BIOS 1.09/1.04 Updates 

• Improving Memory compatibility
• Improved NVMe device legacy boot time
• Various smaller issues fixed

  

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Windows Installation

• Download the correct .zip file below for your motherboard:

         151-SS-E179-KR - EVGA Z170 Classified
         142-SS-E178-KR - EVGA Z170 Classified-K
         140-SS-E177-KR - EVGA Z170 FTW
         111-SS-E172-KR - EVGA Z170 Stinger

• First go into your BIOS and load defaults, save and exit
• Close all open programs.
• Go into the folder where you unzipped this package and update.bat
• Press Y 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. Then power on again and go into BIOS to setup.
• NOTE: If flash box immediately closes after flash attempt, the flash may need to be ran from a CMD prompt with administrator privileges or DOS version.

  
BIOS Installation

• Extract the contents of .zip file to USB flash drive (must be formatted as FAT32)
• Reboot the machine and go into the system BIOS

• From the BIOS, navigate to the Save & Exit tab and open "Select BIOS File."
• Select the .bin file you wish to flash.

1.09 keeps giving me BSOD memory management error. Tried Auto, Manual and XMP1, default voltage and manually set voltage. Back to 1.08 for now..it's been pretty good. Don't fix if it's not broken eh? :)
z170 ftw
i5 6600k
muskin ddr4 3000 (4x8gb)
Win 10 x64

1.04 will not recognize nvme boot drive win 10.

lee.bidgood
1.04 will not recognize nvme boot drive win 10.

Did you re-enable the M.2 slot after the 1.04 bios upgrade? Flashing the BIOS probably disabled the M.2 slot and/or reset your boot order.

I don't know if anyone can answer this, but is the Classified 4way even a thing still?
 
I ordered one back in mid-June and Amazon didn't have it scheduled for shipping until 19 August (2 days before this post), and now Amazon doesn't even know if it will be in stock ever again.  I'm very confused about this motherboard because I've seen pictures of it in other people's cases, but even the EVGA website only lists the Classified K which isn't the one I want.  The 4-way is an E-ATX form factor, and K is only ATX.
 
Please help if anyone knows anything.
 
*EDIT* So I did find mention of it on the EVGA main website, and it says "coming soon." Which explains why it isn't ready for shipping, but I don't understand how I've seen it in someone else's case.  Specifically uidzero, if you are able to look him up on PC Part Picker.  (I can't post URLs yet)
Ah, yeah. I can post a pic though:

So, you can tell this is the 4-way because the metal ribbon on the bottom right of the board says "Classified" and on the K version it just says, "EVGA."
*EDIT*
 
 
 
(EVGA Z170 Classified 4-Way Intel Socket LGA-1151 with DDR4 3200mHz+ Motherboard EATX 151-SS-E179-KR) 
Supports Intel 6 Generation Socket LGA-1151 Processors

• Intel Z170 Chipset
• Enthusiast Layout Supporting 4-Way SLI, 3-Way SLI, and 2-Way SLI
• 4 DIMM Dual-Channel DDR4 3200MHZ+ (64GB)
• PCI Express 3.0 Ready
• 2 USB 2.0 Ports (two rear panel), 8 USB 3.0 Ports (six rear panel, two onboard), 2 USB 3.1 Ports (two onboard), 1 HDMI Port, 1 DisplayPort 1.2 Port
• 8 SATA 6G Ports (2 SATA Express), 2 Intel Gigabit Ethernet Port (10/100/1000), Creative Sound Core3D Quad-Core Audio Processor + Optical, 2 M.2 Slot (Key M/E) Up to 32Gbps(M)
• E-ATX Form Factor

 
 
 

pearhead
1.09 keeps giving me BSOD memory management error. Tried Auto, Manual and XMP1, default voltage and manually set voltage. Back to 1.08 for now..it's been pretty good. Don't fix if it's not broken eh? :)
z170 ftw
i5 6600k
muskin ddr4 3000 (4x8gb)
Win 10 x64

I wonder if it is a the 4 sticks setting your bsod off I got 2 since build of 3200mhz ddr no issue

Would not recommend updating 1.03 to 1.09 on stinger.
 
Corrupted my bios and now I cant play anything for weekend or play in the legion release
 
real nice

Tried flashing to 1.04 on Classified K and system would not post.  Kept getting 4F error code and 6 beeps -- manual says 'DXE IPL is started'.  Next in sequence is 'Memory Initialization Error', so I don't know if it stopped because of 4F or it couldn't init memory and proceed?  Anyway, tried a bunch of things like clearing CMOS and removing peripherals down to the bare essentials and nothing help.  Thought I was screwed and would have to wait for replacement, but remembered this board has dual BIOS.  YAY!  Booted into 2nd BIOS just fine, tried flashing the 1st BIOS again with 1.04 and same issues.  I finally flashed it back to 1.03 and it's working fine again both stock and with my modified profile.
 
Any ideas on the issue?  All my components are the HAL. 1.04 isn't critical to me, but was hoping 'Various smaller issues fixed' might mean fixing the HD LED indicator to work properly with NVMe drives.  Right now it only works for SATA for me.  Hardly the end of the world, but would be nice.
 
FWIW, the dual BIOS thing is awesome and I'll never buy another board without it.  I'll never flash the 2nd BIOS either -- keeping that on 1.01 for situations like this.

sl1200mk2
Tried flashing to 1.04 on Classified K and system would not post.  Kept getting 4F error code and 6 beeps -- manual says 'DXE IPL is started'.  Next in sequence is 'Memory Initialization Error', so I don't know if it stopped because of 4F or it couldn't init memory and proceed?  Anyway, tried a bunch of things like clearing CMOS and removing peripherals down to the bare essentials and nothing help.  Thought I was screwed and would have to wait for replacement, but remembered this board has dual BIOS.  YAY!  Booted into 2nd BIOS just fine, tried flashing the 1st BIOS again with 1.04 and same issues.  I finally flashed it back to 1.03 and it's working fine again both stock and with my modified profile.
 
Any ideas on the issue?  All my components are the HAL. 1.04 isn't critical to me, but was hoping 'Various smaller issues fixed' might mean fixing the HD LED indicator to work properly with NVMe drives.  Right now it only works for SATA for me.  Hardly the end of the world, but would be nice.
 
FWIW, the dual BIOS thing is awesome and I'll never buy another board without it.  I'll never flash the 2nd BIOS either -- keeping that on 1.01 for situations like this.

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Is there a way to disable the stinger splash screen during boot? Before updating bios to 1.09 I was able to boot without the splash screen displaying.
Thanks.