EVGATech_ChrisB
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BIOS 2.01 Updates: - Adds support for Ivy Bridge-E Processors
- Adds new GUI BIOS interface
- Various improvements/compatibility updates
Windows Installation- Download the correct .zip file below for your motherboard:
151-SE-E777-K2/K3 - EVGA X79 FTW- Close all open programs
- Go into the folder where you unzipped this package and run Windows_Update.bat
- Press any key to continue
- Click YES when the User Account Control message appears
- Press Y in to start the flash process
- DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR RESET DURING THE FLASH PROCESS
- After the flashing is finished, the system will automatically shut down after a key is pressed. Then power on again and go into BIOS to setup.
USB Flash/DOS Drive Installation - Create a bootable disk.
- Extract the above .zip file to your bootable disk.
- From a DOS prompt, run DOS_Update.bat
- Press Y in to start the flash process
- DO NOT TURN OFF POWER OR RESET DURING THE FLASH PROCESS
- After the flashing is finished, shut the system down completely. Then power on again.
After flashing verify that the correct flash was applied by checking the version number on the lower right corner of the BIOS screen. New GUI BIOS:
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/23 16:16:40
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so far so good  will do some stress testing tomorrow
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/23 17:02:15
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What are the various improvements chris... Oh man don't make me regret my step up. Wait does it show 8 slots of ram
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/23 20:10:35
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New bios seems fine can adjust BCLK Frequency setting with memory XMP profile set and not lose internet....! old bios this was not possible Thanks EVGA  
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/23 22:55:12
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Thank you very much EVGA , can you tell me please which of the three BIOS available (with the selection switch of the X79 FTW) is made specifically for Ivy Bridge-E ?, because for the X79 Dark only one of the three available BIOS is made for Ivy Bridge-E
post edited by tonschk - 2013/10/23 22:58:10
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/24 00:34:00
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The X79 Dark used BIOS #3 for Ivy-E only because the Dark shipped just prior to the release of Ivy-E chips, and that BIOS chip was pre-loaded with a beta BIOS for Ivy-E support. There is nothing inherently different with the three BIOS chips on the board, other than EVGA flashed one of them to a different BIOS version.
Given that this is the first BIOS for the X79 FTW that supports Ivy-E, none of the slots are preloaded with a BIOS for Ivy-E (X79 FTW's shipping from EVGA will likely be flashed to the latest). As such, any of the BIOS chips on the board will work with Ivy-E after you flash it to the new 2.01 BIOS. In other words, none of the chips are specifically made for Ivy-E; you are free to flash and use any of them.
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/24 06:29:24
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tonschk
Thank you very much EVGA , can you tell me please which of the three BIOS available (with the selection switch of the X79 FTW) is made specifically for Ivy Bridge-E ?, because for the X79 Dark only one of the three available BIOS is made for Ivy Bridge-E
No of the default BIOS's on the FTW support Ivy Bridge-E as the FTW came out over a year before Ivy Bridge-E. Any of the selection switches will support the flash to this BIOS, you just need to be using Sandy Bridge-E
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/24 07:42:19
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Where is the X79 SLI??????????
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EVGATech_ChrisB
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/24 09:13:40
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Dear dustingg, I can confirm that this is being worked on and we hope to have it available as soon as possible. dustingg
Where is the X79 SLI??????????
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/24 09:17:29
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EVGATech_ChrisB
Dear dustingg,
I can confirm that this is being worked on and we hope to have it available as soon as possible.
dustingg
Where is the X79 SLI??????????
Thank you Chris! I can't wait to give it a go. Hopefully this Rev can breathe some better life into this old board. thanks!
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/24 09:18:04
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Dear manojks, I can confirm that this update is a complete rework of the BIOS, so the various other improvements are hard to list. manojks
What are the various improvements chris... Oh man don't make me regret my step up. Wait does it show 8 slots of ram
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/24 11:15:35
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Hi, I updated the BIOS on my board, and my PS/2 mouse doesn't work in the BIOS. Please update the BIOS to support PS/2 mice. Also, I cannot boot into my windows 7 RAID 1 /*Mirrored*/ setup with BIOS 2.01. (Yes I did set my SATA mode to RAID after flashing.) When I flick the BIOS switch on the board back to position 2 (with 47 BIOS), I can boot into windows again. Any help is appreciated.
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EVGATech_ChrisB
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/24 14:44:15
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Dear areudz, I can confirm that the PS/2 Mouse is not supported in the BIOS and a USB mouse is recommended. I can also confirm that we have tried recreating the errors with booting to a Raid as you described, but unfortunately we have been unable to make a error occur. I can only assume this might be some sort of operating system error and it would be recommended to try a repair install of Windows after the new BIOS is enabled. Please let me know if you should need any additional support. chrisb@evga.com
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/24 20:03:25
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It works but not perfectly. I have activated S5 sleep state in the bios. The Problem now is that the pc doesent boot anymore. If i Switch to the older 44 bios i boot without Problem. So i took out again S5 sleep state and it works. Would be nice to fix this in the next bios.
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/24 23:49:29
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Hello, thank you for the help, I already skip the Sandy Bridge-E processors generation and I am just about to buy a 4820K after sort out the puzzle about C0, C1, or C2 stepping, I have no idea what is that or what is for, Oh wait apparently the C0, C1 or C2 is about the south-bridge not the processor I am confused  Trelor
No of the default BIOS's on the FTW support Ivy Bridge-E as the FTW came out over a year before Ivy Bridge-E. Any of the selection switches will support the flash to this BIOS, you just need to be using Sandy Bridge-E
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/25 09:53:10
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Why the computer doesen´t boot after power loss with this bios? If EUP Control is enabled happens the same Thing.
