rgarodnick

SoldierRBT
Is there any beta BIOS with better Adie support I can test?
 
Thanks

How high are you trying to run your RAM? Is it not stable for you?

8400 boots and 8200 Y-cruncher. Dark doesn't have proper ram vddq training, probably just stock Intel MRC tuning. Max stability is around 7400-7600. Also no tRCDWR timing which boost performance a lot on RPL.

SoldierRBT Dark doesn't have proper ram vddq training

source? are you running auto or 20-30mV below mem vdd

minwoo520
Z690 DARK KINGPIN BIOS 2.03 with SK hynix A-DIE
In the BIOS, set VDD to 1.62 and check it through HWINFO, it is 1.56-1.57, and it has dropped by about 0.5-0.6. Is this normal?

Renesas PMIC, so very normal.

when is the non beta non broken bios coming?

rblaes_99
when is the non beta non broken bios coming?

Apparently they’re working on higher A-die data rate support. That will likely be the new release. No idea when it’s coming, but I’m not really getting my hopes up. I’ve begun to get the impression that EVGA have moved on, and I guess we can’t really blame them. Z790 is marketed towards RPL, so technically we’re all supposed to upgrade :/.

We really need a new BIOS for the Z690 Dark KP to better accommodate A-Die overclocking with RPL. My 7600CL36 kit has a hard time even booting with XMP at times, and I've seen a regression in GB3 memory score against both my Samsung and M-Die kits tuned at 7000CL32. The memory point difference was almost 3000 points.

The new BIOS should be released within a weeks time.

rjohnson11
I'm going to ask that builds come directly from EVGA and not via a third party source. So the URL link to that BIOs is deleted. 

Although that does make sense some level of sense, please do consider another perspective. All of the Dark users on RPL have been forced to daily a beta BIOS for the last 2 or 3 weeks now, and 2.02, an official release, was bricking BIOS chips left and right. Everyone who has purchased a Z690 Dark feels like a fool because Z690 Unify-Xs and Z690 Apexs are making the Dark look stupid at this point in time. Unless the beta version of 2.04 has a similar BIOS-bricking fundamental flaw, I don't see how giving us a half-baked 2.04 would be any worse than leaving us on 2.03 with broken A-die MRC regardless - respectfully. 
 
Bear in mind I'm not saying that all users should be allowed to post whatever they want, merely that because some users are currently successfully testing 2.04 with few complaints, there would be no logical reason for EVGA to hold it from us. It may actually be beneficial, as not all tech users own social media accounts or interact online. There are thousands of customers who have no clue that BIOS 2.04 is being tested, and many of these users may currently be looking to migrate off of the Dark out of sheer frustration. I certainly was.
 
I hope you find this a reasonable and coherent argument, my point is not to cause a scuffle, but merely to suggest that perhaps it's been a long enough wait. I'm sure there are many owners who are quite tired of waiting.

Thewebsiteisdown
Can someone please release a preview BIOS 2.04? I see online where it's been released to a user on twitter and he was posting 7800 with a 32gb x2 kit. I'd really appreciate to be able to utilize my 7600 16gb x 2 a die at this point as I'm hitting a hard wall at 7400. I'd rather not wait another week tbh.
 
 

It's been released.

rodarkone
Update/Continuation of the story from https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/3583997
 
Changed the GPU: from 3090Ti Kingping -> 4090 AMP Extreme got the 53 54 7F loop even with the Corsair kit of DDR5 (this was working fine before)
Replaced Corsair KIT with the the 2 GSkill DDR5 kits mentioned in the forum post above (still looping) 
Replaced the G.skill kits back with the Corsair and Replaced the 4090 with 3090Ti Kingping .. all good
Replaced the 3090 Ti Kingpin with a 3090 Ti EVGA FTW3 Ultra .. all good (with Corsair DDR5 kit) 

I hope something can be done - is kind of silly just to replace the GPU and board started to act funny, also the incompatibility with gskill memory module is kind of bad also. 

Did you found a solution. I am struggling for over 2 weeks
 
Found that Zotac Trininty 4090 and Gskill 7800 does not works on this motherboard.
 
Trident Z5 F5-7800 16GBx2 Kit - EVGA Forums

I think you did not read the other post. Never mind thanks for your 2 cents.