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New Updates for X299 Motherboards today. This is the BIOS that adds Resizable BAR support for those of you who have been waiting for it: BIOS 1.26 (E299 Dark) / 1.26 (E297 FTW K) / 1.19 (E296 Micro ATX 2) /1.27 (E295 Micro) Updates
- Support Resizable Bar
- Support up to eight NVMe devices displayed in BIOS
- Fix Cascade Lake-X CPU stepping string displayed in BIOS
Windows Installation- Download the correct .zip file below for your motherboard:
151-SX-E299-KR - EVGA X299 Dark - v1.26 142-SX-E297-KR - EVGA X299 FTW K - v1.26 121-SX-E296-KR - EVGA X299 Micro ATX 2 - v1.19 131-SX-E295-KR - EVGA X299 Micro ATX - v1.27- 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 double-click 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.
Please let me know if anyone runs into problems with this update. Thanks!
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/25 13:37:57
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/25 15:44:49
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Oooooooooooo!
I was wrong. And that's a good thing - thank you EVGA!
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/25 16:04:32
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Do 3xxx cards need a bios update too? or just drivers from nvidia for this to work?
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/25 16:44:45
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Do 3xxx cards need a bios update too? or just drivers from nvidia for this to work?
I've seen talk of all three requiring an update (motherboard, driver, and VBIOS).
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/25 18:31:06
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What is the reason for this BIOS ? if i am stable in Cascade Lake X?
And purpose of Stepping Strings and resizable bar?
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/25 19:33:46
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BIOS 1.26 (E299 Dark) / 1.26 (E297 FTW K) / 1.19 (E296 Micro ATX 2) /1.27 (E295 Micro) Updates
- Support Resizable Bar
- Support up to eight NVMe devices displayed in BIOS
- Fix Cascade Lake-X CPU stepping string displayed in BIOS
Support for ReBar might not be completely “right”. I just left you a question here with details: https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/3209584
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/25 19:48:17
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What is the reason for this BIOS ? if i am stable in Cascade Lake X?
And purpose of Stepping Strings and resizable bar?
1. PCIe resizable BAR is now supported. More info on that technology can be found in different thread of this forum and on Web. 2. BIOS NVME Info section will now show info for up to 8 NVMe devices. Previously it was showing info for up to 4 and rest of them wouldn't be shown (but would still work fine). This is not stability, performance nor feature related, it is just fine tuning of user interface thoroughness for those of us like me that are maxing out their PCIe lanes with NVMe devices. 3. Stepping string: Before if you had Cascade Lake X and went to BIOS CPU Information section and looked at stepping string it was implying you had Skylake X. Now it correctly shows stepping string for Cascade Lake X. It is not stability, performance nor feature related, it is just correcting information displayed.
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/26 10:13:58
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Thank you so much. <3 I am glad I choose EVGA. Keep up the good work. 
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/26 14:35:01
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Thanks much on the info, I wanna jack my pciex lanes to with nvme, and i don't do the bar stuff with pci ex. and the stepping thing
to me is no big deal, i am enjoying my oc and not screwing that up.
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/26 16:15:02
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Ok, bit the bullet on the bios, seems good, no issues with OC, got option for the bar option, and strings are good.
Ok CPU'z says Cascade Lake X, but Eleet X still says Skylake. Isn't their an EleetzX for Cascade Lake?
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/27 08:54:01
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Can confirm, this doesn't work for the AMD Rx 6800 XT, for some stupid reason the card needs to have CSM enabled. Well when you do this the screen loads with black and white colors in 640x480 resolution and nothing can change it.
The que for the 3080 needs to hurry up so I can dump this RX 6800 XT cause its just more problems than its worth at this point. If I hadn't sold my 2 1080's already I'd just go back to them....
Nice to see the NVME being updated though!
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/27 12:04:32
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I have an RTX 20 series. so this bar stuff might not work?
And, i am surprised this thread isn't flooded with coments, seeing this Intels best platform, since X58.
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/27 21:17:42
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I have an RTX 20 series. so this bar stuff might not work?
I too have RTX 20 series and have found that, unfortunately, 20 series does not support Re-BAR. At least not now.
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/28 08:39:19
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/28 10:05:04
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Thats what i was thinking too, In time, they will release software, or firmware for it.
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/28 10:38:51
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Anyone know why Eleet still shows Skylake X? Thought there was a fix for that.
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/28 14:16:17
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Sooooo AMD 6800, 6800XT and 6900XT confirmed gets stuck at error code 92 and I must turn on CSM.......
