Yeah, I'll see. Wish i could be in China now, lol.

In taobao 2.6G QHJE E3v5 = ￥399 yuan.After OC,the result is similar.

Could i know you email? My email is csharpfan@hotmail.com

I think our dialogs in forum could waste other's time.

Thanks but i prefer to talk here.

If someone have similar question/thoughts like i have, they will see here. Get it?

When i open FIT and drag official BIOS to it, there is a warning: ''Warning: Could not set "GbE Read Access" to: 0x00000008, reverting to previous/default value: 0xFFF'' is that normal? Is something to worry about? And when go for build image a window pop up saying about Boot Guard Disabled On Platform '' "Boot Guard Profile Configuration" is set to "Boot Guard Profile 0 - No_FVME". The Boot Guard feature will be disabled on the platform. Do you want to continue?''

Both are normal and continue.The boot guard prevents the E3v5 booting on Skylake/Kabylake just right.

OK! Thank you.

@htpcfans Hey! My Asrock Z170a-x1/3.1+ 8gb ddr4 + Celeron G3900 arrive! Still waiting for Xeon E3 1270v5. BCLK OC worked just fine on G3900. I end it up making the change on the FIT>Intel ME Kernel>Reserved>Yes. Go into InstaFlash, PC restart and start updating Intel ME them it start update the BIOS and it restart but i not sure if it finish. Now pc keep starting e shut it off in like 1sec, star... 1sec shut off,. It keep like that until i cut power from the psu. So did i mess with ME and now it don't allow to start? Or it will only start with the Xeon E3 1270v5?

Unfortunately,this situation could mean that this motherboard does not support running without ME.I will search similar situations of your motherboard in China.

Well i bought a CH341A USB Programmer, just waiting to arrive. I gonna try flash with the programmer see if it helps. If it doesn't, i'm thinking in grab one Asus z170 Pro Gaming.

@htpcfans Does the FIT version matter?

I did not found successful case Asrock Z170a-x1/3.1 supports E3v5 in China.What was your bios version modified for E3v5 ? The last version supports E3v5 is 2.2 and 1.5 support SkyOC. If your bios version is correct, this motherboard does not support E3v5.

The version of FIT is just the one version Intel corporation released.

I am not a seller and my main force PC is Asrock + E5 1660 v4(From ali taobao,2100 ￥Yuan,PreQS ES,does not show correct model),8C16T,OC 4.1G-1&2C,4.0G-3&4C,3.6G-5&6C,3.4G-7&8C,intel fan heat sink,very stable. My second PC is lenovo X99(from ali taobao,650 ￥Yuan,is actually P410 Station Motherboard ）+E5 2620 v4(from ali taobao,699 ￥Yuan,PreQS ES,does not show correct model),8C16T,2.1G-3.0G,also very stable.I still have a E3v3 2.6G(4C8T) ES ,a E3 1235l V5,a I3 6300,a I3 4330 es a G4500T es a G4920 es and some motherboards.My PC is situated at serveal houses.

Most of E3v5 buyer could be players,I guess.

If you are at China,i can give you some suggestions buying PC.

Recently my interest is Xeon LGA3647,many CPU is very cheap.The matching motherboard is expensive. I want buy a XEON es 8C16T (2.4G-3.2G,700 ￥yuan) or 16C32T(1.8G-3.2G,1600￥yuan).

@htpcfans Sorry! I don't understand. Are you saying that the version 2.2 supports E3v5? I modified the 1.5 version. MOBO came with the 2.0 version and SkyOC was working fine. So maybe there is hope.....?

The 2.2 version does still support BCLK OC. It has mCode revision 74 and ME version 11.0.0.1180. Tomorrow my Xeon E3 1270v5 arrive and maybe the CH341A USB Programmer.

My suggestion is modifying from 1.1 to 2.2 one by one. 2.2 is the last.Now you could do with the help of CH341A USB Programmer.
The second thing is the MAC address.