Bios 2.50 with microcode fix for Extreme 7+ out

Hi guys, i'm new here and also new to ASRock motherboards. 

My E7+ mobo had 1.70 UEFI/bios, and i updated first to 2.0, after to 2.10, 2.20 and finally to 2.50. 

With bios versions from 1.70 to 2.20, it took about 15s to boot, cold boot, that is, from power supply AC power off to W10 desktop. 

With bios 2.50, same conditions, it takes about 30s and always happens double boot. 

Is it OK, new microcode consequence?

 

Thanks and regards.

Squawker,

That double boot is attributable to your changing the BCLK.

At stock values it won't/doesn't behave that way.

I use the same board, and using UEFI 2.31 Beta currently.

On the ASRock USA website, all the Beta UEFI versions are gone. At least on Sunday night, 1/24/16.

The standard UEFI versions now goes from 2.10 to 2.50.

squawker, please describe what you mean by a double boot. Are you seeing the ASRock screen during POST twice? If you have a POST beep speaker connected to your board, do you hear the single POST Ok beep twice?

Notice that STANKYLEG is using the Ultra Fast boot option, which will reduce total start up time somewhat compared to Fast Boot being Disabled.

On the subject of slower booting, I've noticed (I think) on two different PCs with Windows 10, that the newer builds of Win 10 boot slower than earlier builds. That behavior is also erratic, meaning the cold boot time (cold boot means starting after a Windows shutdown, but without turning the PSU off) is occasionally faster.

The Win 10 build I have for installation on a USB flash drive, taken from a DVD, is 10240. I've updated through Windows update to build 10586 just recently on my Z170 EX7+. The full start up/cold boot time is much longer now, after the single POST beep.

The Win 10 boot screen and spinning dots are visible much longer on build 10586. With build 10240 the desktop was displayed within three seconds of the POST single beep. That is with Fast Boot Disabled in both Win 10 builds. Currently it takes at least 10 seconds after the POST beep for the desktop to be displayed. Nothing has changed with my hardware or UEFI version between build 10240 and 10586.

Is anyone else using Win 10 noticing the slower start up behavior with the different builds? I'm wondering if squawker is really noticing that instead of something with UEFI 2.50.

It seems with the newer Win 10 build that Windows is doing something before the desktop is displayed, that was not being done previously. Such as checking for new updates, or who knows what else. I thought I was confused about the longer startup time with Win 10, but now that I seem to see it on two different PCs, I don't think it's my imagination.

Hi parsec,

Thanks for replying, well, i also noticed that Windows 10, build 10240, was somewhat faster than build 10586, and i always do a clean Windows 10 DVD installation, when there is a bootable ISO of the build.

But my observations regarding UEFI 2.50 were all made with 1511 version, build 10586.63, and with CPU and DRAM configurations in UEFI at default settings, as i'm getting accustomed to this board.

In my observation, UEFI 2.50 post behavior only is different from previous UEFIs that i tried (2.20, 2.10, 2.0 and 1.80), when previously the PSU is turned off (PSU AC power off).

In this condition, what happens maybe could be better called "triple attempt to boot", and it takes about 30 s to get to desktop:

1st attempt - Debug LED codes: 00 - 19 - motherboard shutdown

2nd attempt codes: 00 - 19 - board shutdown (again)

3rd attempt codes: 00 - 19 - 00 - 35 - .....- 97 - 99 - Ad - AA (O.S. desktop). Perhaps not exactly the codes, as they occur very fast. And i have a speaker connected to board, and only on this 3rd attempt there is a Post OK beep.

And yes, i observed that Stankyleg is using Ultra fast boot, and i changed this option from Disabled to Fast and to Ultra fast, without big differences.

 

As i've said, this happens only when PSU is turned off; after a Windows shutdown, without turning PSU off, UEFI 2.50 behaves exactly as previous UEFI's, providing a very fast boot, something as 15 s from case power button to W10 desktop! And Z170 EX7+ is the fastest board to boot I've ever had!

Same thing for shutdown time: about 2-3 s from desktop to board shutdown (it's really really fast)!!!

 

So, this is not a big issue to me, since i turn PSU off only a few times a day, but this board new behavior with UEFI 2.50 was what draw my attention to.

Anyway, I will be observing if someone after updating the bios to 2.50, can or cannot confirm  this.

Regards,