Forum - RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod

#16 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:00 am (Last edited: Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:16 pm)

Are you implying that the board is able to support above 128GB memory?

Anyway, stock 4901 was able to discover Intel P3608 DC by default, booting was possible as well.

Somehow the booting difficulty recently mentioned with P3608 DC was due to failing E5 2690.

I updated to the version you provided and wasn't able to discover 970 PRO as bootable option, so is there a setting to toggle?

Also note that the modified 4901 is not able to enter BIOS after toggling IRST (for 850 PRO RAID 0) & RSTe (for P3608 DC) - tried both to isolate another hardware related issue.

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#17 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:30 pm

Hi there! I tried to flash my P9X79 WS mother with this one but i showed "security error" no matter what I did. USB Flashback etc. So can you fix stock with only NVME only? It would be really helpful.

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#18 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:55 am

Quick format the media and copy the modified BIOS into root directory. In order to determine if flashback if working, the LED needs to be blinking after you have pressed it for 3 seconds.

Non blinking LED indicates no activity, corrupted file or thumbdrive.

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#19 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:22 am

Sorry @maelstrom_x - if stock BIOS is NVME compatible use that instead, I was not aware it was so didn't check for stock NVME compatible modules in there since I knew older/other BIOS for this board was not NVME Compatible. I've never seen anyone mention that it was other than you.
To use NVME with BIOS I modified you use this method, for boards that are not originally NVME compatible (Which I still assume applies to this board, and maybe your drive is regular SSD since you could see/boot with stock BIOS) I checked, no stock NVME compatibility for this board/BIOS 4901
All steps must be followed exactly in step #4 - [Guide] How to get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS

@wentakura - sounds like your USB Stick is not compatible, or you did not set it up correctly, or you renamed the BIOS file (Must be left named exactly as I had it)

To you both, here is stock BIOS with NVME mod only, you must follow all steps exactly as written in the guide linked above at post #4 to install and boot from NVME
The mod BIOS above has been tested and used by several people too, so it's OK, other than that RST issue mentioned which no one else has said before so unsure about that, possibly related to disk being used or some other setting maybe?
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...824069518820707

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#20 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Tue Apr 02, 2019 10:21 am

I just tried to flash this (unlocked) bios: It did not work for me

Board: P9X79 WS
CPU: E5 1680 v2
Previous bios: 4901 stock

First Try: The flashback light stays turned all the time. When I remember it right this means bios not detected.
Then I entered bios and loaded the default values. After that, the bios flashback finishes successfully but the board does not post: It stays at code "00".

The version posted in:
P9X79 WS 4901
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...290416551922392
works out of the box for me.

Just for interest:
Does this unlocked bios support more memory? 128GB was mentioned above.

Are there modded bioses for the P9X79 which have updated memory mappings, and probably also support cheap registered DIMMs?

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#21 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:48 am (Last edited: Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:09 am)

Good day! how to understand that BIOS already installed a modified BIOS NVMe? Without SSD installation
P9X79WS

Zitat von geke im Beitrag #20

Are there modded bioses for the P9X79 which have updated memory mappings, and probably also support cheap registered DIMMs?

P9x79 WS supports only DDR3 non-REG DRAM. To support REG-modules need a special track on the Board

Intel core i7-3930K@4300 MHz; ASUS P9X79 WS; MSI GTX1070 Gaming X 8G@2100 МГц;
Kllisre 2133 МГц kit 32 Гб; Plextor M5S 128 Гб; Cooler Master MWE Gold 750;
Custom EKWB liquid cooling system =)

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#22 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:09 am

If you flash NVME Mod BIOS, then that is how you know NVME Mod BIOS is in there

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#23 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:30 am

But with the help programs can be same? AIDA64, for example =)

Intel core i7-3930K@4300 MHz; ASUS P9X79 WS; MSI GTX1070 Gaming X 8G@2100 МГц;
Kllisre 2133 МГц kit 32 Гб; Plextor M5S 128 Гб; Cooler Master MWE Gold 750;
Custom EKWB liquid cooling system =)

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#24 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:10 am

Same what? Sorry, your post is confusing. BIOS will look same to everything, until you install NVME drive.
If you flashed NVME Mod BIOS with USB Flashback, and you could see USB Flashback working properly, then you now have NVME ready BIOS.

