Extreme9 BIOS bugs in 1.70

For now I am still in warranty and dont want to mess around with it ;)

It would be nice if they would release it as beta on her website.

Anyway is an real ASR guy here active in the forum or shall we spam the support with the request?

Cheers.

So we need a fixed UEFI with up to date ROMs. ASRock can you do that for an really expensive board?!

ASRock Expert wrote: 990FX Extreme 9                           P1.70                      MOD P1.70 _____________________________________________________ OROM AMD ACHI 4391                  3.0.5                        3.3.0.0 OROM AMD RAID MISC 4392         3.2.1540.6               3.3.1540.19 OROM AMD RAID MISC 4393         3.3.1540.11             3.3.1540.19 EFI AMD RAID                               1.0.0.49                   1.0.0.49 EFI AMD Utility                              1.0.0.49                   1.0.0.49 LAN OROM Intel PXE                    1.3.95                       1.5.72 LAN EFI Intel UNDI                       4.8.01                       6.6.04 ASMEDIA OROM 1061                   0.93                          0.951 EFI AMD AGESA OrochiPI              1.2.9.0                      1.2.9.0 Feel free to use a MOD BIOS that I use.

Okay I'm using this now.  I like the splash screen actually showing the boot options.  I didn't benchmark my SSD's before.. So I'll never know if it gave me any extra performance.  I have a Samsung 850 Pro 512GB and a 470 128GB.  They were both already fast enough for my needs.

parsec wrote: The bug is the lowest or zero LLC compensation setting is actually the highest LLC compensation, correct? Conversely, the highest LLC setting is actually the lowest or zero LLC compensation. This bug seems to stay with ASRock like a bad, lingering cold, very hard to get over and never seems to go away.   I suppose the thinking about this is as long as the user knows what the result of a setting is, the name for it is not important. Or it is thought that you and others are wrong. The former is no excuse IMO, and could damage an inexperienced users processor. No one wants a car with a speedometer that reads 0 when the car is at 100MPH, and vice versa. I also think you would like more than just fixing the setting vs actual value situation. The spikes in voltage you mention could be caused by a benchmark starting a particular test, like AVX instructions. What is AOD, that acronym is not expanding in my mind. 2. Wake from Sleep clock and voltage changes. This is another fairly common issue that affects all hardware platforms. I know of fixes for this for Intel boards by ASRock and other manufactures. Do you have AXTU running when you start the PC, and when you go into Sleep mode? 3. What are you using as the VCore mode and value? Such as, manual VCore at 1.500V. Do you have CPU power saving options enabled? What is the processor minimum state set to in your Windows Power Plan?

Yeah I am seeing the LLC settings completely reversed.  100% seems to be Disabled and I'm using this setting now.  I have the vCore set to 1.525v in the BIOS.  The actual voltage being read by CPU-Z / HWMonitor / HWiNFO64 hovers between 1.472v and 1.504v with an average of 1.484v.  That's the idle readings at least.

I don't have AXTU set to run on startup and I never have it running except when I'm actively adjusting settings.  I haven't investigated the power plan settings since I've migrated to Windows 10..  I'm looking through them now and realizing AXTU has added its own plan as the active one.


I didn't see anything obviously wrong... I've adjusted a few settings mostly just timers.  I've also disabled Hybrid Sleep and opted for Hibernate instead because Hybrid Sleep sometimes won't start up the fans on my H220X properly.  Maybe it is because they're PWM fans?  I've also gone into the BIOS and switched from a managed fan curve to "Full On" in the hope that will prevent it.

ASRock Expert wrote: 990FX Extreme 9                           P1.70                      MOD P1.70 _____________________________________________________ OROM AMD ACHI 4391                  3.0.5                        3.3.0.0 OROM AMD RAID MISC 4392         3.2.1540.6               3.3.1540.19 OROM AMD RAID MISC 4393         3.3.1540.11             3.3.1540.19 EFI AMD RAID                               1.0.0.49                   1.0.0.49 EFI AMD Utility                              1.0.0.49                   1.0.0.49 LAN OROM Intel PXE                    1.3.95                       1.5.72 LAN EFI Intel UNDI                       4.8.01                       6.6.04 ASMEDIA OROM 1061                   0.93                          0.951 EFI AMD AGESA OrochiPI              1.2.9.0                      1.2.9.0 Feel free to use a MOD BIOS that I use. The file is InstantFlash, and I use it on a daily base. You can always revert to normal P1.70, but I doubt You will ever do this. The AMD AHCI 4391 does make the most difference in SATA3 speed when using a SSD. If also fixes the BUG when You use a Samsung 840 EVO/850 EVO, and have a cold-boot "black screen" BUG, and after a hot-restart, everything works fine. https://app.box.com/s/2nnqqe4274fx4v5uy1bmm46l6t0eqemv So to sum up, it is an Official P1.70 BIOS with updated manufacturers ROM's. Nothing else is moded.

I noticed your post but forgot to reply to it... until now. I'm curious about the OROM AMD ACHI 4391.

AMD's SATA III chipsets have never performed as well as Intel's, that is a reality that is not just my opinion, sorry to say. I've always wondered why that is the case. We never see AMD boards being used in SSD reviews for this reason.

I'm not doubting you about that OROM, I don't know either way. If fixing/improving the AMD SATA III performance is as simple using a new OROM, why oh why don't mother board manufactures use it?!?!   Again, I'm not doubting you at all, I'd love to try it with my AMD board.

ASRock Expert wrote: 990FX Extreme 9                           P1.70                      MOD P1.70 _____________________________________________________ OROM AMD ACHI 4391                  3.0.5                        3.3.0.0 OROM AMD RAID MISC 4392         3.2.1540.6               3.3.1540.19 OROM AMD RAID MISC 4393         3.3.1540.11             3.3.1540.19 EFI AMD RAID                               1.0.0.49                   1.0.0.49 EFI AMD Utility                              1.0.0.49                   1.0.0.49 LAN OROM Intel PXE                    1.3.95                       1.5.72 LAN EFI Intel UNDI                       4.8.01                       6.6.04 ASMEDIA OROM 1061                   0.93                          0.951 EFI AMD AGESA OrochiPI              1.2.9.0                      1.2.9.0 Feel free to use a MOD BIOS that I use. The file is InstantFlash, and I use it on a daily base. You can always revert to normal P1.70, but I doubt You will ever do this. The AMD AHCI 4391 does make the most difference in SATA3 speed when using a SSD. If also fixes the BUG when You use a Samsung 840 EVO/850 EVO, and have a cold-boot "black screen" BUG, and after a hot-restart, everything works fine. https://app.box.com/s/2nnqqe4274fx4v5uy1bmm46l6t0eqemv So to sum up, it is an Official P1.70 BIOS with updated manufacturers ROM's. Nothing else is moded.

Is there any way to get an official one with all those updates? If we users can do it ASRock should be able to also ;)

But I guess they shifted the focus to Intel and let AM3+ HighEnd Boards simply die.