Looking for something like this :

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.ph...-Asus-Hyper-M-2

It would be great if we could change the bandwith, check the pics. Wondering maybee if we could have the motherboard block diagram would be easier to understand. but didn't find anything.

I don't know what is what on the IOUx, only you can test and find out. The MPC9-1 are not relevant to use, since those do not offer the options you are wanting, so they don't matter

For Asus BIOS, best way to flash mod BIOS is via USB Flashback. USB Must be formatted to FAT32, all files must be on root of USB, and BIOS file must have special flashback name.
Some USB do not work with flashback, so if you get solid LED or no LED it's not working (if your USB has LED's, or same applies to flashback button LED too) Smaller USB usually better, 128MB-2GB best.
When it's working, the LED will blink several times, then start blinking faster until it's done, usually a minute or so. I think LED on button either stays solid at end or shuts off, can't remember.
If LED on button only blinks a few times then solid it's not working, it must blink many times and then get faster blinks, then you know it's working.

For the link you mentioned, this is all I see in your BIOS for that section. Looks like it's been nulled, the info/selection choices blanked and only one slots name is there.
However, later if we find the other stuff we plan to change does not work, I can download that boards BIOS and see what each of those choices should be named in the unnamed slots there, and we can change the default to another value and retest.
As it is now, do you see any of these at Advanced >> Onboard Devices Config? I can unsuppress them for you, looks like you should see the M.2_1 setting, but then the next three will be suppressed.
I am unsure what will happen, if nothing, if broken setup entry (can't enter BIOS, have to reflash), or if blanked named entry will be shown when no name it on the setting in BIOS (also no names on the setting options either)
This is probably not needed anyway, since your BIOS is by default setup and ready to use VROC. Did you test different drivers, or RST Settings? Is a certain driver required, or certain settings etc, should be some kind of guide out there people have made for these I would imagine.

@danielp87 - here is three mod BIOS as we discussed, flash using flashback and do not rename the files
Each BIOS has one of the IOUx changed to x4x4x4x4
BIOS 1 - IOU0 = x4x4x4x4 Default
BIOS 2 - IOU1 = x4x4x4x4 Default
BIOS 3 - IOU2 = x4x4x4x4 Default
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fil...119907278146666

Thank you I'll test it and feedback soon.

thank you very much !!!

Could you explain me how you did to modify the settings by default please ?

Thank you.

well, unfortunately no change. Still same speed. :/ tried every Bios without any change ... I used the flashback method, I looked at the flash process and saw that it worked well.
So something missing ...

What could you do now ?

@danielp87 - I edited the setup module via IFR and hex, then reinserted with UEFITool. Please reflash each one, or at least one, then dump the BIOS region via FPT and send to me to check, this way we can confirm it's being flashed in, best to start there.

@danielp87 and/or @Lost_N_BIOS ,

Did you get this resolved? I have the exact same issue not getting the 16x slot plit into 4x4x4x4). I have 4 Intel 900p drives on a HYPER M.2 X16 v1 card, on the same MB as you (Rampage VI Extreme) with a core i9 7980 etc.
I am using the VROC option setup in BIOS (version 2002). I can only see that the MB is assigning x4 (to the HYPER M.2 X16 v1 card out) of the available x16, pushing all data traffic through a single x4 path instead of splitting the x16 into 4x4x4x4 giving each drive x4 lanes each. ASUS is no help. this is nuts.

@build4fun - did you try the BIOS at post #18? If yes, maybe I need to make same edits in NVRAM too, not just setup. Let me know, if necessary I will redo for you

@Lost_N_BIOS

Thanks for your rapid response. I've downloaded them and looked at them with the UBU tool. The 3 BIOS you made are based on a fairly old BIOS version (1603) which is no longer available form ASUS either (it's been pulled) and most modules are outdated as well...

But ok I will flash one of them and see how they work.

I have a modded BIOS 2002 here which has been updated withy all the latest models available: IRST RAID (v17.7.0.4404), VROC OROM/VMD (v6.1.0.1017), CPU id 50654 uCode revision 64 (from July 31, 2019). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tPnWggU...x3UsmrBLRXQuVP5

Maybe it's better to start with that?

Yeah, that was back in February, however I never received testing results back from that user, so still do not know if those BIOS made the changes or the same also needs done in NVRAM too.
So yes, if you don't mind, test and let me know, then we can do same on latest BIOS once we're sure that enables it. If it fails, then I will just make you new BIOS and change in setup and in NVRAM all at once for all slots (or unlock that area of the BIOS instead, so you can change on the fly)

Or yes, if you want, I can just take your mod BIOS and unlock it? Not sure why I didn't do this previously for other user, maybe due to it seemed like he wanted help to mod more than things unlocked?
Anyway, if you want unlock, show me image of the root of your advanced BIOS page so I can see all visible to you submenus at a glance, and then show me what you can see inside PCI config and PCH submenus (if you can see either of those)
Reading back now, it looks like he did reply with test results, I guess I missed that! Unless his flashback wasn't working, sounds like these changes also need done in NVRAM too (would not apply if I make settings visible to you)

so I can tell you that the changes have had no positive impact.

