Mr. Fox

I wish we could have a BIOS for the Apex that allows us to disable Intel ME and the option to toggle the boot priority menu at POST (both features on the EVGA Dark mobos that I absolutely love and use 100% of the time). Does anyone here know how to mod the firmware to add those missing valuable feature that ASUS conveniently omits? I always multi-boot all of my computers and having the POST process halt and wait for me to select a drive to boot from is way better than having to spam the F8 key.

I just checked and it looks like an updated version is available. I had 3.3m (which did not work) but just downloaded 3.3p to test. I have the Pro version so I didn't have to purchase the new release. No GPU drivers are needed for CPU benchmarks, so there is still a valid use for Windows 7 for benching. I wish someone with the knowledge and skill would do a driver mod to support 40-series RTX GPUs on Windows 7. Edit: the Flashboot v3.3p worked perfectly to install Windows 7 in UEFI (no CSM) on the Z690 Dark.

Thank you. I already own it and used it in the past with great success, but it would not work for me on Z690 Apex, Z690 Strix or Z690 Dark. Not sure why it did not, but it not working is the reason I had to resort to using DVD/SATA ODD and PS/2 mouse and keyboard to complete the installation. At this point it is irrelevant though. When I sold the 3090 KPE that was my last GPU that had driver support. My 4090 and A770 have no Windows 7 driver support, which really sucks. Windows 7 was the last good version of Windows. Flashboot allowed me to run the 3090 in pure UEFI mode with adjustable bar support enabled and working (which is supposedly not supported... just one of the many lies fabricated to try to get people to drink the Kool-Aid).

Hey bro. What is different about this 0071 Test BIOS? I flashed it and do not see anything visibly different. I cannot tell anything different using it.

I ran into the same difficulties installing W7 on Z690 and finally gave up trying to do it from USB. I used a SATA ODD and W7 OEM DVD with a PS/2 mouse and keyboard and then installed drivers after setup was finished. I was never able to figure out what the problem was injecting the missing USB drivers. The W7 USB install media that I had used for Z490 and Z590 would not work. Sadly, I am not able to run W7 anymore because neither of my GPUs will function on W7 due to lack of driver support.

Hey bro. I hope all is well with you. Yes, it is a shame. You'll find me here, ExtremeHW and Notebooktalk.net. Most of the old NBR gange is there, even though some of us have and want nothing to do with modern turdbooks, LOL.

Does the white Z790 Apex and the new Encore share the same firmware other than the code that renames it and assigns a different hwid, or are they totally different?

I see some strange behavior with 24GB A-die modules compared to the 16GB modules. Try setting IVR Transmitter and Memory Controller voltage to Auto and manually set DRAM VDD and VDDQ all on the Advanced Memory Voltage page with SA on Auto. I do not understand why, but this behaves better for me when running my 48GB modules at 8600. I am using 1.650V for VDD and 1.590V for VDDQ at 8600. The 16GB A-Die modules are easier to overclock and can run tighter timings, but do not work as well for me with the IVR and MC voltage set to Auto.

Hey bro, the CPU finally arrived today on the slow boat from Germany. It's all good. Thanks very much. Pleasure doing business with you @P5ych0. It is similar to my other KS, except for the E-core SP-rating is much higher and the P-core VIDs are much lower.

Goodness gracious. So much stuff. Your computer room must be the size of a warehouse, LOL. ? GLWS

Thank you. Payment sent.

See PM. Ready to send payment today, just need additional details. Thank you.

PM sent regarding 13900KS purchase.

I can't get TurboV Core to work on any version of Windows newer than LTSC 2019 (W10 Pro 1809). I don't get any BSOD on W10 21H2+ or W11, it just doesn't work (see my post above yours).

It only applies to the modern 3DMark Suite and Superposition. @Leeghoofdanswered this question for me a while back over here. You can disable ECC for the older benchmarks.

Does anyone know what BIOS version this was removed? I am running 13900KS on my Z790 Apex with BIOS 0904 and can't find it in the firmware. Edit: founding it using search function. It's disappointing there is no option to disable Intel ME in the BIOS like my Z690 Dark motherboard offers. Is there an XOC BIOS with the Intel ME disable options exposed? Is there a version of TurboV Core that works with later versions of Windows 10/11. I can't get the one posted on the first page to work and it has not worked on Z490 or Z690 except on older versions of Windows 10 and Windows 7. It starts off with "Can't open AsIO.sys !! (2)" and eventually opens an empty window.

I submitted quite a few, maybe a half dozen or so, on May 17 that show some solid points looking at the individual submissions, but they did not appear to calculate in my ranking and do not show up on the "Points" tab in my profile. Is something potentially broken, or should I request that a moderator recalculate my profile? If I look on the "Points" tab, the last points movement were my submissions dated April 3.

always testing :)

I forgot to enable ECC This submission should have points: https://hwbot.org/submission/5276042_mr._fox_3dmark___speed_way_geforce_rtx_4090_10760_marks? This submission should not. Please delete: https://hwbot.org/submission/5275595_mr._fox_3dmark___speed_way_geforce_rtx_4090_11176_marks

Dad gum... I sure wish I had $8.5K in discretionary funds available, but this hobby is getting too expensive. Living near Phoenix, pickup would be an easy weekend trip. GLWS.

I'm sorry you think $250 is lowballing for a bare motherboard that has none of its original parts and can't even be used properly in a normal PC. My intent was not to insult. Seemed like a reasonable offer to me. I apologize for bothering you.

Please check your PM.

I sent you a PM about this Apex. I am interested.

Thank you. I appreciate the clarification. Have a good week.

If the firmware is modded and they require signed firmware, you may have to flash it using the flash recovery method to bypass the signature verification.