GIGABYTE Modified Bios

[boondocks]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Even, I underline "firmware'......

Hi Stasio.
Are you using the Intel RST 13.2.xx drivers on your board(s)?

Thanks!
Boon

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

No,
mostly 13.1.xx and testing 13.5.xx ("they" said is false or even 13.1....?).

Edit:
Opppsss....you ask about drivers...now I am like lowmotion...

yea,installed is 13.2.4.1000

[boondocks]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

No,
mostly 13.1.xx and testing 13.5.xx ("they" said is false or even 13.1....?).

Interesting. Thanks!

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Interesting. Thanks!

This is Intel RAID ROM.

[boondocks]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

This is Intel RAID ROM.

Right. I'm not running RAID atm so I will stick with 13.1.xx ROM I guess.

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Right. I'm not running RAID atm so I will stick with 13.1.xx ROM I guess.

I think RST driver 13.5.0.1056 is on the way.....soon.

Edit:
uploaded....

[luckyboy]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Broadwell is not released yet....will take a time.....
Edit:
Anyway,I'll check first......


G1.Sniper Z87 - F4a-mod

Modified with :

Intel Legacy RAID ROM 12.7.0.1936 to 13.2.0.2134
Intel UEFI SataDriver 12.5.0.1815 to 13.2.0.2134
Intel PCI Accelerated SVGA PC 2179 to 2180
Intel GOPdriver 5.0.1036 to 1037
Bigfoot PCIE Ethernet Controller 2.1.1.1 to 2.1.1.5
CPU MicroCode 06C319 to 06C31A
ME firmware 9.0.30.1482
Modified splash logo 2

MEI 9.0.31.1487 (Firmware) flash yourself in Windows mode.

With this bios f4a-mod, can I set turbo boost for all cores to 3.9GHz? I'm using this bios g1sniperz87f2-Kmod but have issues. Thank you.

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

With this bios f4a-mod, can I set turbo boost for all cores to 3.9GHz? I'm using this bios g1sniperz87f2-Kmod but have issues. Thank you.

Try this :

G1.Sniper Z87 - F4a-Kmod

-Non-K All Core max. Turbo

[gogy3d]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Manufacturer: Gigabyte
Model: GA-M61SME-S2L Rev. 2.0
Bios Type: AWARD
Bios Revision: F5j
Bios link: http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList...2l_2.0_f5j.exe
Please modified bios,thank you

[luckyboy]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Try this :

G1.Sniper Z87 - F4a-Kmod

-Non-K AllCore max. Turbo

Thank you very much :) I have few questions, about bios update. Would be glad if you can answer me. After updating and restart pc, Windows loaded and I saw Balloon Notification about ''new driver was instaled'' or something similar. I check in device manager audio/network/sata drivers etc and they are was the same, which is normal. But network settings was changed. Is this normal and why after bios update, every time I seeing baloon notification, about devices drivers? What change bios update in Windows enviroment?

With f4a-kmod all 4 cores runs at 3.9 GHz.

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Thank you very much :) I have few questions, about bios update. Would be glad if you can answer me. After updating and restart pc, Windows loaded and I saw Balloon Notification about ''new driver was instaled'' or something similar. I check in device manager audio/network/sata drivers etc and they are was the same, which is normal. But network settings was changed. Is this normal and why after bios update, every time I seeing baloon notification, about devices drivers? What change bios update in Windows enviroment?

With f4a-kmod all 4 cores runs at 3.9 GHz.

First,why you want BIOS F4a ?...as BIOS F4 is out long time.

Second,which driver you have installed for Atheros Killer LAN?

[luckyboy]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

I can't find F4 final in Gigabyte site, only F3 and F4a. I prefer ''final'' instead beta, but for long time I checking and f4 still is beta :) Btw, F3 bios is most stable bios for my mobo which I'm used. Before months I asked for f3 bios mod, but without success :D
Network driver is downloaded from Gigabyte site. All drivers, except video and audio drivers are downloaded from Gigabyte site.

After bios update these checkboxes was checked. That's it. Perhaps this is not problem...I don't know.

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

^
I prefer always latest drivers or BIOS and I am not "depend" to GB web page.
So,
why you ask mod BIOS, as is not per GB web page?.....latest ROM's with outdated drivers...??

Sample:
BigFoot LAN driver (Suite) on GB web page (for your board) is version 1.0.30.1259 and latest official driver (Suite) from Qualcomm Atheros is 1.1.47.1374.

- version 1.0.30.1259 = driver 8.0.2.38
- version 1.1.47.1374 = driver 8.1.0.23

[luckyboy]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

I too prefer latest drivers, but not always the newest is better. For example last killer network manager. If not uncheck 'bandwidth control', I can't connect to internet. And ask for moded bios, only for turbo boost, nothing else.

When load optimized default in bios, vcore on my i7 4771 is 1.094. Is this means, that I can set manual vcore 1.094v and this voltage is normal working voltage for my processor? I ask, because when run software which support AVX, vcore up to 1.20 and temps is little high. If set voltage to 1.094, i'm sure the temps will drop.

[parsec]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

I too prefer latest drivers, but not always the newest is better. For example last killer network manager. If not uncheck 'bandwidth control', I can't connect to internet. And ask for moded bios, only for turbo boost, nothing else.

That is true, I agree. I could list several different drivers where the new version had problems.

Mother board manufactures may not update the driver download page for their boards, and people complain about that. The manufactures don't do that because they have not tested the driver enough (or at all) and don't want users that do not have enough experience with PCs unhappy and requesting an RMA when it is only a driver problem.

When load optimized default in bios, vcore on my i7 4771 is 1.094. Is this means, that I can set manual vcore 1.094v and this voltage is normal working voltage for my processor?

That voltage will be close to the normal working voltage of your processor. The question is do we really know what speed the processor is running at when in the BIOS (standard or Turbo at stock/Auto CPU clock) and how many cores and threads are being used. In the past it was said that only one core was being used when in the BIOS, since the OS (Windows, etc) assigns processes to cores and threads. Is that still true for UEFI firmware? I'm not sure.

My point is 1.094V might not be enough when all the cores are running, and for Turbo boost, but you won't need much more voltage.

I ask, because when run software which support AVX, vcore up to 1.20 and temps is little high. If set voltage to 1.094, i'm sure the temps will drop.

Welcome to the world of Haswell processors, Adaptive Voltage, and AVX!

If your CPU voltage type is set to Auto, you will be using Adaptive voltage, which changes with the load on the CPU. When using Adaptive voltage, AVX instructions in software cause the CPU voltage to increase even more than any other type of load. That is normal for any Haswell processor.

You can test using a manual voltage with an AVX test and see what happens. If it fails the test, you will need to increase the manual voltage. But how much if any software besides tests use AVX instructions? Not many if any at all, so the AVX test may not matter in real world use.