No I reset to default then changed only the XMP profile to 1 and it does not post.

Ah, sorry, the question was for Buff Jenkins

stonerhino

Out of curiosity, have you tried disabling the onboard intel raid rom? It might be fighting your HBA for that same address space.

 
I have the Intel SATA controller in AHCI so the RAID BIOS doesn't load.  I'm back on A05 at the moment, but when I have some more time this weekend I'll put R22 back on and throw in some more SAS cards and other add-ins just to see if the BIOS loads for any of them, but I'm doubtful at this point.  It would be interesting to know from anyone reading this thread if R22 actually lets the BIOS load for any of their add-in cards.

 I'm anxious to flash this one in place to see if I can finally overclock this MB without freezing at boot.
 
I've just about given up and relegated this machine to a WMC role and planning on _another_ build for the monster pc I've been waiting for.
 
I cannot _really_ complain ( but I am)..at $60 it was a fine deal given the assorted issues with overclocking, OK..so I paid a couple of bucks more for an overclocking CPU..it's still a good deal at $60. Now had I paid $260 like a lot of folks did, I assure you my post would be needing a pretty big bottle of tums to stomach.
 
I'll give this bios a go, but frankly speaking, I ain't expecting much. When engineers are handcuffed..there isn't much they can really accomplish on a cost/benefit ratio, especially on what is an end of life product.
 
I'll be paying a whole lot more attention to end of life these days as it turns out my 550ti video was also an end of life product. No issues with the card..finding another one is a bit of a pain ( it's a 2gb model)
 
I did enjoy most of the winter playing fallout new vegas and Falcon BMS at max settings, so If I replaced the MB on this build with something I could overclock, I'm not going to lose a whole lot of sleep over it. A processor upgrade would cost me far far more.
 
I've got stacks of old scsi disk drives and tape drives that cost me THOUSANDS over the years in my server closet..so to put the $60 ftw board on top of that stack isn't going to make me lose any sleep...might be suitable for framing in my QA hall of shame, net to a couple of iomega products and of course my $500 10MB jasmine "MegaDrive" and my 60GB Supermac scsi drive ( yeah..I've been around since before paper was made out of wood)
 
I hope this lesson was not overlooked by management, it would be a real shame if my next EVGA purchase had similar problems.
 
Oh yeah..got all my rebates last month..so that took a little of the sting out of this deal.

Has anyone got this working without any or minimal problems, the reason I'm asking is because I'm really hesitant on flashing to R22 because after flashing to R21 I've been having a lot of problems: Bootmgr, Crash Reboots( no bluescreen), Bootup Bluescreens and Overclocking seems unstable. <These things only occur with mild overclock settings i7 @4.2ghz and Memory @1600Mhz> As a result of the above problems, I have everything at stock settings. Which works fine but this is not the reason why I spent over $1,500 to build this Rig.
 
Windows 7 Home 64 bit
i7 2600k @3.4ghz
CoolerMaster HAF 922 
Vengeance 4X4=16gb @1333mhz
Corsair H100i
Evga Z68 FTW
Evga 660 SC SLi - Stock
Evga Control Panel 4
AeroCool Touch 2100
Samsung SuperWrite DVD
Seagate Int 1TB 7200rpm
Seagate Int 3TB 7200rpm
Seagate Ext 1TB 7200rpm
Seagate Ext 500GB 5400rpm Backup
 
 
 

if I don't update to ivy bridge I don't need this right ?

To all not planning on running an Ivy- keep the A05.  It is solid for me and many others.

Any news on how to maniupilate the BIOS? This is really a pain in my butt lol. I really hate have to swap bios back to the old.

Just some friendly advice for people using sandy-bridge on this board (z68 sli). stick with A05, my i5 2500k runs 14 degrees hotter with r22. (from 30* up to 44*)
And A05 doesn't have that stupid xmp profile glitch.
 
So pretty much what davevt31 said :)

I am using the R22 BIOS and it is a major improvement but that is obvious. It is even an improvement in the way storage devices are enumerated. My external USB 3.0 HDD is available to Windows most of the time, and the big thing is that my phone does disrupt POST anymore as a boot device. A bug I made a big deal about with A05 only to be told by forum posters that it was impossible to fix, I didn't let it bother me. Well congratulations on the great BIOS to a great motherboard. I am glad it is way better than it was but I know EVGA wouldn't be happy with better I am sure they want perfect. In explanation to improve USB storage device enumeration the external HDD is not always available to Windows I can not really pinpoint the cause because roughly 8/10 it works whereas probably 0/10 with A05 anyways. It has worked when the USB phone is plugged in and I was surprised they did not conflict. Something is going on still though likely a conflict when another USB storage device is plugged in.