[OFFER] Gigabyte GA-AX370-Aorus Gaming 5 BIOS mod



Not sure if thats a bug or not, I’m inclined to think its probably normal behaviour.



Not an issue I ever encountered, as I don’t have the Gaming 5 anymore its not something I can try to reproduce.



AB350N firmware as stated was a one-off I don’t have the time to mod firmware for every board GB have sadly.

@ket could yo make a one off bios mod for AB350M Gaming 3 ??, it would be very appreciated by me and the other ab350m gaming 3 owner. thanks in advance :slight_smile:



Nope, sorry, that feature was a placeholder for x470 boards. the x370 variants don’t have the necessary hardware to enable multi zone rgb. Even though gigabyte lied about it on their webpage.



Nope, sorry, that feature was a placeholder for x470 boards. the x370 variants don’t have the necessary hardware to enable multi zone rgb. Even though gigabyte lied about it on their webpage.




GB will squirm out of such things with tissue paper thin excuses such as "what we meant was multiple areas on the motherboard has LED lighting" though.



Outside of the current firmwares I’m developing I do not have the free time to do more if I were to do more it would be "on the clock" the only way I could do it would be on a donation basis.

oh i also found that when i enable "Fan Warning" my PC speaker "warns" me when my pc is shutdown!

Its a GB bug , ive got the 1 in 10 times beep issue with startup anyoing as hell but the other 9 times its just working as intended ( big smile :smiley: )

How are you adding these settings? Are you manually modifying the setuputility DXE to include more options? Also, what settings are contained by the AmdSetup variable and the AMD_PBS_SETUP variable. I’m trying to modify the throttling behavior of mobile Raven Ridge laptops and I have a suspicion that the variables are the same for all AMD systems of the same AGESA version, regardless of desktop or laptop. Any documentation, information you can provide, or directions that you can point me would be a great help.

The options are there already, only need to be enabled to be visible - I’m speaking for ket, but assuming
They are in Setup Module, CBS module, and PBS Module

NOTE: to X470 Gaming7 Wifi Owners,

Gigabyte have released v1.1 of this motherboard and it’s F5 BIOS runs sweet as a nut on version 1.0 motherboards, everythings unlocked and working 100%

So basically if you want all you XFR settings back flash the F5 bios from the v1.1 motherboard.

Oh, so it’s just changing the opcodes? Is he updating the AGESA version in the modified bioses?

For some, possibly many of the settings, yes that is all you have to do. Some of it is copying from another BIOS or module swap, but a lot of it for settings it just that enabling the hidden settings to be visible.
It’s both easy at times, and really tough other times, so it’s not a simple thing to do sometimes, especially for certain settings on some BIOS.

First of all: thanks for the hard work.

I’m having tough time with my RAM (Ripjaws V 3200 / CL16).
It works flawlessy on an ASUS X470 board (Crosshair Hero VII - agesa 1.0.0.5) but K5 is unwilling to get them to work at XMP settings.
Managed to have them working with custom timings, now is 3200 CL 14 ?!?
Has Gigabyte any plan to put an AGESA upgrade to 1.0.0.5 ?

(also: Trouble with Crossfire… hard BSOD; cards works “solo”. Same for OSX. Could it be a BIOS issue ?)

AGESA 1004 is the newest, AMD have a very weird versioning system the current 1004 is newer than the 1005 and 1006 from last year. There is a new 1006 being developed but I’m not sure how far along it is.

Hello there. Ket I would like to ask you if you think you can add LLC module to gigabyte x370 gaming k5? Let me know if you do or if it’s possible. Thank you for your work Soo far

I’d need to know what power regulator the board uses to say how feasible an attempt would be.

I’ve seen a video on Actually Hardcore Overclocking channel, by Buildzoid where he analyse the PCB and states that there’s no reason why it doesn’t have LLC settings since it uses the same components as the gaming 5. He States that everything is there for regulating Load Line Calibration, only the setting missing. If you have some spare time can u try to add the module from the gaming 5 to the k5. I will gladly sacrifice this garbage board on testing it . Anyway thank you Soo much for the work you have put into all this

I’ll have a look if I can find some time, the missing options should be in the custom GB setup module which would mean some fairly extensive and time consuming adjustments of a setup module from the Gaming 5, on paper at least. Might be smoother than I’m anticipating won’t know until I look.

When and if you do look at it, let me know, will gladly test it

When you say “module swap”, would you have to copy donor module and donor default variable and paste both in the receiving bios, or can you delete the old receiving variable and it will take care of itself? Also, do you flash the bios chip with the modified bios and test it for each modification to see if it boots, or is there a better way to do it?

Lets say I want to swap over the bios module that configures the system management unit from 1 laptop that has a power limit of 25w to a donor with a power limit of 15w. Assuming I don’t modify it and mess up any signatures/checksums, and all DXE dependencies are met, and the bios itself isn’t signature verified on boot, it should theoretically allow for the 15w laptop to run at 25w?

So much of this stuff is undocumented. The only things I have to work with is the compiled programs, old versions of the Bios and Kernel Developer Guides, and work done by other modders.

@danlopez1222 - In general, module swap to me means just that, take module from one BIOS and swap with same module in another BIOS. Or if they are similar, sometimes you can swap out part of the module. Either of those can be risky, so be ready for recovery.
Sometimes you can also just edit the setting you want instead, that’s far less risky.

Testing BIOS can be done to some extent without flashing, all depends on what you are modifying and how. You can check with all known tools to open that type of BIOS, does it all look OK and same as opening a stock BIOS?
Same for the module itself, when working with it using tools if used, does the mod and original open and output same way (Thinking IFR output here)

For your 15W >> 25W example, maybe this is a setting that can be simply changed behind the scenes? Is this a real world thing you need, or only an example?
If real, give me the BIOS and I will check if it’s something you can just change the setting of, and if so I will show you where and how to do that.

That’s the video.
He says the board has a ISL 95712, with integrated LLC curves.

https://www.intersil.com/content/dam/int…l9/isl95712.pdf

There’s the video at the relevant part.

https://youtu.be/ZB7NG1PkGEQ?t=372