Alright guys, the warning is coming in early. If improvements / bug fixes the Aorus X470 line get do not trickly down to the X370 boards at least a month or so after launch I'm not wasting my time any further on Gigabytes garbage it would take me too long to rip things apart fully to really start to correct problems. My advice; Just avoid anything Gigabyte branded, particularly when it comes to motherboards.

Alright everyone I've finished testing F21 (don't worry B350 owners waiting on older modded firmware I've not forgotten about you) and here is what I can tell you for those who only want a short read; I'll be making modded firmware around it. It's not perfect, and there is certainly plenty to be desired about it, but it's not totally crap either *cough* I'm looking at you F22 *cough*. For those wanting a longer read;

The Good:

Polling rate for voltage readings is good
Mouse sensitivity is... passable. Still a pain in the arse when trying to use the colour wheel in the UEFI but in general it's not as bad.
Memory overclocking is decent, reaching 3466MHz.
What options there are by default seem to all be working without issue for a change
Vcore voltage readings at long bloody last have been recalibrated it seems. Tested with "Normal" Vcore settings on a CPU with 1.225v VID, set offset to +0.1v, readings come back as 1.296v - 1.32v. Average 1.308v. Thats about right.
HPET isn't broken
Saved profiles appear to be storing data correctly (tested via saving to usb drive and loading)


The Bad:

No CLDO_VDDP option, MIA since F9f.
No BankGroupSwap option, MIA since F9f
No BankGroupSwapAlt option
Still a massive amount of options not exposed to the user such as Spread Spectrum, Timer Tick, or options to disable SATA slumber state
Some LED colour presets are of course still not fixed
Still the same bugs I've been using workarounds to overcome for over a year
SPD readout in the UEFI is still hilariously badly broken.
UEFI UI design is still bastard fugly. Considering I think most would agree this would be... say 70% resolved just by placing a large version of the falcon logo in the bottom left instead of that nasty blank black background its almost beggars belife this hasn't been done yet.

I forgot to test the memory dividers. SIX of those negatives at least would be quick and easy to fix for GB. I would offer some praise to GB if it were not for the fact it is plain as day to tell F21 is an accident / fluke rather than an obvious concerted effort from GB to fix their mess. 4-5 of those negatives I'll look in to fixing myself, it won't be as neat and tidy where I don't have the same tools GB have to do it easily, but I can likely resolve them all the same.

Hello,

While I was searching for new drivers I found out this recent version of Realtek drivers that are compatible: Realtek High Definition Audio (HDA) R2.8x (8403) WHQL + Dolby : http://www.station-drivers.com/index.php...derby=4&lang=en

I tested and works with Sound Blaster X-Fi MB5 1.00.19.

Zitat von ket im Beitrag #510

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Don't fret over those CTS "findings", their BS non issues essentially and the whole situation reeks of corporate espionage with surprise surprise, the nefarious company behind it all seemingly being intel. THIS VIDEO will sum that situation up nicely.

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Zitat von ket im Beitrag #527

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Alright everyone I've finished testing F21 (don't worry B350 owners waiting on older modded firmware I've not forgotten about you) and here is what I can tell you for those who only want a short read; I'll be making modded firmware around it.

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Zitat von redrain85 im Beitrag #529

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Zitat von ket im Beitrag #510

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Don't fret over those CTS "findings", their BS non issues essentially and the whole situation reeks of corporate espionage with surprise surprise, the nefarious company behind it all seemingly being intel. THIS VIDEO will sum that situation up nicely.

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Oh, I wasn't worried. I'd already read all the news and watched multiple videos on the subject, including AdoredTV's. It was pretty obvious from the start that the CTS-Labs and Viceroy Research reports were Intel funded hit pieces. Of course, there's no concrete proof of that; but the fact that a lot of Intel motherboards also use the same ASMedia chips Ryzen mobos do, and this was never mentioned anywhere in those reports, is very telling.

Zitat von ket im Beitrag #527

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Alright everyone I've finished testing F21 (don't worry B350 owners waiting on older modded firmware I've not forgotten about you) and here is what I can tell you for those who only want a short read; I'll be making modded firmware around it.

