BIOS 1902 and system freezes

**JTZ1032** · 07-31-2019 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by Inqontrol87

Hey guys,

i`ve tried to force install the 1902 again, but the result is a blackscreen/reboot out of nowhere. With the OC settings and with the default oob-settings too.

My relevant System Specs:

ASUS ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING
INTEL i9-9900X
32GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM ROG-EDITION
EVGA 1080 SC

I can not judge that the problem occurs on all types of X299 motherboards from ASUS, but my system is currently not stable with the 1902 version.

regards

Inqonrol87

Hi Inqonrol87,

When you say forcing the install of the 1902 BIOS I assume you mean using the BIOS Flashback feature? If you have cleared the CMOS after updating the BIOS but are still having issues and you can’t revert to the older BIOS I would suggest an RMA for the board. I'm suggesting this since you seemed to have tried everything else.

It’s a really nice system you have and shouldn’t be let down by the motherboard being so inconsistent.

Your experience with the board is really making me think twice about updating my Ranpage VI Apex to the new BIOS.

What I meant by gathering more information on my side was trying to find out what vulnerabilities the BIOS fixes (separate to those of the ME Firmware). If I can mitigate them by another means other than updating the BIOS, I will.

I also want to further stability test my system (CPU and RAM) on the current 1401 BIOS. It passed 100% but that was on BIOS 1301. While they’re hasn’t been any issues with 1401; if I detect any issues I won’t be upgrading further.

Thank you.

**G75rog** · 07-31-2019 11:48 PM

Running 1902 on my Apex, 7900X, 64GB, Radeon VII, 8 NVME drives and no problems.

**Raven41** · 08-01-2019 02:38 PM

Running 1902 on my ASUS ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING, 9900X, 64GB Ram ,Nvidia RTX 2070 Super 3 NVME drives and no problems

**Brockmonster** · 08-29-2019 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by Raven41

Running 1902 on my ASUS ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING, 9900X, 64GB Ram ,Nvidia RTX 2070 Super 3 NVME drives and no problems

Had lockups with 1902 so I have just flashed to the 1902 modded bios by tistou77 and it worked great for to hours then boom system lockup again so now back on 1503. losing faith in Asus

**DangerMouseUK** · 09-07-2019 09:15 AM

I'm on the Rampage VI Extreme and both the 17XX and 19XX builds have completely destroyed any stability running the preset overclocking settings.

15XX builds were stable I am going to have to go back and flash to that I guess, quite annoyed that they've got this wrong across two separate builds.

Has anyone reached out and got a case going with one of their engineers?

I have the Strix motherboard as well and that seems stable (So far) so it looks like these builds are only affecting the Rampage VI Extreme boards.

Thanks
DM*

**cekeu** · 09-08-2019 06:02 PM

with the Core i9 79xxX the bios 1503 is the last good bios. Just update the ME firmware to the latest version. According to my experience.

**ThrashZone** · 09-17-2019 09:02 PM

Hi,
Put 1902 on bios 2 and it seems okay on apex
1705 on bios 1 also seems fine.

**JTZ1032** · 12-31-2019 05:45 PM

Hi cekeu , G75rog , ThrashZone and Raven41,

Thanks for you confirmation that the stability of BIOS versions beyond 1503 for the VI Apex is not perfect (although 1704 looks good). I'll stay with my 1401 BIOS.

Sorry for responding to an older thread.

JTZ1032 PC Specs
Motherboard	Asus Rampage VI Apex
Processor	Intel Core i9 Extreme 7980XE @ 2.6 GHz (18 cores, 36 threads)
Graphics Card #1	Nvidia Titan RTX
Graphics Card #2	Nvidia Titan RTX
Graphics Card #3	2 way NVLink Enabled
Sound Card	Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus Pure Edition
Monitor	Dell UP3218K and Dell U2711
Storage #1	Corsair Neutron NX500 800GB
Storage #2	Seagate SkyHawk 10 TB
CPU Cooler	Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro RGB 360mm Liquid Cooler
Case	Corsair Obsidian 750D Windows Airflow Edition
Power Supply	Corsair AX1600i Titanium Plus
Keyboard	Corsair K95 RGB Platinum
Mouse	EVGA TORQ X10 Carbon
Headset/Speakers	Altec Lansing Expressionist FX3021 PLUS 2.1 @ 6 Ohms
OS	Windows 10 Pro for Workstations 64 Bit (Version 21H2)
Accessory #1	64 GB Intel Optane M.2 Memory Accelerator

