https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 25 May 2026 15:00:37 +0000 Sun, 15 Dec 2019 12:48:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=11614 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=71092&title=help-with-disabling-smt#71092 Author: 0C_Monk3y
Subject: 11614
Posted: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:48pm

Wohoo! They fixed it!

I put the wrong USB in when I said I had the latest (that one had my BIOS updates for my Asrock X399 board, not the X370). Haha, no wonder it didn't update and said it was the newest. The BIOS you have is indeed defective (I know this feature was broken since at least April of 2019, but version 5.5 fixed its issue with SMT enable/disable). Unfortunately now the BIOS looks like some static pixelated garbage instead of the cool looking red classic/original one, so that's kind of annoying, but you at least know its updated.

Due note, this BIOS specifically says "ASRock do NOT recommend updating this BIOS if Pinnacle, Raven, Summit or Bristol Ridge CPU is being used on your system." so who knows if my 2200g is going to work anymore but my 1700 is working fine from looking at the thread count, hopefully I can overclock higher (for games that only run on 8 threads and single GPU I use my testbench, otherwise its Threadripper and quad Xfire for most).

Performance comparison at 4.2 Ghz:
16 threads gave me 1800cb R15
8 threads gave me 1301cb R15
So hopefully I can hit a bit higher frequency with the lower temp since my chip is super picky about temp for stabililty (and trash overclocking). Beyond 15c core temp adding voltage is just bad and makes it unstable. Crossing the voltage vs temp stability curve, colder is better than more voltage)

Good luck!]]> Sun, 15 Dec 2019 12:48:25 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=71092&title=help-with-disabling-smt#71092 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=71091&title=help-with-disabling-smt#71091 Author: 0C_Monk3y
Subject: 11614
Posted: 15 Dec 2019 at 11:54am

Confirmed broken on latest BIOS, Asrock needs to get basic features working. Severely limits overclocking on sub-zero temps... Its a useful feature, that's why its in there in the first place, please fix.

This is not an issue on older BIOS, but I'm fairly certain we can't roll back to prior agessa updates. Asrock disabled an important functionality advertised with the board, I'd suggest fixing it (or hand out refunds so we can go with other brands that work). X370 Fatal1ty.]]> Sun, 15 Dec 2019 11:54:48 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=71091&title=help-with-disabling-smt#71091 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63644&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63644 Author: Ray62
Subject: 11614
Posted: 06 Jun 2019 at 3:56pm

There is another aspect for Ryzen CPUs: Suspend to RAM does only work, if SMT is enabled. So if Suspend to RAM is enabled, SMT maybe cannot be disabled due to this dependency (in this bios).
Meaning: Check that Suspend to RAM is also disabled when disabling SMT.]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 15:56:00 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63644&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63644 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63634&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63634 Author: Ray62
Subject: 11614
Posted: 06 Jun 2019 at 6:27am

Hmm, you should do one test:
The following procedure is known for switching SMT on for some mainboards. Maybe it helps here for switching off too:

Go to the bios, disable SMT, save it and make a power cycle (switch power supply completely off, unplug, wait a minute, plug, switch it on and start the machine again into bios.

If it is still enabled, it is a real issue.
]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 06:27:09 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63634&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63634 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63633&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63633 Author: Ray62
Subject: 11614
Posted: 06 Jun 2019 at 6:14am

And after changing SMT to disabled, saving settings, restart and going to the bios again (without starting an OS) it is still enabled?

If yes, this is a bios issue and a ticket for ASRock's support crew.


]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 06:14:00 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63633&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63633 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63632&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63632 Author: xhue
Subject: 11614
Posted: 06 Jun 2019 at 4:32am

Yes, believe I've glimpsed the ways and doings of SMT, that much I can guarantee you.

As for why you can't disable it on your mobo, I have no idea. You could also raise a ticket with ASRock's support crew. On rare occasions they can be helpful too.]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 04:32:29 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63632&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63632 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63630&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63630 Author: ZIZOX
Subject: 11614
Posted: 06 Jun 2019 at 4:14am

One question, do you understand what smt is? And that the functionality of a normal MB allows you to disable it? It doesn?™t matter why it?™s not important, but what?™s important is that I cannot use the functionality provided by the motherboard.

]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 04:14:17 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63630&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63630 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63629&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63629 Author: xhue
Subject: 11614
Posted: 06 Jun 2019 at 4:00am

ZIZOX wrote: Well, I would like my motherboard to fully function and not partially.

In order to do that you need to ENABLE SMT, not disable it.]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 04:00:16 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63629&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63629 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63628&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63628 Author: ZIZOX
Subject: 11614
Posted: 06 Jun 2019 at 3:50am

Well, I would like my motherboard to fully function and not partially.]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 03:50:08 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63628&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63628 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63627&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63627 Author: xhue
Subject: 11614
Posted: 06 Jun 2019 at 3:46am

OK, I honestly don't know how to achieve this with your board, but let me ask you - why you want that in first place?]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 03:46:26 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11614&PID=63627&title=help-with-disabling-smt#63627