@KarnbirR - I can mod BIOS to be that way if you end up needing it, let me know (and let me know which BIOS exact BIOS you want modified in this manner)

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No, after reset CMOS set only AUTO, this is his mission. Try resetting with one GPU 1080

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I understand, however in the event of CMOS reset, even with single 1080ti. The system will refuse to post.

The only way to get the bios to post is to use an older supported GPU such as 9XX series. Essentially this issue blocks the p9x79-e ws from being forward-compatible due to ASUS's auto setting not working correctly with current and future gen video cards after CMOS reset or if the user does not have access to older compatible cards.
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@KarnbirR - I can mod BIOS to be that way if you end up needing it, let me know (and let me know which BIOS exact BIOS you want modified in this manner)

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Thank you for your offer! I would love to assist you if needed. I think this could help future-proof the p9x79-e ws for just a little longer :) Sent a PM with some questions!

Hey guys why cant I download this ? are the files still available ?
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Nevermind ! Got em to download ! :)

Any reason why you made 2 BIOS versions, one without bifuraction and one with? Does having bifuraction bios have any consequences?

I don't plan to use bifurification currently, but I think it's a good feature to have.

@MiG174
@Lost_N_BIOS
Has the mod file been updated with newer codes? The file in the zip archive has file date 2020-02-05.

@paranoid_android - Yes, I just checked all the edits done and MiG174 has been editing and updating the post lots of times since it's original, so I assume it's being updated.
Check microcodes with MCE and see if they are latest, then you will know if those are updated or not.

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@MiG174, you are awesome! Worked perfectly on my P9X79E-WS with an Intel 665P 1TB and a Siig SC-M20211-S1 M.2 M Key NVMe to PCIe adapter... once I realized that you HAVE TO use the FlashBack method ONLY that is! I first tried it with the ASUS DOS util from a USB boot drive and after failing miserably, and wasting a few hours, I read the post from agentx007 that MiG174 linked HERE - READ ME and realized the mistake I had made and viola... I used FlashBack with MiG174's Modded 1704 BIOS and now the old girl is purring like a kitten. Many thanks and I am having a beer in honor of MiG174.

It may also be worth noting for some concerned users that I was able to use MiniTool Partition Wizard (paid version) to migrate my Win10 installation to the new NVMe without any issues and no reactivation nightmares... I was worried because the install was a Win7 to Win10 upgrade "Digital License" and I had read somewhere that you supposedly HAVE TO reactivate when migrating to an SSD and it would fail due to the hardware change resulting in my having to either buy a Key or start over at the Win7 install and upgrade again... but trying to install Win7 to the NVMe worried me (compatibility issues and workaround headaches) and I wasn't looking forward to reinstalling all my apps even if that weren't the case so I had basically resolved that I would be shelling out for a Win10 Pro Key if it didn't work... thankfully it migrated trouble-free and no reactivation needed!

In summary, for anyone wanting a step by step, here is what I did that worked for me and was (I think) pretty "safe" in terms of undo-ability...
1. Make Macrium Backup Image of stable and totally up to date Win7 Pro system.
2. Make WinPE Tools Disk from MiniTool Partition Wizard (or equivalent), if you don't already have one, on USB or DVD.
3. Upgrade Win7 Pro to Win10 Pro with Microsoft's "Free" digital license upgrade offer (still worked as of January 2020).
4. Make sure all updates are done and computer boots properly 2 or 3 times in a row without any issues.
5. Make another Macrium Backup Image.
6. Convert MBR to GPT with MiniTool Partition Wizard (paid edition) or equivalent... in my case the process failed but they have top-notch support and got me going pretty quickly without much trouble (and no image restores or taking any backward steps in the process at all!).
7. Edit BIOS settings to UEFI then verify proper booting a couple of times and... make another image!
8. Save any custom BIOS settings such as overclock, etc. (I always hand type them in a TXT file that I keep on my backup drive just in case).
9. Backup Current BIOS.
10. Update BIOS (using FLASHBACK ONLY) with MiG174's Modded 1704 BIOS.
11. Reboot into BIOS and re-apply any custom BIOS settings for overclock, etc.
12. Reboot and make sure the computer boots properly a few times then Shut Down completely.
13. Install NVMe (with an appropriate adapter card, I used the SIIG SC-M202110-S1 after reading reviews of all the various junk on NewEgg and Amazon until I was blue in the face).
14. After install, boot into the BIOS and now you should see the NVMe drive (simply called PATA) as an option under the boot settings... but don't pick it yet... instead set to boot from the USB Drive or DVD depending on what you used to make the Partition Magic WinPE tools disk (or comparable) that you made earlier and reboot into that WinPE Tool.
15. After booting into the WinPE Tools disk, use the software you chose to migrate the System to the NVMe drive.
16. After the migration is completed, turn off the computer and unplug your original System Drive.
17. Now (finally) Boot into the BIOS again and edit the boot settings to boot from the Windows Boot Manager on the new NVMe drive name (In My case it was Windows Boot Manager - Intel etc, etc) DON'T Choose the PATA entry as that is not the UEFI option.
18. Make a final system image once it is all working!
19. Enjoy the wicked speed afforded by the NVMe and scoff at the notion of getting rid of the (still) awesome P9X79-E WS.
20. Say thanks to @MiG174!

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I tried this guide, but that didn't work.

I tried afuwinx64, but that failed as well with error that the BIOS is secured BIOS.
Currently the system is flashed with the latest 1704 BIOS version.

How do I flash this mod?

