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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 08:07:41 (permalink)
People should update the chipset drivers and raid drivers ect with the new bios to match the new roms correct? Just wondering if that would help those bench scores?
 

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 08:12:48 (permalink)
AHowes

People should update the chipset drivers and raid drivers ect with the new bios to match the new roms correct? Just wondering if that would help those bench scores?



Yes, exactly.
A list of links would be nice

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 08:14:42 (permalink)
take a look at post 16, it has the newest chipset, RST, and realtek drivers (these aren't really needed,but it's good to have)

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 08:17:49 (permalink)
elganja

take a look at post 16, it has the newest chipset, RST, and realtek drivers (these aren't really needed,but it's good to have)


oh, right

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 08:28:13 (permalink)
How long till its out of beta?

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 08:31:58 (permalink)
As soon as its out of beta stage I will definitely update! Just wondering though whats the official bios upgrade procedure? On another board I totally fried my bios chip with a bad flash and now a little paranoid. Anyone have tips for a successful flash please post as well?
 
Thanks.
 
PS: On that board was able to swap to bios chips easily. On the 759 Classified is the bios chip easily removable just in case your flash goes wrong? Where is it also located on the board?
 

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 08:44:14 (permalink)
EVGA_JacobF
BIOS 80 BETA Updates:
  • Updates Intel RAID Rom to 10.5.0.744
  • Updates CPU Microcode to version 13
  • Updates Intel AHCI Rom to 1.07.10
  • Updates JMicron ROM to 1.07.25
  • Updates Realtek PXE Rom to 2.39
snip... 

Few observations...
 
1. RAID ROM initializes inline with the JMicron ROM.  It would be nice to either put it on its own screen or at least have a couple of new lines (blank lines) before the RAID ROM initialization.  It is difficult to distinguish it when it is inline.
2. AHCI ROM is not from Intel.  It is from Phoenix, but it is an updated version it seems from the 1.06.70 to 1.07.10.  A list of changes would be nice.
3. It would be nice to get more details on how to use some of the updated features in the Intel RAID ROM, particularly the Acceleration and Recovery options (or inform us that they cannot be used if specific to P67 and newer).
 
I'm seeing faster boot times (POST and boot to Windows), and everything else seems to be working as expected.  I ran a quick benchmark and had a few MB/s gain in read and write speeds almost across the board.  This is nice to see.  Overall, works pretty good and with the above changes/information/corrections I think that it would be pretty solid.
 
I also compared this 10.5 RAID option ROM to the 10.1.0.1008 and prior and noticed that 10.5 compresses smaller than previous releases.  Did you guys strip anything down or is the ROM just like this now (shrunk in size again)?
post edited by dejanh - 2011/03/29 08:48:59

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 08:51:03 (permalink)
This is awesome news. Going to update this weekend.

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 09:04:15 (permalink)
dejanh2. AHCI ROM is not from Intel.  It is from Phoenix, but it is an updated version it seems from the 1.06.70 to 1.07.10.  A list of changes would be nice.

Yeah, I'd like to have an Intel one. Can't be too hard to implement (it semi-works just by hacking it into the current BIOS).
It's nice to see that Phoenix version got updated, though. It should definitely improve compatibility, and possibly performance for some drives.
Well, can't have all at once, can we?
There is still stuff to fix, can throw a different AHCI ROM into the next update.
post edited by zalbard - 2011/03/29 09:06:35
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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 09:24:40 (permalink)
dejanh

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BIOS 80 BETA Updates:
  • Updates Intel RAID Rom to 10.5.0.744
  • Updates CPU Microcode to version 13
  • Updates Intel AHCI Rom to 1.07.10
  • Updates JMicron ROM to 1.07.25
  • Updates Realtek PXE Rom to 2.39
snip... 

Few observations...

1. RAID ROM initializes inline with the JMicron ROM.  It would be nice to either put it on its own screen or at least have a couple of new lines (blank lines) before the RAID ROM initialization.  It is difficult to distinguish it when it is inline.
2. AHCI ROM is not from Intel.  It is from Phoenix, but it is an updated version it seems from the 1.06.70 to 1.07.10.  A list of changes would be nice.
3. It would be nice to get more details on how to use some of the updated features in the Intel RAID ROM, particularly the Acceleration and Recovery options (or inform us that they cannot be used if specific to P67 and newer).

I'm seeing faster boot times (POST and boot to Windows), and everything else seems to be working as expected.  I ran a quick benchmark and had a few MB/s gain in read and write speeds almost across the board.  This is nice to see.  Overall, works pretty good and with the above changes/information/corrections I think that it would be pretty solid.

