Maximus 4 Extreme-Z BIOS

[Shammy]

latest bios for m4x

http://www.mediafire.com/?1q2bfjvfp8c2ocr

[XtremeCuztoms]

You Da Man !!
:up:

[Cheeba]

Hello, new here. Thanks for posting that. Just ordered the board and was wondering about the BIOS. All I could find was P67 info. After looking around looks like I'm definitely in the right spot!

[Hondacity]

can i haz the 3d01 bios for the z68 m4e ?

is it the 0498.rom?

please :D

thanks :D

***nvm its at massman's thread @ hwbot

[Andre]

BIOS 0404

http://theoverclocker.it/ASUS3D01/Maximus-IV-Extreme-Z-ASUS-0404.rar

[Hondacity]

thanks..i would presume this is newer? :D

[Andre]

0404 is newer than 0498.:)

[Hondacity]

thanks boss

works great :D

[Faster]

hello guys....is my first time here....

I have a Maximus IV Extreme-Z with 3x GTX580.....but I can not enable the 3-way SLI....

this would be the fault of the Nvidia drivers? or do I need a new bios?.....I'm currently using the 0404 bios.....

*sorry for my bad english....I'm Brazilian and speak little English :D

[Andre]

hello guys....is my first time here....

I have a Maximus IV Extreme-Z with 3x GTX580.....but I can not enable the 3-way SLI....

this would be the fault of the Nvidia drivers? or do I need a new bios?.....I'm currently using the 0404 bios.....

*sorry for my bad english....I'm Brazilian and speak little English :D

It should not have any problems on 0404 bios.

http://iamxtreme.net/andre/M4EZ-3Way.jpg


Please check 3 580 cards are using the same default bios.

[Faster]

thx André.....but.....by what I saw you are using windows vista.....here I using windows 7 64.....and win7 64?

[Shammy]

it is fine for win7 64

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/863994612b.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

[Faster]

GPU-Z / Driver Version?

[Andre]

GPU-Z / Driver Version?



275.33

[Faster]

screen with GPU-Z, please....I want to compare my......:D

thx for all.....

[Hondacity]

@AndreYang

Pleaze can I haz 3d01-2.rar for the M4E-Z

[Andre]

3d01-2 should have all of rog mobos bios. Isn't it?:confused:

[Hondacity]

i see it now :D

thanks

[fliq]

Does anyone know if bios 0404 is still the latest version?

[Hotzeplotz]

hi guys

i am using bios 0902 and would like to ask if there is a newer bios since 0902 for M4EZ

thx forward



regards

[Shammy]

already psted 1001, that will be the latest without unnecessary additions for ivy bridge which means it should be better for sandy compared to a 'ivy/sandy' hybrid bios

[Hotzeplotz]

a german guy who has german asus contact told me that asus has internal bios 1003 for M4EZ is that true??

[Hotzeplotz]

any new infos pls?

[Chiller]

And where you think Shamino works?

If there's somebody in Asus company that has a hold of latest bios or software for Asus hardware, it will be shamino

[Hotzeplotz]

i hope shammy will post the latest bios for m4ez

[Chiller]

He always does and only when he's shure it works good.

[Hotzeplotz]

as i wrote i hope he ha a new one to test and i hope this bios will be good

[Hotzeplotz]

no news here??

[Quake]

Don't know why it should be? Do you have any problems with BIOS? MIVE-Z BIOS is very mature and well optimized

[Shammy]

latest bios for m4x

http://www.mediafire.com/?1q2bfjvfp8c2ocr

[Hotzeplotz]

do you have the latest bios for gene-z too?

[ZenEffect]

gene was included in the package that shammy graciously posted up.

[Hotzeplotz]

the gen-z gen 3 NOT the normal Gene-z 3

pls do NOT post anything wrong dude

[Shammy]

M4E-Z
1004
http://www.mediafire.com/?w86cefjdkprz9pz

[Hotzeplotz]

thx shammy good work do you have latest bios for maximus iv gene z for me pls

latest i have is bios 1001

[HiVizMan]

Thanks for the constant updates - much appreciated.

[Shammy]

latest bios for maximus iv gene z already here
http://www.mediafire.com/?1q2bfjvfp8c2ocr

[Hotzeplotz]

shammy in this package there is bios 0402 for Gene IV Z GEN3

i would have the bios for the NON GEN3 Version pls


also the

Maximus IV Gene-Z

Version


thx forward

[Ironage]

hey .. just registered ... may i ask for a more recent bios for gene-z non gen3 too ?

i got quite a view issues (USB and restart related) with 1001 Bios.

