unlikely, as the tip off may be the crossflash to the Maximus Gene platform you cited above...anyway going out for a walk for the moment; so I'll play around with my older version of UBU 1.69.11-fixed...we'll see how that goes.

sounds feasible and promising!

Just out of interest, what type of CPU are you running?
Mine is an i7-4770K which is unlocked and able to overclock without issue.
It is possible that the overclock features are lost with microcode updates if your CPU is an i7-47XX (non-K) variant.
Intel has been known to scupper overclocking features.

I've redone the bios versions attached below: one with CPU microcode v19 (best for overclocking) and one with CPU microcode v23, as per the Maxiumus Gene you crossflashed before, the last one before Spectre/Meltdown updates. Flash and compare if you get the same behaviour as before. Please post back and report.

All the other EFI/ROM modules remain as updated in the first post.

The light turns on!

My CPU is indeed a haswell socket 1150 non-k version i5 4570s. Your logic is sound hancor!. Thanks again for exploring this issue further with me!

I'm going to flash both bios' you have provided and will report back in a jiff.

hancor the legend!

Tried both bioses.

Cpu Microcode v19 did the same thing, does not save settings in bios for ram overclocks.

CPU Microcode v23 as per the Maximus Gene did it! Checked the OROM by temporarily switching to RAID mode, and sure enough, the platform has been updated from 12.7.0.1936 to v 14.8.2.2397.

I can now save my previous ram settings of 2048 @ 9 9 9 28 1t. Voltages are also being saved!

Would be good do know why this version 23 worked with this particular cpu and the v19 did not. Having said that, like you said, the v19 is better for overclocking and my cpu is not a K version. Maybe that has something to do with it.

I suspect that all the bios versions that you provided do indeed work if the cpu is an unlocked K version. I now have a library of bioses for this board for individual situations.

I can not thank you enough sir. Would like to donate for your kindness?

PS.. Time to look for a K Chip me finks..... will also remember your advice when I get around to setting up NVME and GPT requirements..

If you get a K variant chip, then the v25 microcode (Spectre/Meltdown vulnerabilities fix) should work as it does in my Z87-Deluxe. In that case the first bios in the first post should get you to where you want to go.

Intel is occasionally really goofy with their microcode updates, but I'm delighted we found the one that will work for you!

BTW thanks for the kind donation offer...however in life's journey we just try to improve other's lives.
Just pay it forward and improve someone else's life, within your abilities.

If you insist on donating, then do so with the donate button at the bottom; which keeps this website open and enables a platform for all the towering contributors to help others. (ie Sonix, CodeRush,Fernando, Pacman, Lost N Bios, plutomaniac, etc. who do the "heavy lifting" around here.)

Cheers and much success!

My thanks to all the Win Raid contributors.

It is your enthusiasm that make this forum what it is, and the very reason that it continues to succeed.

@hancor - sometimes ME can also lock out overclocking, compare OC capable BIOS ME in FITc, and then make new BIOS same settings in it's ME (ICC profiles, make all settings match)

@ Lost 'N Bios

Too right, the Intel ME is the MINIX black box of computing, even Google doesn't like it!
Cue the sound of whirring black helicopters and the dulcet refrain of conspiracy theorists.
Fire up yer ME Cleaner firmware!

How Intel wants to backdoor every computer in the world | Intel Management Engine explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr-9aCMUXzI

Replace Your Exploit-Ridden Firmware with Linux - Ronald Minnich, Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iffTJ1vPCSo

Cheers and enjoy!

@hancor - yes, I know all about those concerns people have (The bigger issue is Windows, but only using Linux can get you past that) but none of that is what I meant.
Do you know what I meant really, or do you want me to show you some example images of where overclocking can be fully enabled/disabled at the ME level, blck OC disabled etc? In the same application, you can disable ME totally, including that backdoor aspect, with a single setting being disabled

Yes I got that the Flash Image Tool (FIT) needs to compare the ME region with the microcode so the ME and CPU all "sing out of the same song sheet".

At the risk of hi-jacking my 'own thread' should we continue, perhaps we should create a separate topic on overclocking at the ME level and/or disabling ME totally.

Parenthetically, one of the reasons I'm currently putting together a Threadripper 2950X build.
While this is not a bulletproof sidestep, it minimizes attack vectors.

A good overview of the industry at the following link:
Firmware is the new Software — Trammell Hudson, Two Sigma — Platform Security Summit 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyZfS00LZ70

Gets a little geeky, but shows why the server world and increasingly the end user want more firmware transparency.

Open Source Firmware the way of the future...?

Cheers

Zitat von Lost_N_BIOS im Beitrag #23

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@hancor - sometimes ME can also lock out overclocking, compare OC capable BIOS ME in FITc, and then make new BIOS same settings in it's ME (ICC profiles, make all settings match)

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Zitat von hancor im Beitrag #24

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@ Lost 'N Bios

Too right, the Intel ME is the MINIX black box of computing, even Google doesn't like it!
Cue the sound of whirring black helicopters and the dulcet refrain of conspiracy theorists.
Fire up yer ME Cleaner firmware!

How Intel wants to backdoor every computer in the world | Intel Management Engine explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr-9aCMUXzI

Replace Your Exploit-Ridden Firmware with Linux - Ronald Minnich, Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iffTJ1vPCSo

Cheers and enjoy!

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Check your SSDs for firmware updates as well.
I just updated the driver as well for the NVMe from v2.xx to v3.xx on the Samsung 950 Pro, and ran the trim function for the Samsung utility. I got about a 10% performance benchmark bump over the old driver.

Cheers and much success!

Have not tried that. Thanks , i will search for an update.

BTW microcode v 27 fixes Microarchitectural Data Sampling (or MDS) side-channel vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs in addition to Spectre/Meltdown vulnerabilties.

Edited Bios/UEFI uploaded May 15, 2019