I also compared this 10.5 RAID option ROM to the 10.1.0.1008 and prior and noticed that 10.5 compresses smaller than previous releases.  Did you guys strip anything down or is the ROM just like this now (shrunk in size again)?


Could you add Intel Ahci? Maybe that is why some of us have seen lower performance in our SSD. I did with mine specially the latency.
I did get a better performance on Raid 5 but not really on my single SSD. Would like to see Intel ahci instead of the one implimented. Also would like to know if they removed stuff from the Raid Rom to make it fit.

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 09:26:55 (permalink)
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If you didn't have problems before i wouldn't do anything. I am staying with 76 cause things work good for me. Don't fix it if aint broken.

All technoligical advancement is based around fixing what isn't broken :P

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 09:28:40 (permalink)
Win7 SP1
Intel RST 10.​1.​0.​1008
Intel Chipset 9.2.0.1025
 
Before

After

 
Think that is as good as it gets.
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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 09:37:42 (permalink)
VERY cool news!
 
Is there any plans on including the Intel AHCI rom in a future update? I'm assuming there was a complication with that, which is why the new AHCI rom is just an updated Pheonix.

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 09:58:14 (permalink)
Way to come through, EVGA!
Big thanks to Jacob
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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 10:00:44 (permalink)
So revodirve x2 and E759 should work now???
post edited by shevchenko - 2011/03/30 08:19:45

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 10:17:12 (permalink)
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4. Speedstep : downclock CPU Mhz is OK but CPU vCore doesn't change. Looking into this.

http://forums.evga.com/fb.ashx?m=835851

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post edited by No_Limit - 2011/03/29 10:26:44



 

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 10:48:09 (permalink)
I have flashed BIOS 80.
 
Impressions:
 
1. need more voltages - with same OC setting I was getting BSODs with 80 until raised voltages a bit
2. BOOT time is noticeable faster
3. So far no RAID timeouts
4. I have to try LSI RAID controllers 
 
I will post bench results later.
 
M.

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 10:53:11 (permalink)
mipko

I have flashed BIOS 80.

Impressions:

1. need more voltages - with same OC setting I was getting BSODs with 80 until raised voltages a bit
2. BOOT time is noticeable faster
3. So far no RAID timeouts
4. I have to try LSI RAID controllers 

I will post bench results later.

M.

I also got BSODs with this bios. I had to also raise my CPU voltage a bit to make it stable again. So now you need a bit more voltage than last bios to make it more stable.

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 11:14:52 (permalink)
lcabezas
I also got BSODs with this bios. I had to also raise my CPU voltage a bit to make it stable again. So now you need a bit more voltage than last bios to make it more stable. 

yep
 
Here are benchmarks
 
CrystalMark
 
 
 
ATTO
 

  
figures speak for themselves :)
 
Thank you all from EVGA for bringing this BIOS to us.
 
regards
Mirko
post edited by mipko - 2011/03/29 11:42:48

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 11:18:46 (permalink)
Thanks Jacob & EVGA for getting this update out.  Interesting enough just last night I upgraded to 78, not 24 hours later we now have 80 beta.  Will hold off until official non-beta is released.
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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 11:43:45 (permalink)
Getting couple entries in Eventviewer.
 
10 entries of

Event ID: 10
Source: WMI
 
Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events cannot be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected.
 
Also there were 8 entries of
 
Source: Disk
Event ID: 11
 
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk1\DR1
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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 11:47:07 (permalink)
@Kaimelar: I was getting the same errors as you with BIOS 78. Plus RAID timeout errors.

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 11:47:13 (permalink)
I've added this to the BIOS Changelog for the E759 Classified Limited Edition Board (<-link), in case you want to check out the notes and links for current and past BIOSes, both official and beta (Twenty-seven of them and counting...) for this great motherboard.

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 12:24:39 (permalink)
Thanks for new bios.I flashed from 59 to this one without issues.Everything is stable but using my same overclock settings my memory performance took a huge hit.Is there a new setting somewhere in the newer bios that needs tweeked to give me back my memory performance?

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 12:41:54 (permalink)
dmoheban

As soon as its out of beta stage I will definitely update! Just wondering though whats the official bios upgrade procedure? On another board I totally fried my bios chip with a bad flash and now a little paranoid. Anyone have tips for a successful flash please post as well?

Thanks.

