ASUS Intel Beta BIOS Releases and Official Support

[mjgr33n]

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/thr...7.6.0.1011-rom has some useful info, used to mod the BIOS's myself until the X58 chipsets came along and it was always nightmare to mod the OROM's for them, might be easier now that the latest R3E latest BIOS 1502 has a bigger OROM in it than it used to, used to just use AMI MMTOOL V3.22 BKMOD to just replace the orom and save the new one, always worked pre X58 mb's. Anyway read up and am sure you will find some information and figure it out :P

[zoson]

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/thr...7.6.0.1011-rom has some useful info, used to mod the BIOS's myself until the X58 chipsets came along and it was always nightmare to mod the OROM's for them, might be easier now that the latest R3E latest BIOS 1502 has a bigger OROM in it than it used to, used to just use AMI MMTOOL V3.22 BKMOD to just replace the orom and save the new one, always worked pre X58 mb's. Anyway read up and am sure you will find some information and figure it out :P

Thanks for giving me a starting point. I had no idea where to begin. I'll post back my findings here and in the r3e thread once i have some results.
I did test 1502, and it has the same issues that every bios has except 0003, for me... I have to really slack my tWR to get acceptable tRL settings, since I can't set them manually.

[R37ribution]

Thanks for giving me a starting point. I had no idea where to begin. I'll post back my findings here and in the r3e thread once i have some results.
I did test 1502, and it has the same issues that every bios has except 0003, for me... I have to really slack my tWR to get acceptable tRL settings, since I can't set them manually.

I just successfully modded my R3G bios 1003 with Intel RST v10.8.0.1303 (found here) last night and it seems to work fine. Just look for the object with RunLoc 8086:2822 (format is VendorID: DeviceID, in this case it's telling you "Intel":"ICH10D SATA Controller"), highlight it and use the Replace tab in MMTool, DO NOT use delete/insert I've heard it can brick things. For a list of PCI vendor IDs and device IDs goto pcidatabase.com. The problem with the older ROMs, if memory serves me correctly, is that they used an 80KB option ROM and the readily available ROMs were smaller i.e. this updated Intel rom is ~66kb. I use "MMTOOL V3.22 BKMOD" as well, when I downloaded it the file was called MMTool_3.22_Mod_21FiX.rar

Oh and BTW, the worst thing that has happened to me when I installed an incompatible Intel RST/Marvell 9128 option rom was that the BIOS would post and then once it went to load the option rom it would lock up (not to say it can't get worse), so i reset the board to the defaults with the button (intel/marvell roms are disabled) and reflashed. I might have used ALT+F2 I can't remember if that allowed the Orom to load prior to launching the flash utility. Asus boards also have an emergency recovery that can save you if you totally fubar the ROM.

:edit: just checked, you're right the orom in the older BIOS was 51k (80k source) and the newer ROMs are 66k (115 source) so there wasn't enough room.

[mjgr33n]

I just successfully modded my R3G bios 1003 with Intel RST v10.8.0.1303 (found here) last night and it seems to work fine. Just look for the object with RunLoc 8086:2822 (format is VendorID: DeviceID, in this case it's telling you "Intel":"ICH10D SATA Controller"), highlight it and use the Replace tab in MMTool, DO NOT use delete/insert I've heard it can brick things. For a list of PCI vendor IDs and device IDs goto pcidatabase.com. The problem with the older ROMs, if memory serves me correctly, is that they used an 80KB option ROM and the readily available ROMs were smaller i.e. this updated Intel rom is ~66kb. I use "MMTOOL V3.22 BKMOD" as well, when I downloaded it the file was called MMTool_3.22_Mod_21FiX.rar

Oh and BTW, the worst thing that has happened to me when I installed an incompatible Intel RST/Marvell 9128 option rom was that the BIOS would post and then once it went to load the option rom it would lock up (not to say it can't get worse), so i reset the board to the defaults with the button (intel/marvell roms are disabled) and reflashed. I might have used ALT+F2 I can't remember if that allowed the Orom to load prior to launching the flash utility. Asus boards also have an emergency recovery that can save you if you totally fubar the ROM.

:edit: just checked, you're right the orom in the older BIOS was 51k (80k source) and the newer ROMs are 66k (115 source) so there wasn't enough room.

