Well, I have to say that I also haven't solved this problem yet. My Front Base came already with V40 firmware (or at least it says that on the back of the Base, on a sticker) I tried to find out the FW version holding the knob for 5 seconds, but it didn't work. I checked that the MEI is installed, the BIOS is flashed, Audio drivers updated to new version and driver for Base is installed. I can read the fan speeds, clock and temps from the Front Base, but it won't set anything back to PC, no OC, speeds, EQ.
Could anyone please provide the V40 updated for Front Base so I can try to reflash it?
Thanks.
EDIT: I contacted our Czech ASUS Support and they didn't tell my anything new, just to flash the BIOS to new version and install drivers, then they suggested to send it back to seller, but now as I see that I am not only one who has this problem, I will wait a while, if there is some possibility to fix this with some SW update.
EDIT2: I just checked the product page of Front Base (
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG_Front_Base/) and at the bottom there is compatibility list, it says that with VII Hero its compatible with
Driver V1.01.01 or Later but on the download page there is only
ROG Front Base V1.00.10 that might also be the problem.
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