Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-04, 23:01

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by DrSwizz

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If I remember correctly the AGESA for the FX CPUs was quite different from the that which the AM3 & AM2+ CPUs used and updating a BIOS would not be an easy task. If you do want to attempt it, take a look at the BIOS updates for the Crosshair IV Formula & Extreme, Asus added support for AM3+ CPUs for …

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-06, 07:30

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by matze79

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Why not simply get a cheap 40€ Motherboard ? and sell the old one with the Athlon X4 ?

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-06, 10:49

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by kanecvr

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The cheapest mATX mainboard with FX support I could find is a 72e Asrock... don't have that kind of money right now.

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-06, 10:57

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by alexanrs

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For that price you might as well try to find a used SB i5 system.

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-06, 23:09

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by washu

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Why not sell the 8230e and buy a micro-ATX LGA1155 for your 2500K? Outside of some very specific edge cases that would give you the better system and suck a lot less power.

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-06, 23:19

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by ODwilly

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Why not sell the 8230e and buy a micro-ATX LGA1155 for your 2500K? Outside of some very specific edge cases that would give you the better system and suck a lot less power. If the microcode update does not pan out my suggestion is to do this and sell your existing lga1155 motherboard as well. Then …

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-07, 00:07

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by havli

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FPU is not the bottleneck imho... the whole cache subsystem is. Small write-through L1, high latency L2 and slow + high latency L3. Even old Nehalem is much better in these aspects. http://img16.rajce.idnes.cz/d1602/9/9907/9907637_3b670a07d68a28717bf2445109bea646/images/cachemem.jpg?ver=2 http:// …

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-07, 00:19

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by kanecvr

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I have god rays on full and the 280x doesn't give a sh*t. In fact, on a proper system (4GHz 2500k + Asrock z68 extreme 3 gen 3) it will play FO4 on ultra and Witcher 3 as well (all nv gameworks options off of course). The only thing holding the system back is the X4 620. Even with a serious …

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-07, 00:29

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by ODwilly

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kanecvr wrote: I have god rays on full and the 280x doesn't give a sh*t. Ah duh that makes sense. My HD7870 plays Fallout4 maxed out with some frame drops w/Godrays enabled so it makes sense that the 280x would not even break a sweat.

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-07, 00:49

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by havli

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WHY did they release it like this? I wonder if disabling the northbridge-speed L3 cache will show any speed increase... BTW how did you get the NB clock that high? I was thinking of trying to OC the northbridge alone and run benchmarks. This screenshot is not mine, I found in on local PC forum. …

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-07, 02:08

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by alexanrs

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Erm... Haswell introduced an integrated voltage regulator module (on die), which changes how power has to be delivered to the chip. If new motherboards had to be created to support this in the first place, why bother keeping the socket?

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-07, 02:14

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by kanecvr

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Erm... Haswell introduced an integrated voltage regulator module (on die), which changes how power has to be delivered to the chip. If new motherboards had to be created to support this in the first place, why bother keeping the socket? Why introduce the integrated VRM? What's wrong with having it …

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-07, 02:20

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by alexanrs

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Better efficiency, as Intel was making a big push for energy efficiency with Haswell. This apparently moved another source of heat to the die and did not really pay off, so they removed it.

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-07, 18:23

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by kanecvr

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Right - now related to the original topic - I've managed to correctly add the microcode needed for the FX CPU line but the board still won't post. I get memory beeps like there's no ram in the board, regardless of what speed / voltage / latency ram I try. There's quite a bit more to do so a board …

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-07, 19:03

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by ODwilly

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Dang sorry to hear that man. Hope the Asrock board works out well for you, every single one I have purchased has been great so far. No angry customers or friends 😀

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Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-08, 02:01

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by kanecvr

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I gave up after doing more extensive research. It would seem the AGESA microcode in AMIBIOS is somehow embedded into a core module flagged as 1B (single arch bios) - sometimes even 1E, 2E and 3E modules contain microcode fragments. Apparently one has to extract said modules and add specific AGESA …

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Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-09, 00:06

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by gdjacobs

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It's a middle of the pack chip on a cheaply made board, but with AM2 the board often doesn't have much impact on stability or performance when new unless it's truly deficient. It'll have a limited number of power phases and the caps might be lower tier and should be watched. The 6100 chipset had …

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Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-09, 01:52

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by SPBHM

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It's a middle of the pack chip on a cheaply made board, but with AM2 the board often doesn't have much impact on stability or performance when new unless it's truly deficient. It'll have a limited number of power phases and the caps might be lower tier and should be watched. The 6100 chipset had …

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Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-09, 02:49

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by PCBONEZ

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Most Gigabyte skt 775 boards with Intel chipsets had both Floppy and IDE all the way to the _45 chipsets. Some also had LPT. Some of the Supermicro C2S series boards do also. http://www.gigabyte.us/products/list.aspx?s=42&jid=7&p=2&v=7 http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Core/index.cfm# …

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Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-11, 06:29

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by ODwilly

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Sorry I am late to the party, but Asrock 990fx Extreme4 😉

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