Cool, I hoped you would say that, that is how I used to mod mine prior to the X58 mb's, but when they got released modding them never seem to work, glad it was just purely a space issue, but it is a non issue for me now as my R3E mb is lying gathering dust and am using my older R2E board for my second pc as it is more reliable and besides I do not need raid on my second pc, also my main pc uses uefi so have no idea how to change the orom on that :P

[WangChung]

Updated BIOS for the Maximus III Gene. Works perfectly!
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Asus Maximus III GENE:
BIOS - 2103

SATA Controller OROMS:
Intel - 11.0.0.1339
JMicron - 1.07.28

Ethernet Controller:
Realtek PXE - 2.45

Also has Asus SLIC 2.1 inserted
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Download from here - http://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Threa...I-GENE-Request
Of course, flash at your own risk as it is not an official release. BUT, I have this board and everything is running great!

Unfortunately the one I had modded for the Rampage III Gene seems to have either borked my Marvell controller (which reading above seems to be more likely) or messed up my C300. Still working on getting that sorted out, and sadly the R3G is MY machine, the M3G is my friend's who is deployed so he doesn't even need it!

[TONY GAL]

updated latest bios 3103 maximus iv gene/zene3...
very bad!!!!!!!!

[WangChung]

It seems ALL of Asus' stock BIOS are not great-to-bad in release. I know we're XS here and all, but we shouldn't have to develop our own software to run the boards too!

[WangChung]

OK, got everything straight with MY board and got everything back up and running. The main BIOS is updated to 1003, the Intel Option ROM is updated to 11.0.0.1339. BUT, the only Marvell update I could get working for now is the one MrToad had already extracted from another board. It's still newer than what came in Asus' "newest" 1003 but it's not the absolute most up to date. Full info below:
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Asus Rampage III Gene:
BIOS - 1003

SATA Controller OROMS:
Intel - 11.0.0.1339
Marvell - 2.2.0.1113 (FW) / 1.0.0.1029 (BIOS)

Also has Asus SLIC 2.1 inserted
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Download listed in this post (# 9 by me): http://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Threa...43498#pid43498

Many thanks to DMAN999 at bios-mods.com and MrT0ad here @ XS for the collaborative effort!

[Sylver123]

I have successfully modded my Rampage III Extreme 1502 BIOS with Intel RAID Option ROM 11.1.0.1413,
JMicron Option ROM 1.07.28 and Marvell Option ROM updated 1.0.0.1029.

On first reboot, the Intel RAID Option ROM 11.1.0.1413 loads fine, no lock ups etc and RAID seems to be fully
working in windows. I haven't tested the modded BIOS in normal SATA mode yet on the Intel controller.

The Marvell and JMicron controllers are working fine too with the updated Option ROMs and firmware.

My Rampage III Extreme 1502 BIOS:

1. Intel Option ROM updated to v11.1.0.1413
2. JMicron Option ROM updated to v1.07.28
3. Marvell Option ROM updated to (BIOS) v1.0.0.1029 / (FW) v2.2.0.1113

Remember, because this bios has been modded with the Intel Option ROM updated to v11.1.0.1413, it is
therefore best paired with Intel RST software version 11.1.0.1006.

You can feel free to download it below.
http://www.mediafire.com/?bfu2k17h53yt7ct

Please give your comment if you like my modded Rampage III Extreme 1502 BIOS and it is working fine for you too.

[IN7OX]

I have successfully modded my Rampage III Extreme 1502 BIOS with Intel RAID Option ROM 11.1.0.1413,
JMicron Option ROM 1.07.28 and Marvell Option ROM updated 1.0.0.1029.

On first reboot, the Intel RAID Option ROM 11.1.0.1413 loads fine, no lock ups etc and RAID seems to be fully
working in windows. I haven't tested the modded BIOS in normal SATA mode yet on the Intel controller.

The Marvell and JMicron controllers are working fine too with the updated Option ROMs and firmware.

My Rampage III Extreme 1502 BIOS:

1. Intel Option ROM updated to v11.1.0.1413
2. JMicron Option ROM updated to v1.07.28
3. Marvell Option ROM updated to (BIOS) v1.0.0.1029 / (FW) v2.2.0.1113

Remember, because this bios has been modded with the Intel Option ROM updated to v11.1.0.1413, it is
therefore best paired with Intel RST software version 11.1.0.1006.

You can feel free to download it below.
http://www.mediafire.com/?bfu2k17h53yt7ct

Please give your comment if you like my modded Rampage III Extreme 1502 BIOS and it is working fine for you too.

hi could you supply a different link or full instruction on how do it myself
thanks

[Sylver123]

hi could you supply a different link or full instruction on how do it myself
thanks

Which file hosting website would you like me to upload the BIOS?