@jcorrea have you had a chance to look at the Gigabyte firmware?

New Update

CHANGELOG:

- Update Intel CPU Microcode 0306A9 YB: 1F #Spectre fix for IvyBridge
- Update Intel CPU Microcode 0206A7 SB: 2D #Spectre fix for SandyBridge



DOWNLOAD:

ASROCK Z77 EXTREME 4
ASROCK Z77 EXTREME 6

Zitat von Ubro92 im Beitrag #32

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New Update

CHANGELOG:

- Update Intel CPU Microcode 0306A9 YB: 1F #Spectre fix for IvyBridge
- Update Intel CPU Microcode 0206A7 SB: 2D #Spectre fix for SandyBridge



DOWNLOAD:

ASROCK Z77 EXTREME 4
ASROCK Z77 EXTREME 6

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Yes, with the latest microcode for both Ivy and Sandy, Specter and Meltdow are fixed.

Some screens:



Even if there is no performance optimization, there is no real loss in performance either in the benchmark or in gaming :)

Hi, Ubro92.

Could you please build and share modded bios without Theme/Spectre/Meltdow?

Thanks in advance

Zitat von NeverMore im Beitrag #35

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Hi, Ubro92.

Could you please build and share modded bios without Theme/Spectre/Meltdow?

Thanks in advance

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ubro92, thank you very much for your hard work on this BIOS mod!

I am currently having some BIOS corruption issues on my Asrock Z77 Extreme4 that I believe stem from repeated hard reboots due to RAM (GSkill 2400Mhz) and PCI-E Wifi card (Archer T9) incompatibilities. I have been running with the latest 2.90 (not the beta 2.90P) BIOS, and have already flashed the Winbound BIOS EEPROM chip with my CH341A EEPROM programmer to repair the corruption. I am still seeing boot issues, and was hoping that your updated BIOS will potentially resolve some of these issues that are resulting in "A2" Q-code errors. Even if it doesn't help, at least the modules will be up to date!

Question: Is your BIOS using the latest version of the modules as of today? I notice that you have some newer versions of the modules in your BIOS than http://www.mdclab.it/intel-socket-1155-z77-extreme-4.html, but was curious if yours actually contains all the updates and more? Are there newer modules since your latest changelog post?

Thank you!!!

@Ubro92

I have an Extreme9 z77 series, does your BIOS mod also update so that we can use the mini pci-e for an msata ssd? As of now it can only be used for wifi and bt however, I read on another forum someone mentioned they modded their extreme6 z77 to use it to read an ssd, however, didn't reference how, only left their BIOS with a broken link.

Also, how did you get M.2 Sata to work when there is no slot? These changes are very exciting btw, great work man.

Hi, I'm sorry if I answer only now, then my bios has all the updated modules to the latest releases, those of Lab instead are less updated.

The problems of corruption are certainly due to the various flashes, theoretically the problems should disappear completely using a programmer and reprogramming the bios-chip and in case of damage replace it.

Also that cpu mounts? Ivy bridge and sandy bridge differ for the memory controller, the sandy bridges support a maximum of 1.575v, higher voltages can damage the DDR3 controller integrated into the cpu.

Unlike with ivy bridge, you can install 1.65v DDR3 modules without problems.

EDIT: With the last Labview update of 04/01/2018 all the modules are updated like my bios so the difference is reduced to the theme only and to the M.2 module :)

Zitat von SodaPoP Dima im Beitrag #38

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@Ubro92

I have an Extreme9 z77 series, does your BIOS mod also update so that we can use the mini pci-e for an msata ssd? As of now it can only be used for wifi and bt however, I read on another forum someone mentioned they modded their extreme6 z77 to use it to read an ssd, however, didn't reference how, only left their BIOS with a broken link.

Also, how did you get M.2 Sata to work when there is no slot? These changes are very exciting btw, great work man.

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@Ubro92

Thanks for such a fast reply. When I said msata I specifically meant via "mini pci-e onboard" not via pci-e insert slot. I tried by "mini pci-e" where normally the bluetooth/wifi module goes, and from stock BIOS it does not work. There would be a possibility of approximately 100mb/s gain on msata module vs SATA 6Gbps channel from my testing and the technology limits. Not a huge boost but would be nice if for free had only BIOS supported it.

Currently my BIOS has slic2.0 for OEM Win7 activation, does your modded BIOS have this as well?

Thank you anyway though. :-)

No, the bios does not support Slic2.0, but Windows 10 automatically links the serial to the motherboard's hardware ID for activation.

In general for security and especially for spectre / meltdown and other hardware bugs it is better to go directly to Windows 10, in 2018 I do not recommend using windows 7 for security.

However if you have an Extreme 9 the bios are not compatible as they only work for Extreme 4 and Extreme 6.

@Ubro92 about corruption, I've tried a lot of flashs to discover what could froze the flash process. Using unmodded z77 ext4 UEFI, and updating SATA/RAID/VBios (apart of course) it crashs on "Preparing crashless feature". The only driver I could update (with new ucodes), and flash with "instant flash" without any problem, was LAN. Not sure why yet. How did you solve this? And, do you know something about why Labview suspended all the links from the site?

Beta 3.00 is out for the z77 extreme4 with updated microcode. Anyone know if there are more fixes in this bios?

No other than the microcode, using an older UBU that shows the Intel ME version, has not been updated.

after flash this mod bios, can my extreme6 booting from samsung evo 960 ? or just for storage only?