2020/04/17 10:35:21
EVGA_Lee
New Updates for X299 Motherboards today:
 
BIOS 1.23 (E299 Dark) / 1.23 (E297 FTW K) / 1.16 (E296 Micro ATX 2) /1.24 (E295 Micro) Updates 

  • Adds "PCIe SSD Card (Non-VROC)" option. (This can be used to set a PCIe x16 slot to x4x4x4x4 without VROC feature)
  • Adds support for Intel CPU Attached Storage for different VMD group devices.
  • Adds additional i9-10920X CPU support.
  • Resolves specific issues with CPU PerCore mapping.
  • Adds "Always Show Boot Option" feature under Boot page.
 
Note - We also added some new drivers today for the chipset, RST, and RSTe:
 
Chipset - v10.1.8.6
RST - v17.8.0.1065
RSTe - v17.8.0.1065
RST/RSTe F6 - v17.8.0.1065
  


 
Windows Installation
  • Download the correct .zip file below for your motherboard:        
         151-SX-E299-KR - EVGA X299 Dark - v1.23
         142-SX-E297-KR - EVGA X299 FTW K - v1.23
         121-SX-E296-KR - EVGA X299 Micro ATX 2 - v1.16
         131-SX-E295-KR - EVGA X299 Micro ATX - v1.24
  • 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!
2020/04/17 10:55:14
arestavo
Will test it out on my X299 FTW K + 10940

Edit: per core overclocking, even using the same multipliers, is still slightly slower in Cinebench R15 than the other method. I'll test more, but so far it's not worth the BSODs that I'm getting trying to OC even my best 2 cores (1 and 13, the ones that supposedly can do 5.2GHz according to OC Robot).

Edit 2: nothing gets even my best 2 cores stable. Even just 1 bin higher (48) than the rest (47).
 
Edit 3: FINALLY got cores 1 and 13 to work at 48 (1.175V override) and then 49 at (1.25V override). Not sure if the CMOS clear (after needing to do an earlier one right after the initial upgrade to 1.23 as it wouldn't boot) helped or not, but it's finally actually working.
2020/04/17 15:25:17
Cool GTX
@ arestavo
 
sorry your post got stuck in the filter ..
2020/04/17 21:41:45
xuqi99
Thank you for the update. It's also fixed a USB reset during POST issue preventing me from using my mechanical keyboard to enter the BIOS.
 
Nvm, manually updated the ME.
2020/04/20 07:33:53
badboy64
Thanks for the update. I wish they would release a bios that supports any NVMe drives from other manufactures that run in VROC.
2020/04/21 22:45:51
startekselva
flow the update for x299 Dark like rain ill try and revert back
2020/04/22 07:49:47
PINKTULIP
startekselva
flow the update for x299 Dark like rain ill try and revert back


What do you mean??
2020/04/22 08:55:07
startekselva
PINKTULIP
startekselva
flow the update for x299 Dark like rain ill try and revert back


What do you mean??


keep dark on track with latest patch and updates 
2020/04/23 04:06:04
cdc-951
Any security fixes or is this all the patch notes? Also is Intel ME the same version?
2020/04/27 11:20:52
ZeeeT
  • Adds "PCIe SSD Card (Non-VROC)" option. (This can be used to set a PCIe x16 slot to x4x4x4x4 without VROC feature)
Updated, but could not create, so how to make it? (Samsung 970 Evo Plus x2)

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