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The OC Panel II firmware works on OC Panel I. No access at this time.

Coating with nail-polish should work. A fix seems to be removing vaseline + heat the fuses. Easiest is to use a hairdryer or heatgun to ~70*C PCB temp.

Is anyone having USB over-current issues without putting Vaseline on the board, specifically on the fuses? Seems we have a lead.

Clear CMOS, set 111 MHz BCLK Frequency, Save + Exit. Does it work or not? What POST code do you get stuck at?

Sounds like your RTLs are tuned wrongly. Are you using fixed values?

New BIOS 1002 Fixes the TurboV Core voltage issue. Mostly just bugfixes in this one. See here regarding DMM measurement under load: ROG Crosshair VI overclocking thread - Page 401 For accurate readings try the latest HWInfo64 which has values directly from the VRM controller.

Hynix ... Dual-rank ... What do you expect when we don't even have subtiming adjustments?

The TurboV Core issue is solved and should be in the next release.

Yes, you can update the OC Panel on newer platforms.

Btw, mega links for m/s980ti_ln2t4 are working here.

New link to both bioses here m980ti_ln2t3

When you press the Clear CMOS button, does the board have standby power? If not please try it with standby power on, and hold it at least for 3 seconds.

Ok, probably an updated version of FPT is needed.

That's Intel 4-DIMM board territory

So 1001 is working for you? I re-enabled the downloads until I get further reports.

Clear CMOS? If not then revert to 0902 using USB BIOS Flashback.

Updated with 1001 and 0038 BIOSes. Same base, where 1001 uses CMD Rate 1T and 0038 uses CMD Rate 2T. Fixes temperature reporting and fan control.

Thanks Angelo, can you also confirm the voltage using DMM? I've managed to replicate it but instead my VRM would shut down.

Hi Angelo, can you give me exact instructions to replicate? CPU Core Voltage = 1.3800V in BIOS + LLC = 4/5. Then set which value in TurboV Core? Voltage reading in CPU-Z? Does the voltage fluctuate between those values or do you get a fixed high/low value?

USB overcurrent disabled in this bios, based off 0801. MAXIMUS-IX-APEX-ASUS-0023-USBOC

We have some issues with some of the on-board fuses getting stuck in protection mode. It seems to happen easier if the board gets very cold. Simplest fix is to short them. Location of fuses:

No it can happen randomly at reboot, I really suggest you update to 0902. We'll have future updates to make it as good or better than 5803 in terms of overclocking We went a little bit too far with the tweaking, probably future BIOSes will go back to 5803 behavior. You can manually restore this by setting the Sense Mi skew to 272 under Tweaker's paradise.

I'll ask you to have some patience for Z170 and Kaby Lake overclocking support, it's only been 2 months since launch and Z270 + AM4 takes precedence.

40-50*C idle is normal. You do seem to have something wrong with your OS, 4-5% utilization is way too much in idle. It's not BIOS flashing, that can be done through USB BIOS Flashback. It's updating the EC firmware you need to do. You only get dual BIOS chips on Extreme/Apex, and it wouldn't have helped this situation. USB BIOS Flashback can solve any situation where dual BIOS would help, since it's damn near impossible to kill the BIOS chip. Regarding connectors it would add cost and very few people use it. Additionally there are space constraints on the board. And the Hero is not targeting extreme overclocking specifically. There's unfortunately no header on the board for flashing the EC, what you need is an EEPROM writer plus SOIC-8 clamp that can fit on top of this IC. Space is a bit limited as well.

There's no way to tell until it happens unfortunately, I recommend all to upgrade to 0902. Up to 1.25V should be OK on SOC Voltage, which is more than enough even during LN2 benching. Actually the new BIOS prevents the BIOS updating brick even at higher voltages. You won't brick the board but might still cause different issues if you go above that limit.