. Weird never had these issues with Gen 1 sandforce.

[Etihtsarom]

My P67 Fatality is still suffering sleep resume to black screen. Has any one gotten that to work with any particular setting? Thanks.

[Ket]

1. I don't have any SSDs to test with
2. On the boards I have tested, and what some other users have tested, sleep works just fine. If you are having trouble resuming from sleep you must be OC'd, in which case the problem is with your OC.

[papatsonis]

My P67 Fatality is still suffering sleep resume to black screen. Has any one gotten that to work with any particular setting? Thanks.

my p67 fatal1ty with light/mild overclock(4200) sleeps and resumes ok (Ati 6950 vga if has anything to do), all power savings options enabled, o/c with offset vcore. If you need some specific page screenshot with settings, feel free to ask.

[skitt]

AFAIK, its a Etron driver issue ATM.



Check the UEFI settings for onboard sound. Set them to "enabled"

Is this a separate setting from "HD Audio" on the north(south) bridge? I've already disassembled my machine to RMA it, but if that is really the solution to my problem then I will put it back together. I guess I'll try it anyway, I hope your solution wasn't just an offhand joke!

[radier]

AFAIK, its a Etron driver issue ATM.

New driver 1.00.0000.0105 from didn't fix the problem.

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/etron.htm

It's weird that after 8 months after releasing the board we can't use bundle bracket with extra USB 3.0 ports.

[Ket]

The USB front panel works fine, it just seems to have a performance issue which is likely driver related and thus, just have to wait for Etron to fix it.

[skitt]

Okay, I reassembled the machine. The only setting I see in the UEFI is "Onboard HD Audio" as shown in this screenshot. It was enabled by default, but I'm still not having any sound and a constant high pitched buzz emitted from whatever audio output device I try to use.

[radier]

The USB front panel works fine, it just seems to have a performance issue which is likely driver related and thus, just have to wait for Etron to fix it.

I did not make myself clear enough.
My external HDD has got LED. It becomes Blue when USB 3.0 mode is active (back ports), and Green when USB 2.0 mode is on (front ports). It's not simply performance issue. I would call it fake USB 3.0.

[Tekdemon]

Does anybody else have an issue with the offset voltage where it seems to ignore the offset you've set while under load? No matter what offset I put it's giving the CPU 1.43V under load, whether I put +0.5 or +0.75 it's always loading it out there for some bizarre reason. Really obnoxious since I just want it to be 1.4V flat under load and let it drop otherwise.

[Sailindawg]

I'm using BIOS 1.8. What I have noticed when using offset voltage, is that the loadline calibration that you select, has a significant impact on cpu voltage when the cpu is under full load. A LLC of 3, maintains my cpu voltage at 1.46 when using 0.65 offset voltage. A LLC of 2, spikes voltage to 1.5, using 0.65 offset voltage.

What I have done is target my stable voltage at a given multiplier using fixed voltage, then tried to duplicate that max voltage using the LLC & offset voltage together to get the desired max cpu voltage. In my case, I run my cpu at 100x48, LLC 3, offset voltage = 0.65. I see a max cpu voltage of 1.46 V under load. On rare occasion when running Linx, I'll see a spike of 1.47 V. Otherwise my cpu sees 1.45-1.46V under normal loads, ie, gaming, BOINC.

Edit: I also utilize turbo voltage to maintain stability once I've targeted my stable fixed voltage. The turbo voltage can help to yield that little bit extra rather than spiking the voltage very high.

All voltages are monitored using the ASRock Extreme Tuner. A DMM may tell a different story. I have not measured voltages on this board directly.

[CoreyPL]

I did not make myself clear enough.
My external HDD has got LED. It becomes Blue when USB 3.0 mode is active (back ports), and Green when USB 2.0 mode is on (front ports). It's not simply performance issue. I would call it fake USB 3.0.

Radier, I have no problems with USB 3.0 front panel that came with the motherboard. Everything is working fine and my HDD has the same speed no matter if I use front or rear USB 3.0 (around 60-80MB/s).

