This BIOS is ONLY for the EVGA 790i Ultra Motherboard (part number 132-CK-NF79- )

P09 Updates:

• Improved Keyboard/Mouse compatibility.
• Improved system update.
• Updated EIST/C1E.
• Improved GPU compatibility.
• Improved memory compatibility.
• Fixed virtualization not being enabled after S3 resume.
• Updated PXE ROM.
• Fixed compatibility with larger hard drives in RAID mode.
• Fixed system hang with KB/MS in wrong PS2 port.
• Improved S3 resume.
• Improved S5 resume.

BIOS updating can be accomplished VIA the below methods:

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CD/DVD Installation - Recommended installation method

• Download the following .iso file: NF79_P09.iso
• Use a CD Burning software to burn the .iso image onto a blank CD (Nero, Alochol 120%, MagicISO etc.)
• After it has burned, insert CD and restart the machine, go into the BIOS and load defaults, save and exit
• Now set the CD Drive as the primary boot device, or press escape while the system is booting to select CD as the bootable device.
• After flash remove the CD, and power off PC Completely.
• Turn on the PC and load defaults in BIOS

 

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USB FLOPPY Installation - Recommended installation method

• Download the following executable: NF79_P09.exe
• Insert blank floppy disk into drive and run executable
• After the floppy has written fully, restart the machine, go into the BIOS and load defaults, save and exit
• Now set the USB Floppy as the primary boot device, or press escape while the system is booting to select USB Floppy as the bootable device
• After flash remove the floppy, power off PC Completely
• Turn on the PC and load defaults in BIOS

 

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USB Flash Drive Installation - Alternate installation method

• Download: NF79P09.bin
• Visit this thread and follow the installation instructions. (thanks 30h6).
• Use the downloaded .bin file in the USB flash drive.

 

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Warning:
**Do not restart or interrupt your PC while the flash is ongoing
**Do not Flash BIOS on overclocked settings
**It is always recommended to power-down after flash and Clear CMOS

lol I have 2 still. P08 was not stable for me & a lot of other members... I had no problems with P07 BIOS. Haven't even tried this one... Hope we can get some feedback on how this BIOS is...


 I wish the FTW bios would come out to fix the cold boot problems... My comp is proven stable with numerous programs, but cannot boot cold... I am sure many other members will agree here also...

Awesome, twelve hours after i update to P08 this is released!

I think i'll hold off on it for a while given how stable i am now.

Maybe next reformat.

no **** :)

finally!! :D

will give it a shot before weekend.

Thank You!

P09 seems stable and good for my gaming rig.  I reset the cmos after flashing, then set the required fields in the bios.

Not sure about this version of bios, but any previous versions; From what I have read through these forums since I have been a member, it was hard to get this board to run 8GB... I ony had 4GB in both my 790 ultras...

I love you EVGA!!!! Finally, I can use my X-FI Tianium PCIe with SLI activated without poping and crackling. Didn't tought that I'll ever see a new version of BIOS for 790i chipsets... Thank you EVGA! Creative, eat chili and die!

I flashed my server about 12 hours ago... Everything went well & haven't had any problems. i haven't done extensive stress testing but my stable overclock was still stable 20 passes of IBT! =)

http://www.critical-damag...p?name=Web_Server_Info

Wow, haven't even looked for a new 780i bios in a year or more.  Still on P07.  I mosey on up to the stickies just for the hell of it & P09 is there!  And it was 1st posted less than a week ago.  Amazing timing.

I'm extremely impressed, EVGA (or is it only nvidia's doing?  -would like to credit EVGA...)
 
EDIT:  whoops, I thought I was in the 780 sticky; comments still apply. 

Anyone getting better overclocks?  My q9450 is only really happy at 1800fsb linked/synced but I haven't really pushed it.  I have the RAM to push it if I want to, but 3.7 or 3.8 probably isn't much better than 3.6Ghz.  I will upgrade to P09 in a day or two when I have a chance, been really happy and stable on P07, absolutely no problems.

Stability seems to be good, no problems in game either. As for oc's, I have been able to push a little bit higher (4.28GHz) but haven't had the time to play with getting it stable. I have been able to post @ 4.304 but does not make it Windows.

OK, so this is the deal.

I found P07 stable under IBT2.3 (20 max stress rounds, cpu temp max 71C) on my system with following settings:
1800MHz link-sync (3.6GHz) @ 1.425v vcore, 1.25v vtt, 1.50v spp, 1.55v mcp, 1.9v vdimm (8-8-8-22-2T)

I found P09 stable under IBT2.3 (20 max stress rounds, cpu temp max 74C) on my system with following settings:
1800MHz link-sync (3.6GHz) @ 1.432v vcore, 1.25v vtt, 1.50v spp, 1.55v mcp, 1.9v vdimm (8-8-8-22-2T)

the only difference was vcore 1 notch higher under P09. i tried raising vtt instead to 1.30V and keeping same vcore, but it failed after 6 rounds or so.

for comparison under P08 I had to use 1.30V vtt and also vcore higher than under P07 plus I ended up with some random lock ups after all of that (perhaps SPP was not right back then due to SLI strain on mem controller which i wasn't aware of, not sure).

In summary, i like this BIOS if it really fixes all the stuff mentioned in release notes (e.g. GPU compatibility). I will not try clocking my chip higher for daily use, but of course I will some time try shooting it into 2000MHz (p1p2 auto unfortunately due to SPP limitation on my board) for benching. good bios I would say, so far I like it! :)

Am trying to get this bios update, and cannot, I keep getting an operation timed out error...

Can not download file, keep getting this message. This webpage is not available. The webpage at http://cdn.evga.com/bios/NF79_P09.iso might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.


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