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#25 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:21 pm

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #13
I and many others hate those new 128GB memory BIOS from Asus for x79, but if you're sure you want that one I can do for you or link to where I posted already. [...] http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...609953940297640

Zitat von maelstrom_x im Beitrag #16
Are you implying that the board is able to support above 128GB memory?

Sorry for possibly (probably) off-topic thread necro, but I had been researching furiously how to get 128gb support on the P9X79 WS and this was about the only thread I found while Googling.

I don't know about > 128gb, but I can confirm that the BIOS version linked by @Lost_N_BIOS works as expected for 8x16gb ECC UDIMMs.

I also wanted to chime in for anyone who might find this in the future, since finding these 16GB DDR3 ECC UDIMMs that aren't also OEM'd to a specific controller by a specific manufacturer is such a PitA, there's this guy (I seriously think it's just some guy alone) in Santa Clara, California with an eBay store front called "Mem-Store" who sells a 16GB DDR3-1600Mhz ECC UDIMM which he guarantees to work with Xeon E3-xxxx and Atom C2xxx on a specific SuperMicro board. They were $79 a piece, so, not as inexpensive as some used modules which (may/are likely to) only run on some OEM hardware, but after talking to him about what I was trying to do he was cool with me giving it a shot on my Xeon E5-2687Wv2 on the P9X79 WS with the custom BIOS, so long as I was okay with paying return shipping insured.

The RAM is completely generic (I can identify the PCB manufacturer as Brain Power, but the ICs themselves have no identifying markers on them, only capacity and a serial number). With 2 of the 8 I ordered being DOA (PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGE_AREA BSODs when either was plugged in), they reek of jank, but the guy sent a prepaid return label and replaced the two lickety-split and all 8 are running fine now the last four weeks. I dunno that anyone would want to use these in some kind of production environment, but hey. An image gallery is available at https://imgur.com/a/3DS2eBQ.

If this counts as advertising and needs to be nuked, please put me in my place. If anyone wants a link, I can share in a message or edit my post. I don't get anything out of it, I just hate finding old forum posts where something was discussed and then someone who would have some answer or useful info for a future reader doesn't say anything.

If this should go somewhere else entirely, please put it (and me) in my place. And, sorry for my total lack of familiarity with the forum's etiquette, I've been nothing but a lurker til this point.

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#26 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:07 am

@dwkindig - Thanks, appreciate all that info, and thanks for stopping in and taking the time to drop that info for others

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#27 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Tue Sep 24, 2019 6:41 pm

@geke - that BIOS you linked is already tested and confirmed working, original post at Edit on post #82 here - [REQUEST] How to connect 2 M.2 SSDs to the same PCIe slot? (6)
Confirmed working report on next page at post 95 [REQUEST] How to connect 2 M.2 SSDs to the same PCIe slot? (7)

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#28 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:10 am

Hi @Lost_N_BIOS, the link to tinyupload is down so wondering if you could kindly repost the mod of P9X79 WS with NVMe support? Thanks!

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#29 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Fri Aug 06, 2021 11:23 pm (Last edited: Thu Nov 11, 2021 1:43 am)

Lost has been away since January, we cant recover his personnel links.

Here's the NVMe mod ONLY, latest bios 4901 for USB BFB ONLY, NOT EZ or OS environment.

@D Ragon
EDIT: ITS UP

Donations via PAYPAL / REVOLUT, if u think the guy deserves it, else to the Win-Raid community on the bottom of the page, as it deserves for all the gathered information.

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#30 | RE: [OFFER] ASUS P9X79 WS NVMe Mod datum

Thu Nov 11, 2021 1:23 am (Last edited: Thu Nov 11, 2021 1:26 am)

Hi @MeatWar, could you please re-up the mod bios file for ASUS P9X79 WS latest ver 4901, about link already died ((

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