And i read that a 1004 beta for the gene-z exists somwhere out there ...

thanks and regards ...

[Hondacity]

thanks for the bios peter and andre :D

i used the wrong one i think lol...

[Hotzeplotz]

anything new to test for M4EZ?

[OBR_CZ]

any new bios for gene-z for better working of Ivy Bridge? I think Turbo is not working properly here with last bios ...

[Hotzeplotz]

nothing new for M4EZ??

[Hondacity]

1004 works flawlessly.. what else do you need?

[Hotzeplotz]

i love to test new bios and i did not wrote that bios 1004 give me problems so what??

[S_A_V]

What M4E-Z BIOS do you recommend for SuperPi 32M?
0604 (3D BIOS) is also good for 2D?

I changed board from M4E to M4E-Z recently and only tried latest 1004.
Efficiency is ok, but I have problem to run 32M with any BCLK higer than 101 and 1:8 memory divider.
No problems with any other benchmark, only with 32M.
Already tried 0.465V-0.495V DDR ref voltages, dram voltage up to 1.95 and Vccio/Vccsa up to 1.25V.
CPU can go up to 5990, RAM can go up to 2300 7-8-7-20, BCLK can go up to 106.
RAM is elpida hyper based (old MNH-E).

This is the best I got so far on M4E-Z (no copywaza):
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6439/clipboard01oh.png

Old result on M4E with same RAM kit, 104 BCLK with 1:8 divider, DDR vref = auto:
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8561/clipboard01zs.png

[Hotzeplotz]

maybe shammy can post an nice update for M4EZ
hope so

[Hotzeplotz]

hummm nothing new to test its boring here...........

go shammy go..........

[Quake]

I don't know what's up with you :D MIVE/MIVE-Z BIOSes are perfect, efficiency is perfect, I can't find out anything bad with their BIOS... Wait till Ivy, then you will have materials to test

[Hotzeplotz]

i will post it again

i love to test alpha/beta Bios


regards

[13]

have problem with 0902 bios on windows xp !!

have blue screen on default or on oc change Dram but nothing different only on

any Idea?

http://shahrsakhtafzar.com/img/out.php/t39945_2012021116.02.39.jpg (http://shahrsakhtafzar.com/img/out.php/i39945_2012021116.02.39.jpg)

[Viss]

Sata @ IDE ?

[ZenEffect]

+1 ahci is probably turned on. switch to ide.

[13]

Thanks Solve Ahci problem i forget to cheak this one

[Pt1t]

any bios For 3770K ?

[Shammy]

Latest for M4E-Z
http://www.mediafire.com/?wfy80kcupr66060

[hokiealumnus]

Cool, I'll try that soon. While I'm typing, I'm having some trouble with SSD caching on this board; unfortunately I've reached an impasse. I'm trying to test out SSD caching on this MIVE-z. RAID is enabled, drivers installed, RST installed. The drives are a W/D WD500AAKS and a Corsair F160. When I go into RST to set up caching, it takes my settings but never applies the drive to be accelerated. I go to try and select it again and it just leaves "Accelerated Device: None". Here's a screenshot.

532

I know chances are slim anyone here has ever cared about SSD caching, but if so, does anyone have an idea why it won't take the selection of accelerated device? I've tried the RST version from ASUS' web site as well as the newest version from Intel; both displayed the same behavior.

The drives are a Corsair F160 and Western Digital WD500AAKS. The install was existing; I moved the OS install over to RAID on the HDD, then plugged in the SSD and installed RST to start acceleration. Not sure why it won't take the setting.

[Shammy]

ill ask someone who will prolly know

[Pt1t]

Latest for M4E-Z
http://www.mediafire.com/?wfy80kcupr66060

Thanks , that works :)

[ZenEffect]

thanks!

[Shammy]

updated 3103
http://www.mediafire.com/?mq8r81k661cf0ex

fixed ASUS USB Updater function fail

[Shammy]

Cool, I'll try that soon. While I'm typing, I'm having some trouble with SSD caching on this board; unfortunately I've reached an impasse. I'm trying to test out SSD caching on this MIVE-z. RAID is enabled, drivers installed, RST installed. The drives are a W/D WD500AAKS and a Corsair F160. When I go into RST to set up caching, it takes my settings but never applies the drive to be accelerated. I go to try and select it again and it just leaves "Accelerated Device: None". Here's a screenshot.