However, I was able to identify my speed problem with respect to the PCI Bifurcation. By the way, it wasn't a Bifurcation problem but a ssd problem. the intel ssds https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/...x4-3d2-tlc.html
show a sequential reading rate of 3210MB/s and so I was hoping to have about 12000MB/s and that was not the case, I don't remember what I had but it was less than 4000MB/s. So I figured it doesn't go beyond a PCIE x4 link (32GT) when we're supposed to have 4x PCIE x4 so 128 GT/s. In short, it is not a problem of the bios or the PCIE Bifurcation, the problem comes from the ssd. It's TLC and I realized that these ssd have cache in SLC, 8GB per ssd if I'm not mistaken, and it's with this cache that we reach speeds of 3210MB/s. If we try to write something bigger than 8GB on the ssd it will write in the TLC and the bitrates are much lower than what is announced. Finally, what I expected was to have SSDs like Samsung's where the flash memory is the same throughout the ssd and therefore the same speed announced from start to finish.
Even if Samsung ssd are compatible, the problem is that to have a bootable volume on ssd with VROC you need intel ssd, moreover if you want 5/10 raid you need a paid dongle. So thank you Intel for restricting all this. Don't be fooled, if you want to have the same thing at a lower cost, choose an AMD architecture the vroc is included (free) and you can put the ssd you want. Otherwise there is a PCIe card at HighPoint that does the same job as the vroc
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/CS-product_nvme.htm
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Have a good day

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Hi All
any further feedback on this issue?
ive got same board with a hyper x16 aswell
I
JUST
CANNOT
GET THE RAID TO WORK
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Zitat von build4fun im Beitrag #25

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@Lost_N_BIOS

Thanks for your rapid response. I've downloaded them and looked at them with the UBU tool. The 3 BIOS you made are based on a fairly old BIOS version (1603) which is no longer available form ASUS either (it's been pulled) and most modules are outdated as well...

But ok I will flash one of them and see how they work.

I have a modded BIOS 2002 here which has been updated withy all the latest models available: IRST RAID (v17.7.0.4404), VROC OROM/VMD (v6.1.0.1017), CPU id 50654 uCode revision 64 (from July 31, 2019). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tPnWggU...x3UsmrBLRXQuVP5

Maybe it's better to start with that?

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anybody???

@Tonnage , the 2002 I linked below has been modded with all the latest OROM modules available (that was not already in the ASUS published 2002). updated:
- EFI IRST RAID for SATA - 17.7.0.4404
- OROM IRST RAID for SATA - 17.7.0.4404
- EFI IRSTe RAID for SATA - 6.1.0.1017
- EFI Intel VROC with VMD - 6.1.0.1017
- EFI Intel Gigabit UNDI - 0.0.23
- OROM Intel Boot Agent CL - 0.1.14
- CPU id 50654 uCode revision 64 (from July 31, 2019)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tPnWggU...x3UsmrBLRXQuVP5

But it has not been modded for PCI bifurcation al a @Lost_N_BIOS

I am is the same spot as before the HYPER M.2 X16 v1 card is still not behaving the x4x4x4x4 way with four Intel 900p drives.

The whole VROC thing on a HYPER M.2 X16 v1 card is a disaster in my experience. Nothing I have done to improve read and write performance has worked - everything I tired has failed.
For the record, I even have the VROC Key installed as well, even though it is not needed for RAID 0. And for the record do not attempt to VROC raid anything but intel 900p or 905p drives - it simply will not work.

But even with intel 900p drives you will not get the performance in VROC.

Also, the v2 (version 2) of HYPER M.2 X16 has the same issues when it comes to VROC RAID 0, BUT handles m.2 drives better (the v1 could really only handle u.2 drives well enough with a m.2 to u.2 cable but had power delivery issues with four m.2 drives ). And by "handle" I mean v2 can actually read and write as a RAID 0 volume (consisting of 4 times m.2 drives or 4 times u.2 drives -with m.2-u.2 cable adapter) without issues (except speed). v1 had a power delivery problem (on the card) if you had four m.2 905p drives for instance.

The point is the RAID 0 works if you do what I do, but the speed is catastrophic = looks like it is limited by 4x PCIe speed for all 4 drives.

And while @danielp87 have the intel 7600 drives (which in themselves is the bottle neck - because of the way intel constructed them, see his post) my Intel 900p drives are not limited the same way and should get close to saturation of a x16 PICe slot wiht four Intel 900p drives connected to a HYPER M.2 X16 card in this x16 slot - four time x4 = x16 lanes in read. No such luck.

After many, many months and tests, I am honestly very tired to experimenting more with VROC and the HYPER M.2 X16 card and was hoping @Lost_N_BIOS had found a BIOS solution.

Honestly, you are better off doing SW raid with a couple of Samsung 960 PRO m2. drives - you will get much better r/w speeds than what I get with the HYPER M.2 X16 card.


So why do I still use the VROC raided HYPER M.2 X16 card - well my OS and all S/W is on it so reinstalling everything again and get the system to where I am today will take a long time...
The VROC works but is not very fast - at all.