Another think that worked downgrading and upgrading with original windows is the ASUS Ai Tools.
I was able to successfully DOWN/Up grade.

I need this for the bifurcation functionality to use with ASUS M.2 X16 v4 PCIE Card.

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I am not 100% sure but I vaguely remember reading something about the ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 PCIe 4.0 x4. being only able to use specific NVMe cards, namely only Intel. I was about to buy one also and decided I didn't need that complication. As far as flashing the BIOS I think that you need to use the specific USB Flash port on the back of the P9X79-E WS motherboard only. I tried the Asus tools ect as well. I have spent weeks trying to get my NVMe drive working but in the end I reached a point where I was flogging a dead horse and just gave up. I did get my machine to find the drive but it was in the wrong type and could not get it to change. I am running Server 2019 and i think that I might have been able to get it to work if I did a complete new install, due to the number of attempts and weird and wonderful error messages over the course of several weeks, I just ran out of enthusiasm. It should not have been that hard!

Surprisingly some people didn't have any problems, unfortunately I was not one of them.

@MiG174 This bug exist in modified bioses
https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.ph...-all-x79-boards
I have two P9X79E-WS one with 1680V2 and one with 2687W V2 and have GSKILLL 2666 32gb ddr3, also Cruacial Low profile 1600 OC to 2400Mhz and bandwich for write is bellow 43gb for read 73gb and more.
Also have 128Gb Reg ECC which dont work on this bios work on R3Gene X58 96gb.

Can you fix that memory problems?
Kind regards
nicke85

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I'm using ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 PCIe 4.0 x4.

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@MiG174 -about you last comment...

I use an Asus Hyper M.2×16 PCIe3.0 card in my Asus Z9PE-D8 WS, which is an Intel C602 Dual Socket Board.
I have 3 NVME SSDs mounted currently and they seem to work (board supports bifurcation by default).
I am aware of the VROC-issue but I expected that the card and SSDs would run on that system anyway, since I am susing the SSDs as separate volumes.
[With my other P9X79-E WS board, this configuration does not work at all, as the bifurcation which I set on port 4 (×4×4) does not seen to work.
But SSD on connector #1 of the Hyper Card is recognized.]

But: I have a feeling the system is laggy sometimes. Could the reason for that be that the M.2 card was designed with X299-like Systems in mind?
So that additionally to just simply splitting the root port resources, the card design somehow relies on design features of X299-like chipsets? Besides VROC capability?
I have the same sort of behaviour when I use the respective Asrock Ultra Quad M.2 card.

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Can you fix that memory problems?

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Also have 128Gb Reg ECC which dont work on this bios work on R3Gene X58 96gb.

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2014/01/14358.32 KBytes
P9X79-E WS memory QVL 2014.01.14
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/So..._QVL_140114.pdf

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2013/12/24106.84 KBytes
P9X79-E WS memory QVL (DDR3-2800,DDR3-2933,DDR3-3000)
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/So..._QVL_131224.pdf

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2013/10/3070.33 KBytes
P9X79-E WS ECC UDIMM QVL 2013.10.29
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/So..._QVL_131029.pdf

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https://www.asus.com/supportonly/P9X79-E%20WS/HelpDesk_QVL/
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/...bility.2485795/

@masterdev - Flashback is picky, more so about the newness of the drive, and it's size. Older, smaller, cheaper = better. 128MB-2GB is best, also best if you partition larger/newer drives down to 1GB, sometimes that will make non-compatible one compatible.
FAT or FAT32 is best, and drive does NOT need to be bootable, right click with windows and format is best, once partitioned to correct size you want, if re-sizing.

You will have to test card in different slots until you find which slot = what BIOS settings, they are not named per slot in the BIOS, and there are 12 possibilities for bifurcating four slots
You can test with one device, per slot, and see which Bus it's using via HWINFO >> BUS, then change one set of IIO/IIOU setting at a time in BIOS until you see it split, then you will know those apply to that slot.

As to Hyper, see my testing here, this is not on X79, just general testing I did to see which slots worked with what drives, and how etc.
Slots used on card matters, depending on what amount of drives you are using, you can't put card in whichever slot you want.
[REQUEST] Bifurcation Asus x99-a II - 5820k (2)

If you do not have VROC key, then you can only make RAID via Intel drives

Asus X79 (all variants) only supports 3 NVME on hyper card.

Hopes that helps clear some stuff up for you or anyone reading this later

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@masterdev - Flashback is picky, more so about the newness of the drive, and it's size. Older, smaller, cheaper = better. 128MB-2GB is best, also best if you partition larger/newer drives down to 1GB, sometimes that will make non-compatible one compatible.
FAT or FAT32 is best, and drive does NOT need to be bootable, right click with windows and format is best, once partitioned to correct size you want, if re-sizing.

You will have to test card in different slots until you find which slot = what BIOS settings, they are not named per slot in the BIOS, and there are 12 possibilities for bifurcating four slots
You can test with one device, per slot, and see which Bus it's using via HWINFO >> BUS, then change one set of IIO/IIOU setting at a time in BIOS until you see it split, then you will know those apply to that slot.

As to Hyper, see my testing here, this is not on X79, just general testing I did to see which slots worked with what drives, and how etc.
Slots used on card matters, depending on what amount of drives you are using, you can't put card in whichever slot you want.
[REQUEST] Bifurcation Asus x99-a II - 5820k (2)

If you do not have VROC key, then you can only make RAID via Intel drives

Asus X79 (all variants) only supports 3 NVME on hyper card.

Hopes that helps clear some stuff up for you or anyone reading this later

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