X299 FTW3 and X299 Dark confirmed I tested 6800 and 6900XT with a 9800X and get error 92
Why is no one talking about this?? ^^
So, it won't work for AMD 6000 GPU's ?!
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/28 16:04:55
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Sooooo AMD 6800, 6800XT and 6900XT confirmed gets stuck at error code 92 and I must turn on CSM.......
X299 FTW3 and X299 Dark confirmed I tested 6800 and 6900XT with a 9800X and get error 92
Why is no one talking about this?? ^^
So, it won't work for AMD 6000 GPU's ?!
That is correct, see my other post on the thread about the resizable bar. Basically what happens is you have to turn CSM off to get board to utilize the Bar. The card, needs CSM on for some reason. If you leave it on it will boot to windows in a black and white 640x480 resolution and you can't get it out of it. If you turn off CSM then the bios will get stuck at error code 92.
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/28 20:09:45
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Will they ever fix the adaptive vcore options in bios for Cascade Lake X? just curious, seems to run good at 5ghz? but this bios
wasn't intended for performance, but for steping fix, nvme, and bar.
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/29 02:50:51
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That is correct, see my other post on the thread about the resizable bar. Basically what happens is you have to turn CSM off to get board to utilize the Bar. The card, needs CSM on for some reason. If you leave it on it will boot to windows in a black and white 640x480 resolution and you can't get it out of it. If you turn off CSM then the bios will get stuck at error code 92. Yeah, if have experienced it too, back to 1.25 bios. This is a bummer, hopefully there is a fix possible. I couldn't even enter the bios with 1.26, needed to do a flash back via windows.
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/29 08:51:40
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Wow, this is a stressful option to deal with. So what is CSM? and if not setup right, can brock your GPU?
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/29 08:58:33
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That is correct, see my other post on the thread about the resizable bar. Basically what happens is you have to turn CSM off to get board to utilize the Bar. The card, needs CSM on for some reason. If you leave it on it will boot to windows in a black and white 640x480 resolution and you can't get it out of it. If you turn off CSM then the bios will get stuck at error code 92.
Yeah, if have experienced it too, back to 1.25 bios. This is a bummer, hopefully there is a fix possible.
I couldn't even enter the bios with 1.26, needed to do a flash back via windows.
You should have been able to clear the bios and get back in?
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/29 10:46:11
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Wow, this is a stressful option to deal with. So what is CSM? and if not setup right, can brock your GPU?
CSM is the Compatibility Support Module. It's basically the bridge between running your MB and Windows in UEFI mode and legacy hardware that may not natively support UEFI. With CSM enabled, you can usually still take advantage of older hardware and keep the benefits of using Windows in UEFI; otherwise, the device may not show up in Windows or appear usable at all. Changing CSM settings would have no means of damaging a graphics card. The most it will usually do is cause a hang while booting or cause a crash while trying to enter Windows if there's a compatibility issue. Both issues are fixable by either resetting the BIOS or entering the BIOS and reverting the changes you made to CSM.
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/29 11:43:38
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Not sure if i am gonna bother with this or not, seeing i haven't jumped to a 30 series due to no supply. but i haven't had any issues,
so i leave it be.
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Re: BIOS Updates for X299 Dark (1.26) / FTW K (1.26) / Micro ATX 2 (1.19) / Micro ATX (1.2
2021/01/29 14:05:17
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Wow, this is a stressful option to deal with. So what is CSM? and if not setup right, can brock your GPU?
CSM is the Compatibility Support Module. It's basically the bridge between running your MB and Windows in UEFI mode and legacy hardware that may not natively support UEFI. With CSM enabled, you can usually still take advantage of older hardware and keep the benefits of using Windows in UEFI; otherwise, the device may not show up in Windows or appear usable at all.
Changing CSM settings would have no means of damaging a graphics card. The most it will usually do is cause a hang while booting or cause a crash while trying to enter Windows if there's a compatibility issue. Both issues are fixable by either resetting the BIOS or entering the BIOS and reverting the changes you made to CSM.
But what about the issues with Radeon 6000 series GPU's, CSM on GFX go nuts and off is error 92? The whole idea of using Resizable Bar is useless atm? Ironicly the only family of GPU's supprting it right now. @Kram, yes that could do it I guess, but as I'm not sure what (settings) causes the issue with my RX6900XT, I reverted right back. I'm quite dissapointed that it turns out this way.
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