[BDM123]

Has anyone had issue with the onboard sound giving out? Mine stopped working the other day. Strange thing is windows sees the audio and anything plugged or unplugged from the rear audio jacks. If you play music or a YT video, the bar graph shows it playing, but nothing out. Plug a mic in an it shows a mic plugged in, but nothing in. I of course made sure onboard HD is turned on. I even re-flashed the BIOS to another level. Tried using the front panel audio header, still nothing. No change. I then loaded the OS on to a clean HD I have. No change. I really don't want to RMA so a sound card it is :-/

[swampy]

Are we allowed to talk bios mods here?

[Sailindawg]

Are we allowed to talk bios mods here?

There is an Extreme BIOS section, but it's not very populated. If you start something there, you may want to reference it here so people with these boards will see the thread notice.

[squick3n]

nvm I had a misconfiguration of a SATA setting.

In good news, the switch from a Corsair A50 to a H100 has taken my 4.4 OC from 70 degrees to 58, and that's on the lowest fan setting and push only. Plenty of room to keep going if I desire, while staying very quiet.

[swampy]

Forget the bios mod, whilst it successfully injected slic 2.1, there was too many BSODs & I couldn't access my DVD burner.

Edit: It wasn't OCed.

[eGGe86]

I got a very noobish question, but has to get a answer before I get my rig (tomorrow):

About the drivers, which one (or all of them) should I install after I've installed Win7 64bit? I'm looking at this page Asrock homepage. Or is the driver package at the first post here in this thread enough and contains all the necessary drivers?

Thanks alot for your help!

[Ket]

Okay, I reassembled the machine. The only setting I see in the UEFI is "Onboard HD Audio" as shown in this screenshot. It was enabled by default, but I'm still not having any sound and a constant high pitched buzz emitted from whatever audio output device I try to use.

Try placing a copper heatsink over the Realtek audio IC, this will limit electronic crosstalk and might solve your issue.

I did not make myself clear enough.
My external HDD has got LED. It becomes Blue when USB 3.0 mode is active (back ports), and Green when USB 2.0 mode is on (front ports). It's not simply performance issue. I would call it fake USB 3.0.

It could simply be a compatibility issue. Check to see if there are any updated firmwares for your device.

I got a very noobish question, but has to get a answer before I get my rig (tomorrow):

About the drivers, which one (or all of them) should I install after I've installed Win7 64bit? I'm looking at this page Asrock homepage. Or is the driver package at the first post here in this thread enough and contains all the necessary drivers?

Thanks alot for your help!

Get all the latest drivers from the necessary sources (Asrock don't have the latest drivers listed on their site) and install in this order;

Chipset (PCH) drivers
Etron drivers
Graphics drivers
Audio drivers

Then just install any other drivers for any other devices you may have.

[eGGe86]

Get all the latest drivers from the necessary sources (Asrock don't have the latest drivers listed on their site) and install in this order;

Chipset (PCH) drivers
Etron drivers
Graphics drivers
Audio drivers

Then just install any other drivers for any other devices you may have.

Ok, thanks alot! Is the package on the first page up to date, or are they already old?

Just DLed that package. How on earth should these drivers be installed? Eg. that PCH driver or the realtek, do I have to copy/paste those files into some folder or can I only run the Setup.exe (the realtek driver doesn't got any setup.exe-file)?

[radier]

You are doing this for the first time or what?

Just put the CD into drive and procced with auto installation because manual path is a Yedi path and you are definately not a Yedi... :f

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[eGGe86]

You are doing this for the first time or what?

Just put the CD into drive and procced with auto installation because manual path is a Yedi path and you are definately not a Yedi... :f

Wysłano z GT-I9100 z użyciem Tapatalk

Wow, nicely noticed Sherlock! Yes, I'm doing this for the first time of my life. Problem with that?

I wouldn't want to go with the CD, because the drivers there are probably old. So it would be nice to go with the newest drivers from the start. But hey, if my question bug you so much, you don't need bother to answer at all...

[Ket]

Ok, thanks alot! Is the package on the first page up to date, or are they already old?

Just DLed that package. How on earth should these drivers be installed? Eg. that PCH driver or the realtek, do I have to copy/paste those files into some folder or can I only run the Setup.exe (the realtek driver doesn't got any setup.exe-file)?

The package on the first page is fairly up to date yes, I need to make a new package with all the newest drivers. Just run the Setup.exe file for each driver and you will be fine. The setup file for the Realtek driver is in there, you just missed it