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X79 BIOS bug, might affect all x79 boards

NEOAethyr
Level 7
Hi I was wondering if you guys could come chat with us at the xs forums.
There's a thread over there that has been started, it's a bug that seems to affect some people but not others judging from what I've seen so far on overclock.net.
I really just don't feel like re-typing info and such lol :).

I would of posted about it earlier but I've been kinda busy with other things.
Someone else made a thread on it though I figure now is as good as time as any to try to figure this out.

So anyways go over there and read the thread, it's not that big.
If you don't wanna post there then so beit, at least read it :).
And thanks.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?288873-Ram-performance-drop-X79-2400-divider
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BOLTS4BREKFAST
Level 12
I have ran several tests and I do not seem to be affected by this "bug"... I wonder why???

Do note that I have a RIVE (not RIVBE)
Here's my AIDA64 Results..
NZXT Phantom 820
Asus Rampage IV Extreme
NZXT HALE90v2 1200w PSU
Intel i7 3960X OC'd @ 4.7Ghz
Corsair H100i (Push/Pull)
MSI GAMING 4G GTX 980
16GB Corsair Dominator GT 2133Mhz
2 Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD's (RAID-0)
2 Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SSD's (RAID-0)
SoundBlaster Z PCIe Sound Card
Logitech Z906 5.1 Surround Sound
Sennheiser PC360 Headset
LG Blu-Ray Burner
Windows 10 Professional 64-bit

extreme
Level 7
you not using the 36:3 divider thats why....just use bclk manual to 100 and ram frequency to 2400. strap to auto. in AIDA your DRAM:FSB Ratio must be 36:3 then post your AIDA results here again.

Necrosan
Level 12
Nice find.
Hopefully they can fix this ASAP.
MB: ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 (Cooled by Corsair H100i w/ Noctua NF-F12 fans)
RAM: 64GB G.SKILL RipjawsZ 1600 (10-10-10-30)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X Hybrid
TV Tuners: 2 * Hauppauge HVR-1800
Case: CoolerMaster Cosmos 2

tistou77
Level 13
For me, 2400 with the R4E , ratio 36:3

36003

2666, R4BE, ratio 32:3

36004
Sorry for my english 😄


Case: Lian Li A77F
MB: Rampage VI Extreme Encore
CPU: i9 10980XE
RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB Royal 4x8Gb @4000 C16
GPU: EVGA RTX 2080ti XC Ultra
PSU: Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 1000W
OS: Intel Optane 905P PCIe
DATA: Samsung 980 Pro
SOUND: Asus Xonar Phoebus

extreme
Level 7
so it looks like only ivy bridge-E cpu thats not fully synchronizing with x79 platform ....
can someone post with ivy bridge-E cpu results with 36:3 divider RIVE,GENE, or RIVBE boards.?????

@tistou77
i saw you did not use 4930k for 36:3 divider 😄 can you do retest with this cpu and 36:3 divider and post the results here.

tistou77
Level 13
Write: 43xxx 🙂
Sorry for my english 😄


Case: Lian Li A77F
MB: Rampage VI Extreme Encore
CPU: i9 10980XE
RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB Royal 4x8Gb @4000 C16
GPU: EVGA RTX 2080ti XC Ultra
PSU: Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 1000W
OS: Intel Optane 905P PCIe
DATA: Samsung 980 Pro
SOUND: Asus Xonar Phoebus

NEOAethyr
Level 7
So maybe it only affects ivy-e cpu's ?

Methods I've tried so far to get it working right:

Set cpu multi to 38
(Board powers off automatically after bios save)
Set cpu multi to 40 + set ram div lower at the same time
(Board powers off automatically after bios save)
Set ram div higher
Done, bandwith is back to normal

Alternate fix, for when the board doesn't power it's self off for a cpu re-init.
1. Set cpu multi from 44 to 42.
2. Manually Power off.
3. Set ram div to 2133 and cpu multi back to 44.
4. Manually Power off.
5. Set ram div back to 2400.
Done, bandwith is good again.

Now here's one that didn't work. (edit: I just realized I may not of did this right anyways, I didn't switch to cpu back UP and the mem Down at the same time)
Set cpu to 42x
Reset no power off (save and exit bios reset...)
Set mem to 2133
Reset no power off (save and exit bios reset...)
Set cpu to 44x and mem to 2400
Reset (save bios settings...) then manaully power off after the restart
Done, still bad bandwith...

Bios'es I've tried and I know it affects: 0403 (stock), and 0507.
I'm currently on 0507, I haven't gotten around to try 0601 yet.
I'm pretty sure that new one is affected too, I just don't feel like taking bios pics and re-applying my settings to a new bios right this sec (would have to port over my 100mhz and 110/114mhz configs).
The new one is essentially meant for 3930k's anyways.

And for some odd reason my bios isn't powering off when I change my cpu multiplier anymore, not sure what that's about but I kinda prefer it this way.
It just threw me off a bit on my bandwidth fix (hence the alt fix above).

But anyways, when the bandwith is good, it stays that way even during reset, but gets bad again when you do a power off.
And from there you have to repeat the fix.

Now for some reason alot of people aren't affected, maybe it's because they are using a diff strap from 100mhz I don't really know.
Like for example, tistou77's 2600+ screenshot above.
Everything seems normal there, then someone like me for example comes around wondering what is going on, so people start suggesting stability issues, timings or voltages.
And it's none of those.

I posted a set of 6 different screenshots on the XS forum, showing the differences between the 2 in memtweakit, not a single timing difference.


@tistou77
Sounds you managed to find the bug too, so what do you think about it?


I know some people are gonna think, oh it's nothing it's just a benchmark.
Well to me it's important :).
It's like a 30% bandwith loss.

extreme
Level 7
seems ASUS is just not bother regarding this. they need to patch all the X79 boards bioses for fully support the new Ivy Bridge-E cpus. this problem is only with Ivy Bridge-E combo with X79 platform.

extreme wrote:
seems ASUS is just not bother regarding this. they need to patch all the X79 boards bioses for fully support the new Ivy Bridge-E cpus. this problem is only with Ivy Bridge-E combo with X79 platform.


Message Raja@ASUS and see if he can take a look at this thread, he might know something, if not, he'll tell the BIOS team.

Oh and of course the problem is only with Ivy-E and X79, there is no other possible combination to use lol