bcavnaugh

nico7777
Anyone updated to the BIOS 2.13 for the EVGA DARK?
I am having an issue currently where if I reboot my pc it does not want to boot again, I have to power it down completely and then discharge all power from board and then boot again.
I only have this board a few days now but any help will be appreciated. Currently im on BIOS 2.12.

Look above in this post for one issue I did find.

Aah ok, soz my bad :)
I installed the 2.13 BIOS and all seems to be working good now.
USB2 are also working 100% even with my H100i Link which is normally a nightmare to install but all is good so far.

d.burnette
Just saw this, and went ahead and updated.
Woohoo, finally I have a working mouse in my bios, even at my overclock settings.
Thanks EVGA!
 
Also noticed it wiped out my saved profiles, hope I remembered all my settings correctly lol.
I can't seem to remember, what setting is it that I can disable the X79 bios splash screen when posting?

Hey, that is the quiet boot under the boot menu, you just disable it ;)
 

Got it, thanks guys - so far all is well , and it is so nice to be able to use the mouse now.
 
Device manager is clean as a whistle.

bcavnaugh

Each time you update your Bios it will wipe out your Bios Profiles.

Aha, well that is fine I had saved pics of my bios settings so had them to refer to as well, looks like I remembered all the settings for the most part.
 
Thanks,

d.burnette

bcavnaugh

Each time you update your Bios it will wipe out your Bios Profiles.

Aha, well that is fine I had saved pics of my bios settings so had them to refer to as well, looks like I remembered all the settings for the most part.
 
Thanks,

Don't forget the 6-Pin PCIe in the Bios.

bcavnaugh

Don't forget the 6-Pin PCIe in the Bios.

Got it, thanks!

d.burnette

lowe0
 
 
One possible oddity... I'm running Win 8 with the CSM off (native UEFI boot). Anyone else running like that? If the code for the lights is wedged into the compatibility layer instead of the UEFI part of the firmware, that'd explain it.

I just updated to 2.13 this morning on my Dark, and now I have the flashing green light - did not have this on previous bios versions.
I too am running Windows 8.1  UEFI ( CSM disabled).

Did you reset the Bios to the Default by using that little Red Button on the MB or Rear before you updated the Bios?
And make sure you turn OFF your computer after the update the Bios.

d.burnette

CadetBuck
 
Unfortunately, enabling the "internal PLL overvoltage" does not correct the random PCI-E flashing green as Tech suggested. Appears completely random. The only way I have found to ensure the complete cycle to red and amber is to turn off the power supply, cycle the case power button, turn on the power supply and restart. Each time a cold start up is performed the lights cycle properly.

I think you have a problem with your image there.
 
Reckon there is any harm in just leaving this flashing green like this?

Their is a Post on this, looking for it now.
This Post http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2242065
 

I'm still using rev 2.10 and no blinking lights.

I had powered down my system for a while today as we had left to do some things, just powered it back up and now my PCIe indicator light is solid red as it should be.
Strange, will keep a check on it and see if it starts flashing green again at some point.

bcavnaugh

Might be that the power after Bios update is not long enough.
Do you have any Yellow in under Device Manger?

Nope, all good in device manager. Still showing solid red as well.

what do you mean problem with image?

Well so far after having my system powered down yesterday and then powering back up upon returning home, my PCIe led is still solid red, powered down for the night and back up this morning, still red as it should be.
 
Not quite sure why it was initially flashing green yesterday, what that meant, or why it went away - but it did...
 
Edit: I will say I am very pleased with this update, 2.10 was the last bios I was running , and now finally through all these bios updates I have a usable mouse in the bios GUI with 2.13. System seems just as rock stable as it has always been, heck I might even try lowering my offset a little for my overclock.
 
Btw, anyone else notice that the Marvell Sata Raid option in the bios appears to have gone away? Maybe it did with one of the more previous updates that I did not get as well, or maybe I am just missing it. I never used it and always disabled it, when I was looking for it to disable after this update I did not see it. I generally disable all the Marvell stuff.

Thank you EVGA

Thats just my guess. I have silent boot and CSM turned off so I dont see the marvell initialization screen (with that being said, I'm using the ports in a RAID array anyhow, so I kinda want it on).
 
 
Im having another issue with this BIOS. When I enabled the Internal PLL Override option, my system will boot straight to BIOS on a cold start and a restart. Whats up with that? Also, PCI-e Indicators are still flashing green.