PS: On that board was able to swap to bios chips easily. On the 759 Classified is the bios chip easily removable just in case your flash goes wrong? Where is it also located on the board?


dmoheban
I also had a bad bios flash with my 4way sli-and now I have to send the chip to get another EVGA bios.
I also have a link or video to understand if I made a mistake.
On my 4-way-sli bios chip is left of the battery 3Volt (nearby)
shown on the motherboard:
U42 (below)
And on the black plastic box that contains the chip it says:
IX58
6201  
EVGA_JacobF thank you for the new bios, I'll finally be happy with my computer.

post edited by evgamenbre1000 - 2011/03/29 13:26:35
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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 12:43:54 (permalink)
Awesome!  When this is out of beta I will most likely update.  Have never updated by 760, and its probably time I did.
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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 12:51:14 (permalink)
It seems to be working ok for me.

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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 14:19:06 (permalink)
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EVGA_JacobF
BIOS 80 BETA Updates:
  • Updates Intel RAID Rom to 10.5.0.744
  • Updates CPU Microcode to version 13
  • Updates Intel AHCI Rom to 1.07.10
  • Updates JMicron ROM to 1.07.25
  • Updates Realtek PXE Rom to 2.39
snip... 

Few observations...

1. RAID ROM initializes inline with the JMicron ROM.  It would be nice to either put it on its own screen or at least have a couple of new lines (blank lines) before the RAID ROM initialization.  It is difficult to distinguish it when it is inline.
2. AHCI ROM is not from Intel.  It is from Phoenix, but it is an updated version it seems from the 1.06.70 to 1.07.10.  A list of changes would be nice.
3. It would be nice to get more details on how to use some of the updated features in the Intel RAID ROM, particularly the Acceleration and Recovery options (or inform us that they cannot be used if specific to P67 and newer).

I'm seeing faster boot times (POST and boot to Windows), and everything else seems to be working as expected.  I ran a quick benchmark and had a few MB/s gain in read and write speeds almost across the board.  This is nice to see.  Overall, works pretty good and with the above changes/information/corrections I think that it would be pretty solid.

I also compared this 10.5 RAID option ROM to the 10.1.0.1008 and prior and noticed that 10.5 compresses smaller than previous releases.  Did you guys strip anything down or is the ROM just like this now (shrunk in size again)?

 
Acceleration feature is a feature in Intel RAID ROM 10, but not usable on X58 chipset.
 
The RAID Rom needed to be customized to fit into the Award BIOS.
 
I will check with the RAID/ROM inline with JMicron.
 


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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 14:22:12 (permalink)
boot faster in 762,not problem after flashing, awesome, thanks  a lot for this excellent job
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Re:EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 80 BETA Released 2011/03/29 14:34:00 (permalink)
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dejanh

EVGA_JacobF
BIOS 80 BETA Updates:
  • Updates Intel RAID Rom to 10.5.0.744
  • Updates CPU Microcode to version 13
  • Updates Intel AHCI Rom to 1.07.10
  • Updates JMicron ROM to 1.07.25
  • Updates Realtek PXE Rom to 2.39
snip... 

Few observations...

1. RAID ROM initializes inline with the JMicron ROM.  It would be nice to either put it on its own screen or at least have a couple of new lines (blank lines) before the RAID ROM initialization.  It is difficult to distinguish it when it is inline.
2. AHCI ROM is not from Intel.  It is from Phoenix, but it is an updated version it seems from the 1.06.70 to 1.07.10.  A list of changes would be nice.
3. It would be nice to get more details on how to use some of the updated features in the Intel RAID ROM, particularly the Acceleration and Recovery options (or inform us that they cannot be used if specific to P67 and newer).

I'm seeing faster boot times (POST and boot to Windows), and everything else seems to be working as expected.  I ran a quick benchmark and had a few MB/s gain in read and write speeds almost across the board.  This is nice to see.  Overall, works pretty good and with the above changes/information/corrections I think that it would be pretty solid.

I also compared this 10.5 RAID option ROM to the 10.1.0.1008 and prior and noticed that 10.5 compresses smaller than previous releases.  Did you guys strip anything down or is the ROM just like this now (shrunk in size again)?


Acceleration feature is a feature in Intel RAID ROM 10, but not usable on X58 chipset.

The RAID Rom needed to be customized to fit into the Award BIOS.

I will check with the RAID/ROM inline with JMicron.


Here is good explanation about Acceleration feature.
 
http://www.tomshardware.c...sd-caching,2888-2.html
 
...
Intel is enabling SSD caching on the enthusiast-oriented Z68 Express chipset, giving power users one more option for storage. 
...
 
hth
Mirko
 

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