BIOS 1.04 BETA Updates:

• Improves compatibility with 8GB DIMM's when running over 2GHz frequency
• Adds BIOS hotkey "F10" for Save & Reset

 

---

Windows Installation

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

         151-IB-E699-KR - EVGA Z77 FTW

• 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 run the appropriate batch file.
  • For Windows XP, Vista or 7 32Bit: FPTWIN32.BAT
  • For Windows XP, Vista or 7 64Bit: FPTWIN64.BAT
  • If in DOS Mode: FPTDOS.BAT
• Press Y in CAPITAL LETTERS 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, Load Defaults, Save and Exit.

 
USB Flash Drive Installation

• Visit this thread and follow the installation instructions. (Thanks Lvcoyote!).

Warning:
**Do not restart or interrupt your PC while the flash is ongoing
**Do not Flash BIOS on overclocked settings
 

We have done over 3GHz on memory, regarding 4x4 no known issues.

Testing the board  got at computex from vince with older bios benching 16GB over 2800 air cooling is really easy lets try latest bios. 

try to play with third memory timing and change tRCD and tRP to 13 with Hynix ICs delirious, if you leave auto they are very tight and impossible to pass +2133 or so, try to set all of the third timing at 5 then start to tight them one by one.
easy HyperPi past with 2666CL11 kits

BIOS 1.04 BETA Updates:

• Improves compatibility with 8GB DIMM's when running over 2GHz frequency

Still can't do 2GHz+ with my 2 x 8GB Gskill TridentX DIMM's with this latest BIOS

hiwait

try to play with third memory timing and change tRCD and tRP to 13 with Hynix ICs delirious, if you leave auto they are very tight and impossible to pass +2133 or so, try to set all of the third timing at 5 then start to tight them one by one.
easy HyperPi past with 2666CL11 kits 

ok, I gave TRCD and TRP 13 and set all third timings to 5.  I save and exit the bios and then it goes to code 55, then proceeds to code 23 and sticks.
 
I have also noted that when you put in 133X muliplier and dial in 2667, when you go back to the volatege menu, it autos to VCCIO 1250 and VSA 1250 and the lower setting goes to 800 PWM frequency control.  ....should this board be auto volting like this?  I didn't notice this at first since I put in the frequencies and saved, but looking back, they auto volt.   I'm using G Skill 2666 4x4gb kit.   I don't know if it's the memory, or the board or the CPU which is limiting 2666.  So far, 2133 is the only stabile frequency and it memtests fine.  Don't know if I should try RMA the memory and getting a new set or what.  I have no way of testing these at 2666

For some reason my Bios wont flash to version 1.04...stuck at 1.02.  restored settings to default in bios (except my sata controller is set to RAID)   i run the batch file and it says windows will shut down in less than a minuite and then it shuts down...the machine never turns back on...so i turn the machine on go in to bios (it still says 1.02)  do the reset to defaults again anyway (except RAID) and still 1.02.  any suggestions?

So I decided to go ahead and do the update just to stay up to date today.  The BIOS flash went well, everything booted fine on the first attempt.  I rebooted into the BIOS config and changed all my settings back to exactly what I had before for CPU and memory.  Then it just powered on/off until I flipped the PSU switch to cut it off.  I cleared CMOS and tried settings again, bam, same issue.  I then just set the memory to 2133 and didn't manually set the timings OR voltage and presto it boots right up without any issue.  I checked ELEET and sure enough the memory timings are NOT correct, although very close.  So I rebooted one last time to then set the timings and voltage correctly only to end up in the same boot loop.  It doesn't even seem to matter if I touch the voltage because when I set 2133mhz it sets itself to 1.65V which is fine.
 
So to shorten an annoyingly long process... I used to be able to manually set multiplier/voltage/timings for my 2133mhz memory but now I have to leave everything on auto except setting the 2133mhz part or the BIOS won't even post.  I will also add that I ran memtest for a solid 15 hours with 0 issues on this memory before hand with the old 1.02 BIOS and all the multiplier/voltage/timings set manually.  It's all up and running now but I'm not sure why I can no longer touch the timings or the thing won't even post.

how long does the flash take? 
 
hit cap Y and enter.. prompt closed.. went straight to desktop.. no status bar, no indication the flash is taking place..
screen saver turned on... ???  
 
regards... 

Oh yeah, and when I first put my Revodrive 3 120GB PCI-E card in it said max SATA speed 6GBPS, now on the same port (PCI-1) it says max SATA speed 3GBPS. ****. It benches better than the ones online - it's just a small quirk I guess.
 
I have a Corsair HX750 which only has one 12V EATX power lead.
I have had to plug another PCI-E power lead into the board because I use PCI Slot 1 - Revodrive & PCI Slot 4 - EVGA GTX470 SC.
 
Can you please confirm that both of these are running at 16x, because BIOS says otherwise, and GPU-z says graphics lane size is indeed 2.0x, falling to 1.1x with power management.
 
Win7 x64 SP1.
 
How can I check in BIOS, or make it, so that PCI Slot 1 is indeed receiving 16x? I know it should, but is it?
 
**** is PEG?
 
Onboard video has been disabled.

Aha, thanks just checking. Revodrive only needs 4x...
 
Weird about 6GBPS versus 3GBPS. DMI says my GPU is running @ 8x?
Can you help me change my RAM speeds?