• EVGA Z690 Series
  • BIOS for Z690 DARK K|NGP|N (2.13) / CLASSIFIED (2.12) [Misc. Bug Fixes/24G DIMM support] (p.10)
2023/09/02 01:07:09
lmatyja
Hello, z690 dark have pin to Look atom voltage ? I want go adaptive but work same like x299 vocre and if I give 1.2 is 1.4 in Windows, if I give 1.3 is 1.4 still i need go -130 to get 1.27v so atome cores voltage work same or no ?
2023/09/02 17:52:41
B0baganoosh
I think there's still a v/f points bug in this bios. I was able to confirm that if you set several points at different settings, it only takes the highest frequency one you set. For example, if I set 5100 and 5400 at -35 and 5800 at -10, it applies -10 at all frequencies. HWiNFO64 was actively showing the offset concurrently with the frequency, and even looking at the min/max columns showed that it only ever did -10 even if you hit it with a heavy workload. The lower frequency settings never seemed to take if you give it an offset for higher frequencies.

I can see if I set 5400 and 5700 at -30 but leave all the higher ones at 0, the offset will trigger at the correct frequencies. It does not, at least as far as HWiNFO64 shows, do a linear curve-fit between different points or outside those points. It just does a global offset between the two. I tried to check this by setting one at -25 and the other at -35. I believe it did -35 or no offset with that setting (only applying the offset from the highest altered v/f point).
2023/09/04 02:36:26
rulik006
zerocool101
At least they will release a new BIOS for the new intel CPU's in the near future for z690 as well 
https://www.reddit.com/r/...intel_support_planned/

my guess that 14gen will work even on 2.13 bios
cuz it has same silicon as 13gen and same steping and ext model/family
this is just more refined 13gen

2023/09/04 05:02:34
rgarodnick
It absolutely won't work without a new bios. Yes, the CPU will physically fit but it has different microcode.
2023/09/18 15:35:03
getalife
lradunovic
I ordered Kingpin Z690 from Newegg. Do you know if the motherboard already has some bios version supporting 13900k preinstalled?
 
Thanks.


Cannot answer your question, but you can install the latest bios without installing CPU or RAM on the system.  Follow the SPI detailed procedure.  
 
  • SPI flashing via USB allows you to flash your BIOS without a CPU
  • 2023/10/19 03:08:14
    rulik006
    rgarodnick
    It absolutely won't work without a new bios. Yes, the CPU will physically fit but it has different microcode.

    you lose.
    14900kf runs on bios 2.13.
    don't argue with people who know more than you.
    2023/10/19 05:28:33
    Black_Hawx1
    rulik006
    zerocool101
    At least they will release a new BIOS for the new intel CPU's in the near future for z690 as well 
    https://www.reddit.com/r/...intel_support_planned/

    my guess that 14gen will work even on 2.13 bios
    cuz it has same silicon as 13gen and same steping and ext model/family
    this is just more refined 13gen





    im pretty sure the lithography goes beyond that, it isnt just a more refined cpu, with different microcode. 
    2023/10/19 20:23:19
    Talon2020
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    14900K up and running on my Z690 Dark with BIOS 2.13
     
    Clocks, boosting to 6Ghz all appear to be working fine. BIOS recognizes the CPU properly as 14900K. 
     
    Edit: Unfortunately when testing the CPU it does not perform as it should or how it performs in my Z790 Apex with proper BIOS support. This same CPU in my Z790 Apex when locked at 253w and undervolted will boost to 5.5Ghz all core and 4.2/4.3 E cores and score over 40K in CB23. When used in the Z690 Dark, when clamped with same Intel limit of 253w and undervolted, it will only boost to around 5.0-5.1 and 4.0 on E cores and scores around 37K. If I attempt to further undervolt the test will fail, crash or log WHEA errors. 
     
    There are clearly missing V/F optimizations that are missing from this BIOS that other boards have with proper support. I would not put a 14900K in this board and expect proper functionality until EVGA address this issue. 
    2023/10/20 15:00:32
    rakzbr
    Talon2020
    f
     
    14900K up and running on my Z690 Dark with BIOS 2.13
     
    Clocks, boosting to 6Ghz all appear to be working fine. BIOS recognizes the CPU properly as 14900K. 
     
    Edit: Unfortunately when testing the CPU it does not perform as it should or how it performs in my Z790 Apex with proper BIOS support. This same CPU in my Z790 Apex when locked at 253w and undervolted will boost to 5.5Ghz all core and 4.2/4.3 E cores and score over 40K in CB23. When used in the Z690 Dark, when clamped with same Intel limit of 253w and undervolted, it will only boost to around 5.0-5.1 and 4.0 on E cores and scores around 37K. If I attempt to further undervolt the test will fail, crash or log WHEA errors. 
     
    There are clearly missing V/F optimizations that are missing from this BIOS that other boards have with proper support. I would not put a 14900K in this board and expect proper functionality until EVGA address this issue. 


    Thanks for ur testing tho
    what a shame that ill have to buy apex encore
    2023/11/15 19:08:59
    lradunovic
    What eVGA did is the world-class BS. Some people spent up to $800 for these boards and then had no proper support for them. It smells to me like a lawsuit case.

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