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OC Panel won't apply settings

cars10
Level 8

‎01-10-2019 06:52 AM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 08:59 PM by Community Admin

So I added the OC Panel to my setup and can't get it to work.

Here are some details about my setup:

Maximus VII Formula mobo
Manual Overclock
Upgraded to 0603 firmware on the oc panel



Since turning off intel xhci mode in the BIOS the panel now finally reacts to the OC lvl up and Fan buttons.
Pressing CPU Level up actually shows "lvl 1", "lvl 2", but it doesn't apply any overclock, and pressing the Fan speed button doesn't apply any profile (No change measurable).
Setting the CPU Multiplier in Extreme mode doesn't change it , although the OC Panel confirms the input.
Can it not override a manual overclock? I thought the device exists to be able to OC adjustments!
Does the fan speed control only control fans actually connected to the OC Panel? But then why does it show the CPU Fan RPM? I want to change the RPM Profile of the CPU fan which is connected to the mobo

Other weirdness:

At first there was a "Fan Mode" when I would cycle through the modes on the display (Normal/Fan/Extreme), but that vanished after flashing to 0603 (no idea what I had before)

Not sure if that is good, or if I should download an older firmware and re-flash.


Overall the OC Panel has been quite tedious which absolutely no documentation

I would greatly appreciate some help!
Thanks so much

edit: so did some more testing: even when I connect the CPU pumps directly to the oc panel i still cannot control them. and even when I change the fan speed control in the bios to "standard" from "manual", still cannot change it with the panel.

the panel reads bckl, cpu temp and RPM correctly, but thats about it.
i've also tried installing ROG Connect (none of which programs run and give me the error "the connection is not available") and tried installation AI Suite3+intelligent processors.
no luck
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cars10
Level 8

‎01-10-2019 09:10 AM

ok so I tried installing the front base software in hopes of the ROG connect whatever from that software might talk to my OC panel.

I have no idea how but after running the setup for that all of a sudden, out of nowhere, the ROG OC panel Firmware flash utility popped up and executed BY ITSELF before I could stop it.
Now I have the front base firmware on my OC Panel and I can't flash it back (gets stuck the first part - "programming bk:1:adr:016") and will not turn on anymore or react to any of the buttons.
GRRRR!!

does anyone know how I can fix this ? else I just dumped a pretty penny on an expensive brick 😞
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cars10
Level 8

‎01-10-2019 11:34 AM

ok so i figured it out finally.

you definitely need ROG Connect PLUS running, that contains the abclk.exe.
While my mobo is supported, the Plus software wasn't listed (only non plus) in it's download section. So you have to find the Plus software from some other mobo like the Maximus VIII.

Not sure if also necessary, but I also installed the Intel MEI Driver and the AI Suite 3

now it works. bugger you need so much bloatware.
and the fan speed controls are far from great. I'd like to have custom curves that I can set instead of standard asus silent/std/turbo
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