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    Posted: 29 Jun 2016 at 4:30pm
Hello guys,

I've got some questions concerning the BIOS update which was released yesterday. Right now I'm struggling to overclock my current build. I got an i7-6800K and the X99 Extreme 4. 

I tried to overclock in the beginning but never was able to boot properly back into windows. Unfortunately I couldn't find any experience online with overclocking the new broadwell-e series with an asrock board.

As I noticed Asrock released an new BIOS-Update yesterday which includes an update for the EZ OC table, the Microcode. and the NTFS module. 

I'm not quite sure what's the EZ OC table is, but after reding some threads it should enable even for an Overclock beginner like me, a much more easy way to overclock...? And is this update especially for the new realeased CPUs?

Additionally I'm interested in a bit more detailed information what is included in the whole BIOS Update?

And the last question: I received a new BIOS-Chip with Version 3.3 from ASROCK Europe (for free, really thankful for that!) so I was able to setup my PC. Before I'm doing the BIOS-Update, I want to copy the working BIOS into the Backup Chip. I've noticed the function "Secure Backup UEFI" in the instruction manual. Does this copy the BIOS automatically from the current chosen BIOS-Chip to the unused, do I have to choose the copy process (A->B / B ->A) or does it automatically copy the Backup-BIOS into Main-BIOS? The instruction manual isn't 100% clear about this process.
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I just figured everything out by myself. Just for your information:

- It detects the current chosen BIOS chip and automatically transfers the used BIOS to the unused BIOS-Chip.
- The EZ OC table unlocked the possibility to choose a configuration for overclocking. I took the 3.8 GHz one and I'm pretty fine with the temps and everything.
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Originally posted by croveans croveans wrote:

I just figured everything out by myself. Just for your information:

- It detects the current chosen BIOS chip and automatically transfers the used BIOS to the unused BIOS-Chip.
- The EZ OC table unlocked the possibility to choose a configuration for overclocking. I took the 3.8 GHz one and I'm pretty fine with the temps and everything.


Are you sure about the BIOS transfer between the two chips?

The main (primary) BIOS chip is the 'A' chip, and the backup is the 'B' chip.

The instructions for using the dual BIOS chips say it is not possible to update the UEFI/BIOS version on the backup 'B' chip.

Frankly, I've never tried to update the UEFI version on the 'B' chip on the boards I have with this feature. That could be attempted by having the 'B' chip in use, and then running a UEFI update with the Instant Flash feature, for example. But the UEFI update program could only update the UEFI version on the 'A' chip, or the electrical connections to the two BIOS chips could be slightly different that would not allow the 'B' chip to be updated.

Selecting either BIOS chip is done manually with a switch on the board. The position of that switch is important.

A trick to do this would be to put the new BIOS chip, with the new UEFI/BIOS version on it, into the 'B' backup BIOS chip socket. Then run the Secure Backup UEFI program, which would copy the new UEFI version from the 'B' chip to the 'A' chip.

IMO, that is the procedure ASRock X99 board users should use if they have are using a Broadwell-E processor.

Since the UEFI version on the original backup 'B' chip is not compatible with a Broadwell-E processor (assuming an older board with Haswell-E UEFI versions from the factory), if this was not done we would no longer have a dual BIOS chip system that would work with a Broadwell-E processor.

But it might be possible to update the 'B' BIOS chip, even if it is not supposed to happen. I'll believe it when I see it. Wink 

croveans, which BIOS chip socket did you put your new BIOS chip into?

EDIT: Still waiting for a similar UEFI update for my X99 Extreme6/3.1 board. Pinch


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Originally posted by parsec parsec wrote:


The instructions for using the dual BIOS chips say it is not possible to update the UEFI/BIOS version on the backup 'B' chip. The jumper is set to Port A.

I don't know exactly about this, but I've put the new Chip in Port A. I never switched to Port B, but the Chip was labelled with "P2.00" and I assume it's the BIOS version.

After that I used the UEFI Secure Backup, which is described like this in the BIOS (sorry for the quality):





After this description I thought I could backup to any of the chip. It's only important which Chip is currently used. And I don't think that this is bound to the "Port" of the chip, because the manual describes switching between BIOS-A or BIOS-B by changing a jumper position.



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