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Hey, that's great! Glad to see you've settled on a BIOS that supports Pinnacle Ridge aka Ryzen 2000 series.

While I personally won't be upgrading my 1700 CPU (not enough of a performance increase in any of the new models to justify the cost), at least there's the opportunity to continue using your modded BIOSes in the future if I change my mind. I look forward to a new modded release based on F21.

I do have one request, though!

It seems that the boot logo bitmap is where the text is, that shows what keys you can press during boot. When you replace the logo with your own custom one, that text goes missing. It would be nice if you could copy the text from the bottom of the original logo and add it your yours?

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Zitat von PickMeNow im Beitrag #528

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Hello,

While I was searching for new drivers I found out this recent version of Realtek drivers that are compatible: Realtek High Definition Audio (HDA) R2.8x (8403) WHQL + Dolby : http://www.station-drivers.com/index.php...y=4&lang=en

I tested and works with Sound Blaster X-Fi MB5 1.00.19.

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Zitat von ket im Beitrag #526

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Alright guys, the warning is coming in early. If improvements / bug fixes the Aorus X470 line get do not trickly down to the X370 boards at least a month or so after launch I'm not wasting my time any further on Gigabytes garbage it would take me too long to rip things apart fully to really start to correct problems. My advice; Just avoid anything Gigabyte branded, particularly when it comes to motherboards.

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New Realtek driver is up. Old modded firmware for the B350 boards is also up. First new firmware based on F22b is up for the Gaming 5.

If ever there was a reason to not buy a GB motherboard gents I think we have a winner here. GB may have replaced the board but VRMs blowing out should not be happening. Period. Whos to say other untold damage wasn't done to the other hardware as well.

CLDO_VDDP is "hidden in plain sight" under the VDDP offset in the voltage menu. For reasons unknown the increments are 0.020V where I'd prefer 0.010V - I've just bumped mine +0.060V and it added just that. And now I'm going to re-try all of my RAM timings from the top. I managed to increase read speed 48300-48500MB/s at 3400Mhz CL16 to 53600-53800Mb/s at 3466Mhz CL14 booting into Windows without problems but not entirely stable.

I'm still on F21 cuz I wants my RGB, lol.

@ket

I understand your point. It's not fair to have anyone not associated with the manufacturer fixing their software ... unless they end up sending you a big, fat check. You're still doing a great job, dude. Really appreciate it.

I can only be (kind of) grateful I got my MB at a sale, almost €45 under MSRP. If I want RGB to work properly I'll get a Morpheus and RGB fans for my GFX, add LED-strips and blah-blah-blah.

Zitat von hansen_DK im Beitrag #534

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CLDO_VDDP is "hidden in plain sight" under the VDDP offset in the voltage menu. For reasons unknown the increments are 0.020V where I'd prefer 0.010V - I've just bumped mine +0.060V and it added just that. And now I'm going to re-try all of my RAM timings from the top. I managed to increase read speed 48300-48500MB/s at 3400Mhz CL16 to 53600-53800Mb/s at 3466Mhz CL14 booting into Windows without problems but not entirely stable.

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That’s what I get for trying to sound smart rather than ask the right question. ;)

What is the useful function of CPU VDDP, then? I (seem to) get fewer errors in memtest after I’ve raised it. (3466Mhz would pop error upon error upon etc. within 30sec at 0,900V but at 0,980V it’s one every 15-30min)

I wonder if the guys at GB have confused the two?

Zitat von hansen_DK im Beitrag #536

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That’s what I get for trying to sound smart rather than ask the right question. ;)

What is the useful function of CPU VDDP, then? I (seem to) get fewer errors in memtest after I’ve raised it. (3466Mhz would pop error upon error upon etc. within 30sec at 0,900V but at 0,980V it’s one every 15-30min)

I wonder if the guys at GB have confused the two?

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Zitat von ket im Beitrag #519

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Thats most likely due to the broken SPD data detection in the firmware. Thats been broken for months. Unsurprisingly, its only GB boards that have that problem.

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That is a weird issue.. you might want to flash to a very old firmware then flash up to F21, doing so will force a complete erase and reprogramming rather than just an "upgrade". Migh iron out a few things for you.

Gaming K7 F22b modded firmware is up.