G75rog PC Specs
Motherboard	R VI Apex
Processor	I9-7900X
Memory (part number)	64GB Gskill Trident Z
Graphics Card #1	AMD Radeon VII EKWB water block
Graphics Card #2	Waste of PCI lanes in NVME environment
Sound Card	Stock
Monitor	LG 34" Ultra Wide3440x1440
Storage #1	4ea 960 Pro 2TB, 2ea 970 Evo 2TB
Storage #2	1ea 960 Pro 1 TB, 1ea 970 Pro 1TB
CPU Cooler	EKWB CPU, Swiftech Res/pump, 400mm Rad
Case	Thermaltake View 91
Power Supply	NZXT Hale 90 1200W
Keyboard	Logitech G910
Mouse	Razer Ouroboros
OS	W10 64 1809, 1903, Ubuntu Linux
Network Router	Netgear R9000 + 4ea R9000 AP's, 10 Gb Switch
Accessory #1	Hyper M.2 X16 V2
Accessory #2	10GB network via Intel 550 Nic
Accessory #3	2 10GB Asustor NAS 7000 series

Brockmonster PC Specs
Motherboard	Rampage VI Extreme Encore
Processor	I9 10980XE
Memory (part number)	G.SKILL F4-3200C14Q-32GTZ Trident Z Series 32 GB DDR4 3200 MHz
Graphics Card #1	EVGA Hydro Copper GTX 2080TI
Graphics Card #2	EVGA Hydro Copper GTX 2080TI
Sound Card	Creative Sound Blaster ZxR PCI-Express
Monitor	Samsung 32"
Storage #1	Samsung 970 PRO Polaris 512GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
Storage #2	Samsung 970 PRO Polaris 512GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
CPU Cooler	EK Water Blocks EK Encore Full coverage
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Elite Super Tower Case - Black
Power Supply	EVGA 1600w
Keyboard	Corsair CH-9127014-UK K95 Platinum RGB Rapid Fire Cherry MX Speed Multi-Colour Backlit Mechanical Ga
Mouse	Corsair Gaming CH-9302111-EU Glaive RGB Multi-Colour Backlit Performance 16000 DPI
OS	Windows 10 X64
Network Router	ASUS RT-AC3200 Tri-Band Wireless Gigabit Router with USB 3.0
Accessory #1	2 x 480mm push pull 1 x 240mm push pull
Accessory #2	2 Custom loops, 2 x D5 Pumps, Solid Brass nickel plated tube
Accessory #3	6 x Corsair XTI 480gb SSD`s, Aquaero 6 XT, 3 x Poweradjust 3 USB, ultra version, 2x Flow sensor hig

DangerMouseUK PC Specs
Motherboard	Rampage VI Extreme
Processor	i9-9980XE
Graphics Card #1	Titan XP
CPU Cooler	H150i
Case	Obsidian 900D

cekeu PC Specs
Motherboard	ROG Rampage VI Extreme Encore
Processor	Intel Core i9-10920X
Memory (part number)	G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 Go (F4-3600C16Q-32GTZNC)
Graphics Card #1	ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Monitor	ASUS ROG SWIFT PG27UQ
Power Supply	SEASONIC PRIME 1300 W PLATINUM
Keyboard	ROG Falchion
Mouse	ROG Chakram Core

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ThrashZone PC Specs
Motherboard	z490 XII Apex 2nd x299 VI Apex 3rd x99 sabertooth
Processor	i9-10900k w/Foundation & i9-9940x w/SigV2 & 5930k w/ek-Magnitude
Memory (part number)	Trident-Z 3600c16 2x8 2nd Trident-Z 3600C16 4x8 3rd 3200c14 4x8
Graphics Card #1	Titan Xp & 1080ti FTW3 both water cooled & evga 980ti gaming on air
Monitor	AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz & ASUS VG248QE 24" 144Hz
Storage #1	2-Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500gb M.2 & 2.5" ssd's 850 pro's for os 850 evo for games
Storage #2	2-LG Blu-Ray WH16NS40
CPU Cooler	2-240GTX with Heatkiller-4-Pro/ vrm water block Both&x299 2-280GTX 2-D5's before and after rads
Case	2- Corsair 450D with second floors for 240GTX & 280GTX rads & 2 Test Benchs
Power Supply	EVGA 1000P2 & 1200P2 & 850p2
Keyboard	3x Logitech G710+
Mouse	3x Red dragon Perdition
OS	Linux-Cinnimon 20.2 & Win-7-10-11 pro
Accessory #1	Optimus Foundation copper plexi 2nd Optimus SigV2
Accessory #2	Mayhems clear all
Accessory #3	ModMyMods 3/8-5/8" clear soft tubing/ MORA 360 Pro x2