[Asus Maximus IX Apex and Coffee Lake Cpu's !]

Hey guys. The excellent @dsanke has already made a 1704 mod bios since 2 weeks ago. We just didn't know about this thread. Let me see if I can make attachment to upload it to my message here...

- Port from M10A

- AURA/RGB Fixed
- SLI Fixed
- iGPU vBIOS Replaced to M9A
- Dell SLIC 2.4
- Dell Windows Server 2016 Data Center Key
- ME 11.7.0.1229
- uCode : 506E0(0x18),506E1(0x2A),506E2(0x2E),506E3(0xC6),506E8(0x34),906E9(0x8E),906EA(0x9A),906EB(0x9A),906EC(0x9E)
- GBE : I219-LM
- Model : MAXIMUS IX APEX

dsanke: Author: @dsanke
Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS IX APEX
Based on:ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X APEX 1704
ME: 11.7.0.1229
Microcodes: 506E0(0x18),506E1(0x2A),506E2(0x2E),506E3(0xC6),506E8(0x34),906E9(0x8E),906EA(0x9A),906EB(0x9A),906EC(0x9E).
Note: Flash via SPI Programmer. Support All LGA1151 CPU except Xeon and Skylake ES. AURA/SLI Fixed. Ethernet adapter changed to I219-LM. Added DELL SLIC 2.4 and Windows Server 2016 Datacenter key. Edit model back to M9A.

 

$ md5sum ROG-MAXIMUS-IX-APEX-ASUS-1704.7z ROG-MAXIMUS-IX-APEX-ASUS-1704/ROG-MAXIMUS-IX-APEX-ASUS-1704.bin
4806e282c2f813822ab7d8be981a715e  ROG-MAXIMUS-IX-APEX-ASUS-1704.7z
b792b3dc333ff6920afbf5e89d9ae5ff  ROG-MAXIMUS-IX-APEX-ASUS-1704/ROG-MAXIMUS-IX-APEX-ASUS-1704.bin

 

Is ok, right? ?

ROG-MAXIMUS-IX-APEX-ASUS-1704.7z

[ASRock z170 MOCF lives on Coffee Lake Mods]

10 minutes ago, flautze said:

Since @NickShihdid not log in here since April 2017 I think the chance is pretty low we will see that.

I would be more than interested in a current version for non M-version. Maybe we can all collect a donation and convince him to do a new version

We really Splave to ask Nick for us again. He was going to already. Anyhow - that's how it got Nick's attention last time.

 

Looking back though, the only noteworth improvement seems to be... this ?

> Core selection fixed 1/2/3/4/5/6 all available now instead of 1/2/3/6

Then I think I can live with that. Unless it was being able to set specific per-core multipliers. Rather than enable / disable cores completely.

Or perhaps there were also other kinds of improvements on the mOCF side? Then I am not aware of them.

[ASRock z170 MOCF lives on Coffee Lake Mods]

4 hours ago, Splave said:

damn thats a steal

Well you say that, but mine was only $50 USD including shipping. (2nd hand, ebay). Because one of it's pci-e slots had been ripped off by accident. Everything else works just fine though ? Tee hee

[ASRock z170 MOCF lives on Coffee Lake Mods]

On 7/26/2018 at 2:41 PM, Splave said:

sorry I think nick mainly focused on ln2 OC I can ask but no promises 

Yes - please see if you can remink him about it, the next time an opportunity comes up. Quite a few of us have the full ATX version here

[ASRock z170 MOCF lives on Coffee Lake Mods]

On 7/20/2018 at 2:45 AM, Splave said:

http://picx.xfastest.com/nickshih/asrock/Z17MOCF7.51E_CFL.bin.zip

 

Core selection fixed 1/2/3/4/5/6 all available now instead of 1/2/3/6

 

Ah yes!

But is that also fixed on the full ATX version BIOS? We still have the same version from April. No further updates since that time.

https://community.hwbot.org/topic/175489-asrock-z170-mocf-lives-on-coffee-lake-mods/?do=findComment&comment=496834

Kind Regards (full ATX version owner)

[ASRock z170 MOCF lives on Coffee Lake Mods]

1 hour ago, labeanchik said:

if there, then I tried both options at the same time - the situation is similar.

Then it's not missing the SKT_OCC, which means it is not your problem.

[ASRock z170 MOCF lives on Coffee Lake Mods]

Hey there. Photos show other way you can connect the SKT_OCC pins of the socket together: Either way does same thing, it tells the board that there is a coffee lake CPU inserted into the socket. (because that function moved in coffee lake to a different pinout location)

 

 

 

 

[ASRock z170 MOCF lives on Coffee Lake Mods]

3 hours ago, NickShih said:

http://picx.xfastest.com/nickshih/asrock/Z17OCF7.51A_CFL.rar

bios for Z170 OCF

Thanks Nick! Outstanding stuff. We are very grateful. I will also let my friend know online, who has same board. We were planning to make a mod BIOS ourselves but you saved us the work. BTW (and this is important) there have also been found a number of boards which did not change very much from Z270 to Z370. The design is much the same, including the VRMs and layout etc. These boards have been backwards flashed with Z370 BIOS succesfully. This then lets support FULL overclocking features and controls for hex core.

Since we noticed that you may have skipped / passed on updating super carrier / i7 professional / oc formula in z370. The any Z390 board with similar IR35201 and other design is going to be helpful as a backwards flash candidate. This may not be possible for such board as Z170 OCF here. But there is still others like Z270 supercarrier and it seems IR35201 is still used. Of course you may need  to change board design in future successor products for many other reasons and purpose. So not to worry about Just wanted to say / mention..

[ASRock z170 MOCF lives on Coffee Lake Mods]

2 hours ago, barti27 said:

please  bios  supports coffee  asrock z170 oc  fomula not m

+1

But I can see why splave is only interested in bothering with the Micro ATX version though... because as an overclocker, the 2 dimm slots is much better. Wheras the regular ATX board was known to be somewhat problematic in regards to the memory.

Still, I don't happen to own the M-ATX version. Just the full atx myself. No idea where else / proper channels to ask about this since it is an unofficial mod BIOS. Will be getting a hardware flasher soon.