@sochotek

3700 cinebench R15 multi core shoukd be about right for dual 6163s

@sochotek My first boot took a long time as you describe, but I have not noticed any excessive boot delays since then. That being said multisocket rigs very rarely POST quickly, but 15 mins does sound a bit excessive. I also haven’t started up that many times due to my machine missing a good chunk of its cooling firmware because I haven’t written it yet.

yeah i am probably an idiot as i had my motherboard on the test bench and updated everything with that but when switched it over to my buddies i am almost positive i didnt remember to update the FW. unfortuantely i have another machine that got dropped in my lap last minute that im rebuild (older am3+ build) but i will update with any news once i check the firmware and update it. thanks again for the tips and suggestions.

OK so update.

BMC Firmware is 1.09
I have a bunch of dual socket motherboards i have been tinkering with and this one seems to take a little longer, but i think after ALL the updates in windows it seems to be alot better. Passmark scores went up to around 21k after i put more ram in and made it atleast quad channel. so i would assume passmark will go up even more with 6 channel setup. eitherway im pretty sure this MB is good to go.

I will be sending this motherboard back to my friend, but im testing this week on my board the 6130 ES and 6138 ES. the seller accidentally sent me the wrong one so i said i would buy the 6130 QL1M for 100. Hopefully i can find a single socket board to use this on after i do some testing with it. Ill keep everyone posted

Has anyone tested this new CAP bios with non-ecc RAM?

@sochotek

So ive attached a pic of the error code im getting... any ideas? @Lost_N_BIOS

@avd what error did you get when you used UDIMMs instead of RDIMMS?

Sorry @TechStream - I don't have one of these boards, so not sure what that could mean. It's so bright, wow, even in image that hurts my eye
Is that bE or 3b and one of the LED bars is out or not as brightly lit, or is that an actual upside down F + E strange one!
If it's 3b, this is Intel MRC CPU, often memory related issue - reseat CPU to rule that out, then remove some memory or try other memory

@Lost_N_BIOS think i have an LED out and its actually meant to be A 33 which is memory incompatability which could make sense

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #241

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@avd - Thanks, and yes I missed you mentioned all that in your original post and the one following it (204), I assumed you purchased the BIOS via that ebay sellers dance, and didn't notice you mentioned anything about simply replacing SECCore and adding ucode.
So the new BIOS you added, is this stock BIOS downloaded from Asus and you simply replaced SECCore and added ucode, or did you modying the dump you provided previously per the comments above?
If it's the later there, I'd prefer not suggesting users use that with flashback, the required two simple changes should be done on a stock BIOS only, that way nothing else is added or missed in your dump editing.

Great you figured all this out. How did you learn about the SECCore change being the key part to allow this to work?
I tried inserting ucodes previously, but that was way back when this first started, and I think BIOS 3501 was only latest one then. I guess we should have kept trying as new BIOS came out

Pretty cat you have!

@malucul @mitdal369 @levelud @maxdata @myio @Branen @Onyxx1606 @Moomoo @Kaboooom2000uk @Onyxx1606 @dahuoxia @TechStream

Here is 5503 ES mod flashback ready (built from stock BIOS) with 50650, 50651, 50652, 50653, 50654 - all 2017 ucodes, Plus stock 55, 56, 57 - maybe this will cover all the ES types now!

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...774619906056834

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@trespasser2 - Yes

OK TESTING UPDATE:

Boards
Both boards fully updated FW and BIOS (plus all other drivers) Second board is happily being shipped back to my buddy who is extremely excited to get his hands on it.

CPU Testing
Single 6136ES - 100% - turbo 2.4
Dual 6136ES - 100% - turbo 2.4
6138ES (QL1L) - 100% -turbo 2.2
6130ES (QL1M) - 100% - NA - just tested that this would post and boot to windows haven't run any benchmarks.