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/25 13:56:14
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Thank you for this BIOS update, tweaking these new settings gave me a huge performance increase in my videocard and CPU.
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/10/31 14:00:24
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Hi, my x79 ftw doesn't boot after i updated to BIOS 2.01. I have to open the case to press that red button to get it boots to BIOS menu. Any help here?
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/11/01 18:34:58
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HELLO I WANT TO KNOW THE BEST CONFIGURATION TO USE IN NEW BIOS PLEASE. I HAVE A SSD BUT NOW TAKE TO MUCH TIME TO TURN ON.. CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE???
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/11/02 02:59:15
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Boot times increased a lot.
Now I have x79 logo pop up twice and after second pop up and 'Starting UP windows' message I have black screen with cursor blinking for like 15-20 seconds.
With all this hype from Intel about how UEFI makes your PC load way faster than normal BIOS it is pathetic to see my 4 year old PC with normal HDD and simple BIOS boot twice as fast than this system with latest SSD, 12 thread cpu@4.1ghz, 16gb of 2133mhz ram and almighty UEFI.
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/11/05 23:00:54
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Hello, do you have only the SSD or also some HDD ? muziqaz
Boot times increased a lot.
Now I have x79 logo pop up twice and after second pop up and 'Starting UP windows' message I have black screen with cursor blinking for like 15-20 seconds.
With all this hype from Intel about how UEFI makes your PC load way faster than normal BIOS it is pathetic to see my 4 year old PC with normal HDD and simple BIOS boot twice as fast than this system with latest SSD, 12 thread cpu@4.1ghz, 16gb of 2133mhz ram and almighty UEFI.
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/11/06 12:39:36
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tonschk
Hello, do you have only the SSD or also some HDD ?
muziqaz
Boot times increased a lot.
Now I have x79 logo pop up twice and after second pop up and 'Starting UP windows' message I have black screen with cursor blinking for like 15-20 seconds.
With all this hype from Intel about how UEFI makes your PC load way faster than normal BIOS it is pathetic to see my 4 year old PC with normal HDD and simple BIOS boot twice as fast than this system with latest SSD, 12 thread cpu@4.1ghz, 16gb of 2133mhz ram and almighty UEFI.
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/11/06 16:23:04
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hello I have just the ssd exist any configuration to resolve the time to start up?? thanks
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/11/08 06:27:40
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I am having problems as well. I have to hit the reset button on my computer at least 15 times before the machine will load. 99% of the time it will not get the point where it gets to the Marvell controller BIOS and gets stuck at the X79 FTW graphic. I looked at the code on the motherboard and it seems to get stuck consistently at one of the steps in Southbridge initialization. Sometimes it gets to a point where even after 10 resets it'll get stuck and I have to completely reset the BIOS. When Windows loads, the machine runs faster then ever, but this has got to the best most painful BIOS I've dealt with. Was this BIOS tested with multiple CPUs? I have a hunch it has something to do with Sandy Bridge-E 3820 I'm using. The 047 BIOS was stuck at 50% usage on one of the 8 threads when hyperthreading is on. EVGA, please test this BIOS on the 3820 CPU. I have a hunch you'll see the same issues. I really want to upgrade to an Ivy Bridge-E processor, but I refuse to do so until I'm sure that this BIOS is stable. I'm tired of throwing money at parts earlier then I normally would in hopes of fixing a problem.
post edited by milesapartjf - 2013/11/08 06:30:39
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/11/09 09:06:11
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HI can someone told me how to recover my bios please i need to know!! or someone can send me a guide or somethin to do it !!!
i haver a mobo x79 ftw and i7 3820 8 gb ram
sorry 4 my bad english !!!
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/11/09 09:15:11
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carlos2408
HI can someone told me how to recover my bios please i need to know!! or someone can send me a guide or somethin to do it !!!
i haver a mobo x79 ftw and i7 3820 8 gb ram
sorry 4 my bad english !!!
Not surprise that you are having problems and it just so happens to be when this board has a 3820 in it. Anything EVGA?
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/11/09 09:31:17
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milesapartjf
carlos2408
HI can someone told me how to recover my bios please i need to know!! or someone can send me a guide or somethin to do it !!!
i haver a mobo x79 ftw and i7 3820 8 gb ram
sorry 4 my bad english !!!
Not surprise that you are having problems and it just so happens to be when this board has a 3820 in it. Anything EVGA?
why that s always happends ? with that cpu? how i can recover my bios wth the red button to clear cmos ?
post edited by carlos2408 - 2013/11/09 09:50:49
CPU Intel Core i7 3820 @ 3.60GHz 41 °C Sandy Bridge-E 32nm Tecnología ram 8.00GB Dual-Chanel DDR3 @ 800MHz (9-9-9-24) EVGA 151-SE-E777 (SOCKET 0) 34 °C FTW X79 LCD-32K30TD** (1920x1080@59Hz) 1024MBATI AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series (XFX Pine Group) 45 °C
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/11/11 22:11:20
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I love the new look and mouse actually functions. I played around with the bclock but went with the old 125 x 38 OC. No complaints from my mb on USB ports at 4.75 G, Gotta love that. Thanks EVGA for not giving up on us. Update: just ran Intel Burn Test default run, 13's in all 5 tests.   " />
post edited by MhzManiac - 2013/11/12 06:52:09
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/11/18 09:57:01
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My SoundBlaster card stopped working after upgrading. Does anyone know if there is any option that I may have wrong? The card is in the 4th PCIe port. It is a SoundBlaster XFi Titanium HD. Tranks :D PD: v0.47 without problems.
post edited by CucuFaiter - 2013/11/18 10:41:12
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Re: EVGA X79 FTW - BIOS 2.01 Released
2013/11/18 22:07:07
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Does it show up in the bios main screen in the upper right hand corner?
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