ASRock Forums : X370 Gaming K4 BIOS 3.30 9/14/2017 https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:48:53 +0000 Fri, 15 Sep 2017 23:30:33 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6075 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[X370 Gaming K4 BIOS 3.30 9/14/2017 : For the sake of the company&#039;s...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36131&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36131 Author: ShampooCA
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Posted: 15 Sep 2017 at 11:30pm

For the sake of the company's reputation & for everyone with capable RAM, let's hope so.

I've pretty much reached the limits of my RAM kit, so I'm fine with what they've provided so far.

Reviews from 2012 when my kit was released showed a max overclock of 2900ish MHz, and I'm there.

Fingers crossed for everyone else!

As it stands my system is extremely smooth and running on all cylinders.

I mainly use my system as a gaming rig, so I've noticed all the little improvements thus far.

Very nice right now, although I have noticed my system needs to be restarted every couple of days or so or my frame rates in FPS games like Battlefield 1 get a little stuttery.  So I can't just leave my system on for days on end.  Minor thing, not the end of the world, could just be Windows 10 and its memory management.  It's never been perfect throughout past versions of the OS.
]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2017 23:30:33 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36131&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36131 <![CDATA[X370 Gaming K4 BIOS 3.30 9/14/2017 : Yes, as others said, this is a...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36055&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36055 Author: nangu
Subject: 6075
Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 11:53pm

Yes, as others said, this is a good indicator AMD is still perfecting memory compatibility at IMC side of things.

Hope AGESA 1.0.0.7 bring us some improvements on XMP settings too.

Cheers.
]]> Thu, 14 Sep 2017 23:53:09 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36055&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36055 <![CDATA[X370 Gaming K4 BIOS 3.30 9/14/2017 : Ah, makes sense, thanks for the...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36054&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36054 Author: ShampooCA
Subject: 6075
Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 11:37pm

Ah, makes sense, thanks for the clarification.
Coffee hadn't kicked in yet. ???]]> Thu, 14 Sep 2017 23:37:32 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36054&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36054 <![CDATA[X370 Gaming K4 BIOS 3.30 9/14/2017 : datonyb wrote: ShampooCA...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36050&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36050 Author: parsec
Subject: 6075
Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 11:08pm

Originally posted by datonyb datonyb wrote:

Originally posted by ShampooCA ShampooCA wrote:

I have a feeling that information is going to go right over many novice users' heads, and the forum is going to flood with "BIOS 3.30 bricked my board, I can't boot with my RAM that could only do 2133MHz!".

Since no one bothers to check compatibility before putting stuff together these days.

Here we go!  LOL

I'm very content with my current setup on BIOS 3.00, so I won't be updating....but then again I say that everytime.  

It probably won't help my CPU overclock, but going to try for 4GHz on this one.  I'm currently stable at 3.85GHz.

Cheers to frequent BIOS updates!  :)


as i understand it 2133 will be fine
this bios update was to allow jedec 2666 to work at 2666 stock not get downclocked to 2400 or 2133 at stock setings


datonyb, you are right. This only applies to memory whose stock/JEDEC speed is 2666.

Of course setting 2133 or 2400 JEDEC speed memory automatically to 2666 would not be good, but that is not the point of this update.

This could be considered a bug fix, if JEDEC 2666 speed DDR4 memory was being downclocked automatically. But as the JEDEC/stock speed of DDR4 has evolved from 2133 to 2400, and now 2666 at least with the model of memory listed in the description, it is really an adjustment.

Since Ryzen processors support DDR4 2666 speed memory as a non-OC speed, this makes sense. But there are earlier Intel processors whose non-OC memory speed is 2133 or 2400. So the memory model in the description seems to be designed specifically for use with Ryzen processors. Which is why this is an important update.

This model of memory makes me wonder about my G.SKILL FlareX, whose JEDEC speed is 2400. Pinch

Or is this an example of the disconnect between Ryzen processor memory specs, and the products provided by memory manufactures? Memory manufactures generally don't want their products to be very specific to a platform, since they would sell fewer of them due to compatibility.



