Alex@ro 552 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 (edited) As you could see already coffe lake cpu 's can run on the Asus Maximus IX Apex motherboard. Full steps required for making this happen : #1 Hardware mod Do the following modifications : Short the following pads in order to flash the bios file : Solder the following points: #2 Bios flash Download bios file from here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YbY993uzGtFBy3y-IBPtT_bLtYnF4H3T EDIT 16/10/2018 BIOS 0094 Added support for future processors https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XF59GuJbHDmCmc8JWZnZGTpzrMqhCBoI/view?usp=sharing Rename it as creative.rom , copy it on a fat32 formatted drive and flash it using USB Flashback method. NOTE! Do the bios flash after hardware mods are done !!! Soldering cpu pads is not needed . Known issue is that HT does not work currently on 6c cpu's hence it is disabled by default. After everything is set-up board will work with cofee lake based cpu's as well as with older cpu's without issue. Have fun ! Edited October 16, 2018 by Alex@ro 7 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jokot 29 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Does any one know if VIII Impact also has 6c HT problems? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bulshooter 31 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Thanks Alex Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ziken (BANNED) Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xMec 13 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Thanks for share, windows xp neverdies Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Wow that is interesting ... just bought this board 😀 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bolc 52 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 wow amazing, thank you ! with the dual bios switch, can we still use the regular bios with this mod (to use i7 7700K Hyperthreading for instance), and switch to the modded bios for 8000 series? Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xMec 13 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Only 6 core cpu has no HT eg. 8700k Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alex@ro 552 Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 exactly 8700 8700k...., ht on 7700k works fine 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ilpingu 19 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Thank you for sharing Alex, realy great work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MetalRacer 130 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Good stuff! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xMec 13 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Is it normal that only last pci-e is working after mod? (4x) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OCX.Chile 20 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Thanks Alex! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alex@ro 552 Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 13 hours ago, xMec said: Is it normal that only last pci-e is working after mod? (4x) Everything should work as expected except HT on 6C cpu's 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flanker 191 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Thnaks for share it. Thants mean for multtihread benchamrks we must still to use Z370. But for light one core benchmarks will be M9A fine (including thats work still with Kabyl also) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
miker2ka 30 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 This means that HT is not working for now, but i'm sure it will work soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xMec 13 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Alex@ro said: Everything should work as expected except HT on 6C cpu's I've removed and did again the mod but same problem.. with 7700k it's working perfectly. I'll try bios reflash and another 8700k then I'm out of idea. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marco.is.not.80 107 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Thanks, Alex! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rm3113 21 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Hi did you succefully done it with the M8I ? Thanks 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Strong Island 15 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 ya that would be really cool if works with m8i also Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gkmltd 22 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 I make that mod and only the last PCI (X4) is working Any idea? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xMec 13 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 16 hours ago, gkmltd said: I make that mod and only the last PCI (X4) is working Any idea? Guess it's working as intended no 3D with XP 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtiJason 245 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, xMec said: Guess it's working as intended no 3D with XP Just got it going myself, did mod day it was posted but board decided to do that stupid AC,CC,B1,53 mem problem. OS is XP64 Edited June 20, 2018 by GtiJason Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xMec 13 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) On 6/19/2018 at 2:50 PM, gkmltd said: Delete this messagge, done some errors with phone. Edited June 20, 2018 by xMec Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xMec 13 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Can't understand what could be the problem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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