Kadao
 
Mr. Fox thanks for the Season greetings! I hope everyone here has a very good and prosperous 2023!
 
I also extend my thanks to you and TheAffxct, thanks to you guys I could get my memory running without errors at 7733, and currently trying to work my way up to 8000+.
 
I particularly thank you for posting your profiles and screenshots, for TheAffxct I had to go see is youtube, but is settings with your ODT and a lot of hours in trial and error got me stable at 7733. In my opinion getting the Z690 / A-Die combo working is a nightmare and lot of hours dedicated to trial and error and reboots. Or at least to me as I don't have the knowledge to properly tune the memory settings.
One thing I have noticed is that there is very little info out there about tuning the Evga motherboards, I think that more post like this would help the community a lot. 
I strongly suggest EVGA and the forum mods to work with the community and start getting info that is easily available, as people just assume the boards are not OK and give up and change to other brands. In the middle of my panic and frustration I bought an Asus Z790 Apex that I should get in about a weeks time.

B0baganoosh

EVGATech_LeeM
FYI, BIOS (same file) has been fully tested and confirmed to be a release BIOS.  No more Beta.

Thanks, Lee.
 
Can you answer this one?
I haven't tried 2.06 yet, as it doesn't indicate updates to anything I have a problem with so I'm sorry if it covers the adaptive voltage situation, but I haven't seen anybody answer or discuss this one.

There are 3 different 58x values you can enter in the V/F points. I checked and you can actually set (for example):
5800 MHz: -25
5800 MHz: +100
5800 MHz: -50

What would this even do? Which setting wins? I did not apply this as I just have no idea what that would do, but you can enter completely different values for those three spots...I still think they should match what your OC-ratio is. When I saw this indicating 3 different 5800MHz values for example, my OC ratio for 1-4 cores was 60x. So I would expect to see those points be 58x, 59x, 60x. not 58x, 58x, 58x with three different values you can enter.
 
I think this might still need to be fixed.

EVGATech_LeeM
 
Asked the team, and this is what they said.  A little might have been lost on the translation about "last one", but I think you can understand the meaning:
 
It will take only last one value at 5800Mhz. The suggestion is to use the last one or sync value with 3 options.
 
#1 use last one
5800 MHz: 0
5800 MHz: 0
5800 MHz: 50 (last one)
 
#2 sync value with 3 options
5800 MHz: 50
5800 MHz: 50
5800 MHz: 50 (last one)
 
These configurations also work too….
5800 MHz: 0
5800 MHz: 50 (last one)
5800 MHz: 0
 
5800 MHz: 50 (last one)
5800 MHz: 0
5800 MHz: 0

Jianshao1987

EVGATech_LeeM
Please note that this is a Beta BIOS, but it is stable enough for those of you who wish to test to give it a shot. 
 
BIOS is confirmed to be release state, so it's no longer beta.  A few bug fixes and a new memory timing..
 
BIOS 2.06 (E699 DARK K|NGP|N / E698 Classified)

• Fixes issue where some software may cause DIMM changed detection.
• Fixes issue where system is unable to shutdown.
• Fixes USB to SPI Flash BIOS error code E1 by EC version R104.
• Adds memory timing RCD_WR for performance tuning. 

 

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Windows Installation

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

          - v2.06
          - v2.06

• 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 within BIOS

• 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.

BIOS Installation Without CPU

• Extract the contents of .zip file to USB flash drive (must be formatted as FAT32)
• Rename the file "EVGAE6XX.bin", where XX is the last two digits of the part number (e.g. Z690 DARK K|NGP|N should be EVGAE699.bin)
  • In the case of the Z690 DARK K|NGP|N, if EVGAE699.bin doesn't work, please try EVGAE690.bin
• Install the USB flash drive into the USB Type-A port on the motherboard.
• Make sure to connect the 24pin power connector from your power supply to the motherboard. 
• Switch on the power supply, if it is not already on.
• Hold the BIOS Update button on the rear I/O for approximately 2 seconds until the flash begins (the cursor on the POST LED will begin cycling)
• The BIOS update may take approximately 5-7 minutes to complete.  When done, the board will restart.
• Complete the rest of your build at this point to confirm a successful 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 .

Hi

I strictly follow the instructions to flash my BIOS without the powering on (rename the BIOS Bin file, extract to root folder, FAT32 format etc.) However the flashing process is stuck at E5 code. I then take away all the components from the board and ran another around of flash, it stuck at E2 code this time.

Any thoughts?

jollydet

Jianshao1987

EVGATech_LeeM
Please note that this is a Beta BIOS, but it is stable enough for those of you who wish to test to give it a shot. 
 
BIOS is confirmed to be release state, so it's no longer beta.  A few bug fixes and a new memory timing..
 
BIOS 2.06 (E699 DARK K|NGP|N / E698 Classified)

• Fixes issue where some software may cause DIMM changed detection.
• Fixes issue where system is unable to shutdown.
• Fixes USB to SPI Flash BIOS error code E1 by EC version R104.
• Adds memory timing RCD_WR for performance tuning. 

 

---

​
Windows Installation

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

          - v2.06
          - v2.06

• 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 within BIOS

• 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.

BIOS Installation Without CPU

• Extract the contents of .zip file to USB flash drive (must be formatted as FAT32)
• Rename the file "EVGAE6XX.bin", where XX is the last two digits of the part number (e.g. Z690 DARK K|NGP|N should be EVGAE699.bin)
  • In the case of the Z690 DARK K|NGP|N, if EVGAE699.bin doesn't work, please try EVGAE690.bin
• Install the USB flash drive into the USB Type-A port on the motherboard.
• Make sure to connect the 24pin power connector from your power supply to the motherboard. 
• Switch on the power supply, if it is not already on.
• Hold the BIOS Update button on the rear I/O for approximately 2 seconds until the flash begins (the cursor on the POST LED will begin cycling)
• The BIOS update may take approximately 5-7 minutes to complete.  When done, the board will restart.
• Complete the rest of your build at this point to confirm a successful 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 .

Hi

I strictly follow the instructions to flash my BIOS without the powering on (rename the BIOS Bin file, extract to root folder, FAT32 format etc.) However the flashing process is stuck at E5 code. I then take away all the components from the board and ran another around of flash, it stuck at E2 code this time.

Any thoughts?

Try booting the machine normally. Let it fail to post, then turn the machine off with the power button not the psu switch. Then hit the bios update button. This was the trick to getting my dark to update (cpu, ram and gpu was installed)

Rpro73
Hello. Help solve the problem with Zotak cards. 13900kf z690 dark 4090 zotak hang on post code 53/54, my friend has the same problem with 3080 zotak. I can go through the post code if, during their passage, I turn off the psi slot with the toggle switch and turn it on at the end, press the reset and boot, but at the same time, the voltage in the BIOS is 2.0v to the RAM drain. Windows loads and works and reboots, that is, a cold start is not possible. With another 1650 card, everything is loaded right away and the RAM voltage is in order. The card has a new vbios, I tried it both from the nvidia website and from zotak. many fans suffer because of this. we don't want to change hardware. please fix it with a new bios. hoping for the best

EVGATech_LeeM
It's not readily apparent to me what the temperature issue is that you're bringing up.  Can you provide some more details?

AtrNieman
Having an issue flashing bios v2.06 from cleans install where the code reads "1.5" while bios flash is running. Any thoughts?
 
EVGA Z690 Dark Kingpin mobo | Core i9-13900K | 1x RTX 4090 Gigabyte Gaming OC | 2x16GB DDR5 RAM G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB (6400mhz)