]]> Thu, 14 Sep 2017 23:08:51 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36050&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36050 <![CDATA[X370 Gaming K4 BIOS 3.30 9/14/2017 : datonyb wrote:as i understand...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36048&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36048 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 6075
Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 10:42pm

Originally posted by datonyb datonyb wrote:


as i understand it 2133 will be fine
this bios update was to allow jedec 2666 to work at 2666 stock not get downclocked to 2400 or 2133 at stock setings

Exactly, it will allow RAM that has a JEDEC 2666 profile to operate at 2666 by default. All platforms should allow RAM to work with the highest compatible JEDEC profile supported by both the RAM and the platform. Skylake (intel) supports 2133, Kaby Lake supports 2400 and now Ryzen supports 2666. These are the official frequency specs of the memory controllers built in to the CPUs in question.

If your RAM only supports JEDEC 2400 (Kaby lake spec) then it will default to that, if only 2133 then it will use that. JEDEC, unlike XMP, is automatically detected and used by the BIOS, there is no way to change what profile is used. So this update is good news, it means that stability at 2666 seems to be common enough to enable the default 2666 JEDEC profile to load. I would imagine that while stability was more problematic, this would have been defaulted to 2133 for maximum memory compatibility, the lower the frequency the higher the odds the RAM will work. 
]]> Thu, 14 Sep 2017 22:42:29 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36048&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36048 <![CDATA[X370 Gaming K4 BIOS 3.30 9/14/2017 : ShampooCA wrote:I have a feeling...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36045&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36045 Author: datonyb
Subject: 6075
Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 9:44pm

Originally posted by ShampooCA ShampooCA wrote:

I have a feeling that information is going to go right over many novice users' heads, and the forum is going to flood with "BIOS 3.30 bricked my board, I can't boot with my RAM that could only do 2133MHz!".

Since no one bothers to check compatibility before putting stuff together these days.

Here we go!  LOL

I'm very content with my current setup on BIOS 3.00, so I won't be updating....but then again I say that everytime.  

It probably won't help my CPU overclock, but going to try for 4GHz on this one.  I'm currently stable at 3.85GHz.

Cheers to frequent BIOS updates!  :)


as i understand it 2133 will be fine
this bios update was to allow jedec 2666 to work at 2666 stock not get downclocked to 2400 or 2133 at stock setings
]]> Thu, 14 Sep 2017 21:44:46 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36045&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36045 <![CDATA[X370 Gaming K4 BIOS 3.30 9/14/2017 : I really need to find the time...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36043&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36043 Author: ket
Subject: 6075
Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 9:21pm

I really need to find the time to test some of these K4 UEFIs last one was 3.1 and that was pretty good. Still had problems running 3200MHz RAM kits though.
]]> Thu, 14 Sep 2017 21:21:08 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36043&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36043 <![CDATA[X370 Gaming K4 BIOS 3.30 9/14/2017 : I have a feeling that information...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36041&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36041 Author: ShampooCA
Subject: 6075
Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 9:11pm

I have a feeling that information is going to go right over many novice users' heads, and the forum is going to flood with "BIOS 3.30 bricked my board, I can't boot with my RAM that could only do 2133MHz!".

Since no one bothers to check compatibility before putting stuff together these days.

Here we go!  LOL

I'm very content with my current setup on BIOS 3.00, so I won't be updating....but then again I say that everytime.  

It probably won't help my CPU overclock, but going to try for 4GHz on this one.  I'm currently stable at 3.85GHz.

Cheers to frequent BIOS updates!  :)
]]> Thu, 14 Sep 2017 21:11:10 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36041&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36041 <![CDATA[X370 Gaming K4 BIOS 3.30 9/14/2017 : Will agesa 1.0.07 update come...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36033&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36033 Author: Asingo
Subject: 6075
Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 6:24pm

Will agesa 1.0.07 update come soon? ]]> Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:24:26 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36033&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36033 <![CDATA[X370 Gaming K4 BIOS 3.30 9/14/2017 : Happy to help ]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36029&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36029 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 6075
Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 4:27pm

Happy to help Wink]]> Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:27:07 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6075&PID=36029&title=x370-gaming-k4-bios-3-30-9-14-2017#36029