AGESA 1.2.0.0 issues

[Daylight_Invader]

I am running an X570 I-Gaming which I have put in the 1.2.0.0 AGESA (BIOS version 3402).

Overall whilst things seem more stable in respect to things like USB and WHEA and NVME related issues, there are however still some strange oddities I have experienced. Keen to see what others running X570 or B550 are seeing.

In my case I have noticed that the board runs a lot hotter in idle. Running a stress test for example actually cools the processor with my AIO installed which is totally counter intuitive.

[jacktin]

1usmus posted on Twitter that the Asus 1.2.0.0 beta BIOS releases are in beta because they didn't calibrate the VRMs yet. That could account for your weird temp behavior.

[loccc]

For me this beta (as all previous betas actually) just cause WHEA errors above 3200mem / 1600 infinity fabric clock. Most stable on I have found was 3001 bios. 3800mem / 1900if with relatively low voltages work rock solid without any errors. I'll keep this 3402 for now with 3200mem while waiting proper version.

[Daylight_Invader]

For me this beta (as all previous betas actually) just cause WHEA errors above 3200mem / 1600 infinity fabric clock. Most stable on I have found was 3001 bios. 3800mem / 1900if with relatively low voltages work rock solid without any errors. I'll keep this 3402 for now with 3200mem while waiting proper version.

I had my first WHEA last night in ages, so agree that perhaps this is not as good as I first thought.

I should note that I am running DOCP/XMP with 3600 RAM so my FCLK is auto set to 1800 fabric.

[ElGranPC]

With the previous beta I was able to set FCLK 2000 and Memory at 4000 (DDR4-3600 kit) with no issues at all, first try. Sometimes I had some reboots, always at idle, while doing nothing, never when use or heavy use/test... Lowering to FCLK 1966 / DDR-3933 made it stable.
With the new beta, computer doesn´t even start. Bios error 07. Had to Clear CMOS, same with FCLK 1966 / Mem 3933, so I had to return to base FCLK 1800.

Using Strix X-570-E / 5800X / TT Toughram 3600 CL 18-19-19

[yukich]

Pretty sure your FCLK 2000 wasn't ever stable, look at hwinfo bottom page and you will see you have a lot of WHEA errors most likely, hence the reboots.

[Momo_dk]

Make sure you reset all your configs in the Bios. It seems with this bios beta, it introduced a lot more fields to be filled out. I found my stable OC of 3800 c16 on 1216 would not work under the new bios. Turns out bunch of "auto" been turned into randomly generated numbers...

That said, with my 3800 OC back, I only get two WHEA errors, right at the beginning of the stress test.

Seems like SMA / Resizable BAR no longer works right. When activated, I get a large batch of WHEA errors through out the test. System seems to be struggling too. Best part is when done and letting the machine idle, it goes it to a hard freeze. Can't move mouse or anything. I know the system technically crashed when the RGB lightning in the case drops the static and goes into Rainbow Barf.

Now if only I could downgrade to the previous stable BIOS, that would be great. Apparently none of the older BIOSes are recognized by the EZ Flash tool...

[dmbrio]

Make sure you reset all your configs in the Bios. It seems with this bios beta, it introduced a lot more fields to be filled out. I found my stable OC of 3800 c16 on 1216 would not work under the new bios. Turns out bunch of "auto" been turned into randomly generated numbers...

That said, with my 3800 OC back, I only get two WHEA errors, right at the beginning of the stress test.

Seems like SMA / Resizable BAR no longer works right. When activated, I get a large batch of WHEA errors through out the test. System seems to be struggling too. Best part is when done and letting the machine idle, it goes it to a hard freeze. Can't move mouse or anything. I know the system technically crashed when the RGB lightning in the case drops the static and goes into Rainbow Barf.

Now if only I could downgrade to the previous stable BIOS, that would be great. Apparently none of the older BIOSes are recognized by the EZ Flash tool...

Beta BIOS can only be reversed via BIOS Flashback.

[Kelutrel]

Make sure you reset all your configs in the Bios. It seems with this bios beta, it introduced a lot more fields to be filled out. I found my stable OC of 3800 c16 on 1216 would not work under the new bios. Turns out bunch of "auto" been turned into randomly generated numbers...

I second this as I had the same issue.
Do NOT reload your previously saved BIOS profile and settings. With this beta bios just load the optimized defaults and set your other bios flags manually.

[chrismog2_2]

With a C8F and BIOS version 3202, I can't get my RAM / IF above 3200 / 1600 respectively without introducing instability, usually when coming back to idle, although a couple during gaming sessions (FFXIV specifically - didn't test much else). I started from the DOCP settings and manually set the RAM timings, then just dialed back the RAM and IF frequencies. I got a couple memory dumps out of it, but also some black screen reboots w/ failed dump file creation.

CPU: 5950X
RAM: G-SKILL F4-3600C16-8GTRS (4x8GB)

edit: actually, got a WHEA / dump even at these speeds. Dump file analysis pointed to a L1 cache read error with core 13, and this was consistent with an earlier dump file. Suggestions?

================================================== =============================
Common Platform Error Record @ ffffa30821a02028
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Record Id : 01d6ede4e9a94cdb
Severity : Fatal (1)
Length : 936
Creator : Microsoft
Notify Type : Machine Check Exception
Timestamp : 1/18/2021 22:02:49 (UTC)
Flags : 0x00000000

================================================== =============================
Section 0 : Processor Generic
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Descriptor @ ffffa30821a020a8
Section @ ffffa30821a02180
Offset : 344
Length : 192
Flags : 0x00000001 Primary
Severity : Fatal

Proc. Type : x86/x64
Instr. Set : x64
Error Type : Cache error
Operation : Data Read
Flags : 0x00
Level : 1
CPU Version : 0x0000000000a20f10
Processor ID : 0x000000000000000d
Instr Pointer : 0x0x00007ffd302c817e

================================================== =============================
Section 1 : x86/x64 Processor Specific
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Descriptor @ ffffa30821a020f0
Section @ ffffa30821a02240
Offset : 536
Length : 128
Flags : 0x00000000
Severity : Fatal

Local APIC Id : 0x000000000000000d
CPU Id : 10 0f a2 00 00 08 20 0d - 0b 32 d8 7e ff fb 8b 17
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Proc. Info 0 @ ffffa30821a02280

================================================== =============================
Section 2 : x86/x64 MCA
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Descriptor @ ffffa30821a02138
Section @ ffffa30821a022c0
Offset : 664
Length : 272
Flags : 0x00000000
Severity : Fatal

Error : DCACHEL1_DRD_ERR (Proc 13 Bank 0)
Status : 0xbc00080001010135
Address : 0x0000000121362120
Misc. : 0xd01a0ffe00000000