what about xeon E2100 series, they are also coffee lake.
Theoretical/technical possible and svarmod has integrated some Xeon options into the latest CoffeeTime, but I do not know how well they acutally work/anyone who has tried.
Iād love to run either a 8700k, 9700k or even 9900k on my Asus Maximus VIII Ranger (Z170).
I tried a lot with the All in one Tool as well as Coffeetime and both in combination without luck.
What do I have to do to get a working .CAP Bios out of the All in One tool? Since Coffeetime can make .cap files I thought Iād throw the .bin into Coffeetime but after USB Flashback the PC hangs at error code 31 (memory installed). 
@Wolf_Larsen I saw that you have Asrock Z270 Gaming K6 with 9700k. What modifications did you do and how did you flashed bios? Iāll probably replace my 7600k with 9600k, but not until iām 100% sure that i can modify everything without much hassle.
so am I, canāt find proper tutorial to do that, have you?
Hi all ā I have an Asus Maximum IX Extreme that Iām trying to mod to run an extra 9700K I have on hand. Iāve done the pin mods (shorting plus isolating) on the CPU. I also used Coffee Time to build a 9700K compatible BIOS for my MB. I flashed the new BIOS using the Asus BIOS flashback feature and that flashback behaved normally. However, when I boot the machine I get a half second of power and post code ā00ā before it shuts off.
I also have a CH341A SPI programmer. However, Iāve been unable to read my BIOS chips (soldered) when I clip in to them. Anyone have experience with this board and able to provide me with some help? Thanks in advance.
@svarmod i gonna buy a MSI z170a gaming m3, i can put the i5 8600k only with two isolated pins from pin mod pic? No need short two pins for MSI mobo, right?
Pin mod pic: https://yadi.sk/i/V_O01qKYKV6GpA
@ccassidy39 : I was able to read my Maximus VIII UEFIs with CH341A 1.4/1.31free Tools, but not with earlier versions. Beware of trojans, though. Post code 00 with a compatible 9700K UEFI suggest incompletely flashing, most likely descriptor region is locked.
Note that for some Maximus IX there are modified Maximus X UEFIs available. While the process to make these is much more complicated and specific, it is the superior solution if you can find a ready made version, as these UEFIs contain all coffee lake optimisations of a proper Z370 UEFI. (They still require CH341A of course)
Something with your bios, look in this side , just use early coffetime, just try
Darkslayerbr
MSI Z170A_Gaming_M3 will not work with U0/P0/R0 Coffee CPU (8600K = U0).
Itās better to choose board from other manufacturer.
ccassidy39
In most of cases 00 post = ME region not reflashed.
M9E normally works with 9700K.
- Update vbios to 1059 in Advanced mode of CoffeeTime by manual (required 1059+ vbios for iGPU in P0 Coffees)
- M9E bios flashes normally with attached clip. Make sure that you found right chip on board and clip connected correctly
- Use only v1.18 software for CH341A
- Completely match for bios chip names not required - different chars at the end of ID isnāt problem in most of cases
- Clear CMOS by button after SPI flashing
PCGH_Torsten
Unfortunately, M9E hasnāt bro from Z370 lineup. I tried make ports from all other Z370 boards (A, C, H, F) with similar VRM and they all partially works, even can boot in OS and work under loadā¦ But PCIe, USB and SATA lines has completely different configuration, so system didnāt work after restart.
I used the CoffeeTime and the CH341a programmer.
I used the CoffeeTime and the CH341a programmer.
Can it be flashed with ez flash? Will it work? Or its not worth to try?
ez flash wonāt work
may be a dumb question but is it retrocompatible once flashed?
i.e. can I try to flash the bios without having the proc yet?
Thatās no problem. Just make sure that microcodes for Kaby Lake/7000 seriers are included and your current system will work fine. Note however that you cannot test successful modding without new CPU. E.g. if descriptor is not flashed, Kaby Lake will (continue to) work fine, but Coffee Lake wonāt work despite the new microcode being included in the UEFI.
(If you use CH341a you can obviously check what has been successfully written into BIOS/whether parts are missing. But if you use CH341a you can mod anything anyway.)
Just ordered a Z270 Asus Apex IX board that was onsale for a really good price. Want to do a coffee lake mod for the fun of it. Wonder what processor would be best?
Thanks
Would this work if you use UEFITool to copy paste the ME region body as is from an older bios version with the need 11.7.0.1xxx ME onto a newer bios file with newer ME essentially overwriting that ME from the official bios files available on the manufacturers site?
Just got my Apex IX and preparing to start this mod. Going to use the Flashback port on the rear of the motherboard to flashā¦ but got a couple Asus specific questions:
1. Can you flashback without a cpu installed?
2. Chance of successā¦
Wish me luckā¦
Thanks
@davidm71 - yes, you can flashback without CPU, that was itās main designed purpose. - 100% success rate 
On the ME question, in general if you do that ever, extract ME as-is, replace as-is. For your specific question, make sure that ME region is from the same model board, then yes it can be swapped like that in the BIOS file, but may/may not be flashed in depending on how the BIOS update is done
and if ME Re-Flash is enabled in the BIOS currently on the board (usually disabled by default) So you need to enable ME Re-Flash in the onboard BIOS first, then USB Flashback and it may update the ME. If not, once ME Reflash is enabled, you can use ME FW Update to flash in older as long as it
does not go against the ME SVN/Etc rules, otherwise you normally would need to pinmod to unlock FD and then unlock FD/ME region and reflash that FD, then FPT the older ME region, or use flash programmer.
Hello,
After bios modification, its set up on motherboard and after starting it, everything is fine. BUT after turning off the computer and when you turn it on I have post code 00 and motherboard does not start. Cpu i5 9600k.
I am looking forward to receive any kind o help with this issue.
Kind regards and thanks in advance.
@Lost_N_BIOS Thank you for the explanation. So before modding any board you got to make sure that ME Re-Flash is enabledā¦ Do you check with MEInfo? Wonder how you check?
Also is a 9350KF compatible with this technique assuming you donāt want to do any pin mods?
Thanks