Asus Strix X470-F Gaming owners thread

[Faster]

So has anyone dared to test this bios?

I upgraded to this bios, i'm using the 3700x and my system is working fine. Also worth noting my ram went from 3866 to 4000 (16-16-16-32) It wouldn't even post at 4000 with the older bios (3603), no instabilities so far.

[geekyadz]

I upgraded to this bios, i'm using the 3700x and my system is working fine. Also worth noting my ram went from 3866 to 4000 (16-16-16-32) It wouldn't even post at 4000 with the older bios (3603), no instabilities so far.

Are you planning on getting a 5xxx series CPU?

[Leeta]

I upgraded to this bios, i'm using the 3700x and my system is working fine. Also worth noting my ram went from 3866 to 4000 (16-16-16-32) It wouldn't even post at 4000 with the older bios (3603), no instabilities so far.

Are you able to maintain a 1:1 fclock ratio though?

[Alex0915]

Looks like I jumped into conclusions and it's not AMD but ASUS that sucks.
Gigabyte and AsRock released their ComboAM4v2 1.1.0.0 (Ryzen 5000 compatible) BIOSes as just the release versions, not as beta versions. And for now it's only ASUS that released Ryzen 5000-compatible BIOS as just beta, saying "we don't guarantee anything will work, use it at your own risk".
Thank you ASUS for an excellent user support, looks like it's my last ASUS-made motherboard.

Is there any way to complain about it and ask them when they plan to make it non beta?

[Alex0915]

As I've said, this is my personal opinion, based on my experience with the Strix X470-F Gaming.
You can search this forum and find some of them.
I've stumble upon 2 major issues during the last 2 years with this mobo, having testing all the BIOS revisions that were published.
a. major fan issue, when randomly all fans connected to mobo, not following fan settings set on BIOS and either turning on full speed or stop turning at all !
b. after WoL wake-up CPU not throttling down and/or unable to complete a full power on/off cycle without power down system from case's button
c. mobo exposure different sensors in every published BIOS version, so missing some -like PCH Temp- every other BIOS version

Fan issue was not present only in BIOS 4804 -which I'm using now, but has issue b.
All issues have been reported to Asus support without any viral solution provided.
And I have to say that "RMA the mobo" is not a solution, when each BIOS version is randomly changing the mobo stability.

Closing, I have to say -again- that "Ryzen 5000" needs a stable, 100% "Ryzen 5000"-goodies supported mobo to start with.
I'm using Asus motherboards almost 20 years (I'm respecting my A7V), but I doubt that Asus can deliver that, judging the last 2 years.

Hi, what is issue b) WoL? I have hybrid sleep set on after 2 hours of inactivity, is this something I shouldn't be doing? I also set a registry setting to go back to hybrid sleep if my computer wakes up accidentally and idles again after 2 minutes. Is hybrid sleep bad for memory/RAM or samsung nvme ssd? What about regular sleep or hibernate? I set up hybrid sleep because I have a UPS and turn everything off from there once every night. I now have build 2004 of W10 and everything seems to be working fine so far but I just did my power settings for the first time today.

[timiman]

Hi, what is issue b) WoL? I have hybrid sleep set on after 2 hours of inactivity, is this something I shouldn't be doing? I also set a registry setting to go back to hybrid sleep if my computer wakes up accidentally and idles again after 2 minutes. Is hybrid sleep bad for memory/RAM or samsung nvme ssd? What about regular sleep or hibernate? I set up hybrid sleep because I have a UPS and turn everything off from there once every night. I now have build 2004 of W10 and everything seems to be working fine so far but I just did my power settings for the first time today.

The scenario I was unable to find a solution for, was:
1. Power on system via case's button
2. Press case's power button once, to let the system sleep
3. Send remotely a Wake-on-LAN command (BIOS and network settings are already setup to support that) to wake up the system
4. After system has woken up, connect to it via rdp/vpn etc. and after I have finish whatever job I need to, if I try to restart the system, it won't even shutdown.
Only solution to this, is to use prior BIOS version or initiate a power cycle through case's power button. Neither solution fits my needs.

[DMAN999]

Looks like I jumped into conclusions and it's not AMD but ASUS that sucks.
Gigabyte and AsRock released their ComboAM4v2 1.1.0.0 (Ryzen 5000 compatible) BIOSes as just the release versions, not as beta versions. And for now it's only ASUS that released Ryzen 5000-compatible BIOS as just beta, saying "we don't guarantee anything will work, use it at your own risk".
Thank you ASUS for an excellent user support, looks like it's my last ASUS-made motherboard.

AsRocks BIOS is also a Beta:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16260...-now-available
And so is Gigabyte's:
https://www.hardwaretimes.com/gigaby...zen-5000-cpus/
And so is MSI's:
https://www.vortez.net/news_story/ms...ss_memory.html

These BIOS versions were supposed to be released in January 2021 according to AMD.
And I'm sure there will be future BIOS updates for the Ryzen 5000 CPUs that are Not a Beta version.
So you just need to be patient.

[Faster]

works perfectly well!

[Cherios]

Has anyone got their hands on a 5900x running on the x470-f yet with the beta bios yet?

[Faster]

1st on air cooler (Hwbot)