Adds additional voltage support for Renesas PMIC memory.
 
BIOS 1.15 (E699 DARK K|NGP|N / E698 Classified)

• Adds support for DDR5 Renesas PMIC over 1.435V.

 

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Windows Installation

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

         121-AL-E699-KR - EVGA Z690 DARK K|NGP|N - v1.15
         121-AL-E698-KR - EVGA Z690 CLASSIFIED - v1.15

• 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 flash is finished, the system will automatically shut down. Power on the system again and go into BIOS and adjust settings as needed.
• NOTE: If flash box immediately closes after flash attempt, the flash may need to be run 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 EXTRAS tab at the upper left and click on "BIOS Update"
• Select the .bin file you wish to flash.

 
Please let me know if anyone runs into problems with this update.  Thanks!
 
Also, earlier BIOS files for each board can be found on our Download Center.

Only updated this. " Adds support for DDR5 Renesas PMIC over 1.435V.  " ???
 
Seems like server is under maintenance ?! can't download it.

pharitthanun
i can't download server error please fix
 
this bios support Gen 13Th ?
 
many thanks

I am getting the samething with a server error.

Still getting directory not found with both files. Working now.

EVGATech_LeeM

badboy64
Still getting directory not found with both files.

It might be cached.  Try Ctrl+F5 or try in a private window/different browser.
 
Edit 1:  Hmm, seems it's on our side.  Looking into this.

Working now. Is there a setting in the bios that can apply this feature?

Do the evga Z690 boards support the unlocked range on MPS Pmics?

tRFCpb still not available on Classified?

Gadfly
I flashed 1.15, but I have a set of Hynix A die with the "unlockable" Renesas PMIC, but it will only run 1.435v on the Dark KP, even with the higher voltage mode enabled in the bios; do I need to enable a certain PMIC mode or something? I was using "Auto" with my other Hynix sticks. 
 
 

if extreme voltage mode is enabled , it should allow u to set upto 2v. 

babayega
how is ADIE on the dark with CR 1? my 6600 gskill kit water cooled is able to do 7000 c30-40 1N max tight sub/terts according to data sheet at 1.54v vdd 1.45v memory vddq. 

So far, not that great. My gskill 6600 kit is running 7000 C32-42 1T at 1.54 (Air cooled), I tried 7000 C34 1T on the a-die and it won't train. 
 
This kit is binned A-Die kit from Splave; he binned them all to be able to run 7600 C34-44-44-38 under 1.55v. So the kit should be pretty decent.  I got 7000 34-44-44-38 2T stable at 1.40v Mem VDD/VDDQ; 7200 34-44-44-38 2T stable at 1.41v, but thus far I can not get 7400 34-44-44-38 2T to get into the OS at any voltage, 7600/7800 will not even post.
 
I have been playing with CPU VDDQ/2 to see what helps. I am not having much luck however. 

PS, Mind sharing your full timings and Voltages?

Gadfly

babayega
how is ADIE on the dark with CR 1? my 6600 gskill kit water cooled is able to do 7000 c30-40 1N max tight sub/terts according to data sheet at 1.54v vdd 1.45v memory vddq. 

So far, not that great. My gskill 6600 kit is running 7000 C32-42 1T at 1.54 (Air cooled), I tried 7000 C34 1T on the a-die and it won't train. 
 
This kit is binned A-Die kit from Splave; he binned them all to be able to run 7600 C34-44-44-38 under 1.55v. So the kit should be pretty decent.  I got 7000 34-44-44-38 2T stable at 1.40v Mem VDD/VDDQ; 7200 34-44-44-38 2T stable at 1.41v, but thus far I can not get 7400 34-44-44-38 2T to get into the OS at any voltage, 7600/7800 will not even post.
 
I have been playing with CPU VDDQ/2 to see what helps. I am not having much luck however. 

PS, Mind sharing your full timings and Voltages?

https://imgur.com/a/kYlCNhJ
unfortunately i dont have a 7000 c30 screen shot with the timings currently in my hand, as i took my system apart to install it in my case.
 
TWTRL = 16 (lowest u can go) TWTRS = 4 (lowest) and i changed tcke to auto which is 24 and RDRDsg to 16(12 is not consistent and it has weird instability issues , and 0 gain in most synthetics and in games it hurts performance). there is a math for all the timings. if u would like to see it i could send it to you. also feel free to add me on discord Boogeyman#9853, if u are curious to know how the math is calculated and its relations also its easier to chat there than it is here. 
PMIC mode 3 works best for me. it allowed me to train and pass consistently at 7000 c30-40. u would need 1.3v+ SA for 7600+, prob around 1.4v-1.5v
PS, TRAS min floor = TRTP+TRCD

Ryno83

Dopeman343
Does this allow 4 dimms with xmp enabled

I haven't had any luck. I have heard of people getting XMP to work with 4 DIMMS on boards where you can change the PMIC setting to per DIMM.  Hope they add that option at some point to try it anyway.  

This is probably the single biggest improvement other than fixing the boost clock bug that they can possibly include in an update if they do. Every other high end 4 DIMM board has this option and it has single-handedly solved the over clocking and XMP issues on this platform. I would really love to see this get implemented soon before I finish my build so I can have one less headache to deal with. Manually tuning and overclocking the ram so all 4 DIMMs can be utilized anywhere near their XMP rating is just not something I want to spend ages on in order to fully enjoy my build.

If updating the BIOS in that fashion, you can extract everything to a folder, if you want.  The MB BIOS Update option is only going to look for the .bin and the rest doesn't do anything.  The rest of the stuff is needed if you're updating within Windows.