Asus Maximus IX Apex and Coffee Lake Cpu's !

[Seby]

29 minutes ago, davidm71_2 said:

Like this:

Saw this on a techpowerup thread: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/adventure-running-8-9th-gen-coffee-lake-cpus-on-z170-motherboard-asus-maximus-viii-ranger.284375/

Yep, though on the apex it is the third one up (trace is connected to 6th pin up on the nuvoton chip)

[SparkysAdventure]

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Also I recommend to completely remove GUID 63F23E9D-5FDA-415E-9C2A-64C4E2A6ECE8 it contains a newer version of ME FW Region 11.8x and an auto-update mechanism that can make the system startup impossible. because in newer versions of Intel blocked the launch CFL on z270/z170/H/B...

If you are still active, can you modify this bios for usage on the Z270 Apex? This should be the Dancop XOC bios, modified already for Windows XP support.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K59XNT-e8ivb6kBWCxNXxYs-nAbouoJz/view?usp=drivesdk

[davidm71_2]

On 2/12/2025 at 11:27 PM, Seby said:

Yep, though on the apex it is the third one up (trace is connected to 6th pin up on the nuvoton chip)

Might be easier to go left to right if soldering? You got to be precise.  Need magnification. Will practice on card board first. 

Also wonder why on Apex its not necessary to block out pads like your suppose to do with Asus boards?

 

 

[Seby]

2 hours ago, davidm71_2 said:

Might be easier to go left to right if soldering? You got to be precise.  Need magnification. Will practice on card board first. 

Also wonder why on Apex its not necessary to block out pads like your suppose to do with Asus boards?

 

 

Blocking on ASUS is optional, worked fine without blocking on Z170-P D3 and others. Maybe it can prevent some current going where it isn't supposed to for safety I suppose.