532

I know chances are slim anyone here has ever cared about SSD caching, but if so, does anyone have an idea why it won't take the selection of accelerated device? I've tried the RST version from ASUS' web site as well as the newest version from Intel; both displayed the same behavior.

The drives are a Corsair F160 and Western Digital WD500AAKS. The install was existing; I moved the OS install over to RAID on the HDD, then plugged in the SSD and installed RST to start acceleration. Not sure why it won't take the setting.

maybe Option ROM & IRST version mismatch

bios and driver version pls provide, and OS too

[Hotzeplotz]

i am confused now

latest official bios from asus was 1004

the name schema is now 3103 or 3202 why not 1101 or something like this??

and is 3103 newer as 3202??

thx forward

[hokiealumnus]

maybe Option ROM & IRST version mismatch

bios and driver version pls provide, and OS too

BIOS 1004, driver is newest RST from Intel - 10.8.0.1003, OS Win 7 x64 with all available updates.

[Shammy]

BIOS 1004, driver is newest RST from Intel - 10.8.0.1003, OS Win 7 x64 with all available updates.

In that case you may be using a version of IRST that is way newer than the matched version.
Please roll back to version “V10.6.0.1002” on the Asus download page and see how it goes.

[hokiealumnus]

Sorry, I forgot to mention I had already tried that. Same result. As a matter of fact, the screenshot above was taken with the version from ASUS' download page.

It's all very strange. I've tried formatting the drive with a 64G partition and it just removes the partitions to enable acceleration and makes its own. Is it possible to have an incompatible HDD? I mean, this isn't the newest W/D drive, but it's a hard drive...I didn't think that would matter.

[Hotzeplotz]

with bios 3103 i had the on/off bug back when i restart windows
with bios 1004 i dont have these problems

cleacmos etc after flash i did

whats wrong,another german guy has the same problem after flashing to 3103

when you restart windows pc goes off then on then starts untill next reboot of windows then the same again on/off

[Hotzeplotz]

i found the problem with bios 3103

bios 3103 has a problem with ram speed 2133mhz,if i will use 2133 ram speed the pc goes on/off an boots then

if i use 1866/1600/1333 ram speed the pc boots fine WITHOUT ON/OFF Bug

There is a bug in beta bios 3103 with 2133 ram strap

pls someone check this back and post here

[Hotzeplotz]

Bios 3202 has NO Problems with 2133 ram speed and give me NO ON/OFF Boot Bug
and with bios 3202 asus usb updater function is working fine,tested by my self

[Hondacity]

I think they're now focusing on the new boards and chips

[Hotzeplotz]

pls delete this posting

[Shammy]

3202 for ALL M4xxxx
http://www.mediafire.com/?8hx8f2k332dlpf3

[Hotzeplotz]

found another bug


with bios 3202 you cant set gpu offset to - only + is available

[Shammy]

Yes b2 does not support IVY due to Management Eng incompatibility so do not use 3202 on b2

[ZenEffect]

I grabbed 3203 from support.asus.com. is this latest or is the 3202 you provided newer?

also (Mr. Tan, I know you probably hate this)

bclk set to auto = failed oc every time.

fyi for those who read this... 3203 seems pretty stable. cpu clocks higher now on air for both max oc and 24.7... in fact it seems that the bios was refined quite a bit... the system management section appears to have been changed vs previous versions.... and leaving all settings on (dun dun dun....) auto gets me 4.8ghz prime stable (48x multi, xmp profile enabled save reboot test)

so... for the team working on the bios... 12 thumbs up, I like it.

if you wonder why im running auto... its because a lot of times I have to explain the oc to people in the most simple terms known to man... auto settings helps me get through this process much much quicker.

quick question for anybody who can answer this....

windows 8 consumer preview + cpuz not good? I have bclk all over the place. I suspect its cpuz but I see an extra intel pxe rom boot when its not enabled.... and I saw that before on a different board when the ME got corrupt. I tried bios flashback to whatever the board shipped with 02xx and repro'd the issue in win8 so I suspect/hope its cpuz. hwinfo shows bclk fine.