FYI im sure the dual setup works for both 6138 and the 6130 i just dont have a second Noctua u12s dx3647 yet as it is still in transit (evben though i ordered them at the same time, from the same place, but i will dive into that further on another day... anyways i digress

RAM - which im sure what everyone want to know about
ECC 2133p - 4gb - 16gb dimm - 100% I havent tested 32GB dimms and they are just too expensive even second hand to try out
ECC 2400P - 8GB dimm 100% - That is all i have for that speed

----- ALL ECC Ram testing was done with Samsung dimms

NON-ECC 2400T - Kingston - 100% 8GB dimm
NON-ECC 2400T - Samsung - 100% 8GB Dimm
NON-ECC 2400T - Micron - 100% 8GB Dimm
NON-ECC 2666V - Micron - 100% 4GB Dimm
NON-ECC 3000 - TFORCE - 100% 4GB dimm - RGB consumer grade fun

Benchmarks
Single 6138
passmark - 20678
CB15 - 2387
CB20 - 5820

Dual 6136
passmark - 21223 - Anomaly?? also NOTE this was before FW Update an only dual channel ram testin
CB15 - 3243
CB20 - 8730

Side quirks
- when changing RAM . . .. . LET the system really think. my Q code hangs for about 15-20 maybe 30 seconds at 6d and then will carry on and post, but just give it some time (this is only when swapping RAM).
- I havent dont much testing with he 4GB dimms but i have noticed things are a little slow? so if you were to buy regular (non-ecc) memory i would at least get 8GB dimms
- on the note of memory i wouldn't really run too much without quad channel or higher
- also after upgrading the FW reboots now take about 5 minutes as opposed to the 9:45 seconds (i timed it) to fully reboot and get back to the login screen.
- i will say i am building a replacement PLEX server on a dual gigabyte lga2011 (super low tdp so i can leave it on 24/7) build and that doesn't even take nearly 3 minutes to reboot that being said this is a minor gripe.

All testing was done on Windows 10 build with latest updates and win build 1803 - this isn't my daily so i just haven't gotten around to setting up getting the insider preview builds on the sage machine.

Let me know if anyone has any other CPUs they want to test. I would love to test the new W model that was just announced as im sure the ES models of that CPU are floating around somewhere.

Overclocking . . . .the only way i know it can be done is with BLCK overclocking which i'm rather familiar with since i overclocked my current workstation (x79 with 1650 xeon OC to 4.6 on water and is very stable) so if anything i might tinker a little with that.

Noctua u12s is a beast. super quiet. the only reason i didn't go with the 14 is because it takes up one of the PCIEx16 slots and i'm not about that.

Last food for thought: Has anyone thought about delidding this? De8aur has a kit for this socket as it is not soldered and i have done this to all of my 8th gen builds and those saw a significant drop in temp both at idle and under load. I'm on the fence about this as i just don't really want to mess this beast up too much but cooler temps would be nice.

@sochotek

Your non-ecc ram testing was this with dual or single CPU?

Hey @TechStream

the non-ecc testing occurred on the sage c621e but sadly currently only with a single cpu as im still waiting for my second noctua cooler. Im almost positive this should still work with the dual setup. but i will further confirm they work once the second cooler gets here ( i may just order another one since it was on the same original order). anyways the 3000 tforce did light up with rgb and actually looked really nice. im not the biggest rgb fan (however i do enjoy a modestly decked out rig like that) but i stole these dimms of my wife's rig. Oh also they do post and run in cpu-z at 3000mhz (well obviously half in cpu-z).

Side mention - the TFORCE has a pretty huge heatsink. noctua cooler still clears it however if you go with the u14s you will have issues.

As far as flashiness goes i cant get over the price difference between non ecc and ecc. i only paid 180 for 4 dimms of 16gb ecc ram. basically every site i have searched on is double that price for the same amoun of non-ecc ram.

Mind you I'm in the US so IDK if there is a difference from what other deals in other countries.

@sochotek

Ahh ok i shall pull one CPU and try again!!