ASRock Forums : Stability issues with Z97E-ITX/ac mainbaord https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 29 May 2026 05:37:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 19:27:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=867 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[Stability issues with Z97E-ITX/ac mainbaord : In the meantime (~2 weeks ago)...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=5621&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#5621 Author: Termie
Subject: 867
Posted: 13 Nov 2015 at 7:27pm

In the meantime (~2 weeks ago) I received a second Beta BIOS from ASRock Support. The Broadwell
runs almost fine with it, so far, so good. But when I look to other manufacturers, their BIOS offers
nice Broadwell features like

Smile set/raise Broadwells max. TDP
Tongue overclock and overvolt Iris IGP
Clap set eDRAM ratio (clock relatively to baseclock)

So what about an 'official' final Z97E-ITX/ac BIOS which supports Broadwell features better?
Anything in progress in this regard? I´m not really happy if I have to work with a Beta BIOS in the
medium term.


Edited by Termie - 13 Nov 2015 at 7:29pm]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2015 19:27:50 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=5621&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#5621 <![CDATA[Stability issues with Z97E-ITX/ac mainbaord : TylerL wrote:After a handful...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4934&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4934 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 867
Posted: 25 Oct 2015 at 1:29pm

Originally posted by TylerL TylerL wrote:

After a handful of crashes within just an hour of gaming early last night, I checked the ASRock download section on a whim, and noticed and installed the beta BIOS.

Not a single crash over 24 hours later. So far, so good...

That is great news, thanks for letting us know Thumbs Up


]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2015 13:29:16 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4934&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4934 <![CDATA[Stability issues with Z97E-ITX/ac mainbaord : After a handful of crashes within...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4932&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4932 Author: TylerL
Subject: 867
Posted: 25 Oct 2015 at 11:28am

After a handful of crashes within just an hour of gaming early last night, I checked the ASRock download section on a whim, and noticed and installed the beta BIOS.

Not a single crash over 24 hours later. So far, so good...
]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2015 11:28:32 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4932&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4932 <![CDATA[Stability issues with Z97E-ITX/ac mainbaord : Thanks. ]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4850&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4850 Author: duck4
Subject: 867
Posted: 22 Oct 2015 at 8:24pm

Thanks.]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2015 20:24:24 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4850&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4850 <![CDATA[Stability issues with Z97E-ITX/ac mainbaord : Greetings, This is ASRock Technical...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4846&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4846 Author: ASRock_TSD
Subject: 867
Posted: 22 Oct 2015 at 11:44am

Greetings, This is ASRock Technical Support Department.

Please download the BIOS P2.00 which update Microcode to 13 from the link for try.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97E-ITXac/?cat=Beta 

If any, please feel free to contact us.

Kindest Regards,
ASRock TSD
]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:44:40 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4846&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4846 <![CDATA[Stability issues with Z97E-ITX/ac mainbaord : noticed just now... yesterday...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4842&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4842 Author: Termie
Subject: 867
Posted: 22 Oct 2015 at 2:03am

noticed just now... yesterday many ASRock Z97 boards received a BIOS update, only Z97E-ITX/ac owners leave empty-handed. Confused
]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2015 02:03:13 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4842&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4842 <![CDATA[Stability issues with Z97E-ITX/ac mainbaord : Ouch... thank you for this not...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4769&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4769 Author: Termie
Subject: 867
Posted: 20 Oct 2015 at 2:28am

Ouch... thank you for this not unimportant thread. An i5-5675C is practically ordered here, but now I have to delay this, too bad. I also hope that an updated UEFI/BIOS for Z97E-ITX/ac which fix this issue will be released soon.
]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2015 02:28:17 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4769&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4769 <![CDATA[Stability issues with Z97E-ITX/ac mainbaord : Anything?I&#039;ve tried loading...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4765&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4765 Author: duck4
Subject: 867
Posted: 20 Oct 2015 at 1:27am

Anything?

I've tried loading the microcode update someone extracted from a MSI BIOS (version 0x12 - it seems there is version 0x13 by now which I haven't tried yet. Version 0x13 disables TSX which apperently is also broken on Broadwell) for my CPU under Linux and can confirm that there are no more crashes. Maybe this helps others with the same issue. I have no idea how to do the same thing under Windows though and even under Linux this is more of a stop-gap solution than a real fix. So I'm still waiting for an answer or even better yet, a BIOS update.
]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2015 01:27:28 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4765&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4765 <![CDATA[Stability issues with Z97E-ITX/ac mainbaord : My question is still unanswered....]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4531&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4531 Author: duck4
Subject: 867
Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 3:46pm

My question is still unanswered. Will there be a BIOS/UEFI update any time soon? It can't be that difficult to replace the microcode in the BIOS with the new version.
]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:46:31 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4531&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4531 <![CDATA[Stability issues with Z97E-ITX/ac mainbaord : Apparently, a CPU microcode update...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4411&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4411 Author: duck4
Subject: 867
Posted: 10 Oct 2015 at 5:13pm

Apparently, a CPU microcode update is what fixes the issues.

https://github.com/bgw/bdw-ucode-update-tool

]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2015 17:13:28 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=867&PID=4411&title=stability-issues-with-z97eitx-ac-mainbaord#4411