Hey ket is there any way we can donate to you so we get a modded bios compatible with Ryzen 5xxx versions?
we 're already on march and we don’t have a clue about Gigacrap development on the new bios,
thank youuuu,
regards.
@pep086 I would have to look at some things it might be possible but it is likely for proper compatibility an AGESA update is also required
I did a bit of this when reworking the Biostar X370GT7 firmware, I crossflashed the board to X470 but there was a lot of stuff that needed fixing and it was ultimately easier and better to fix up the existing firmware.
Would it be possible to “port” Zen 3 support for Gigabyte’s A320 Boards too?
It would be great to upgrade to a newer APU without creating e-waste!
Gigabyte has very little Bifurcation support. The Customer Support told me that only the AORUS X570 Ultra has it on AMD Boards. Maybe you can look into this Bios in order to find this feature and try to transfer it to other boards.
Hey, I bought a 1Tb NVMe drive, but it doesnt work on my ab350n motherboard.
bios does not detect the drive in the bios or in the windows. I’ve tried to update motherboard to latest bios, but it didn’t work.
I’ve tried everything. however, the drive is not detected.
I flashed your f25 bios mod. Still not working.
Funny thing: the same nvme drive is working perfectly on my 2 laptops.
Is there a way to mod bios to support my nvme drive? I can make a donation for it.
Hi,
No news is good news?..
…or ADM still refusing to release the Zen3 bios code?
I can still wait 12 more months more to buy 5900X or 3900XT
I really don’t think Ryzen 5000 support is coming to Gigabytes X370 boards anymore. I guess that’s what you get for trusting Gigabyte by being an early adopter. Next board will definitely be ASRock.
I finally pulled the trigger and just ordered a second hand 3800X, that will hopefully last until AM5 has matured a little and prices have gone back to normal levels.
I eventually guessed the same, and just recently bought a used 3900X for my X370 Gaming K7. It’s working well so far, and is a big jump up from the 1800X.
I’m still frustrated by the pressure from AMD on the board manufacturers to not release even unsupported beta BIOSes for the 300-series. Really goes counter to the spirit of what AMD’s done for a good while. I mean, I understand needing to protect the brand, and not wanting negative fallout by association when there are problems with upgrades (even if it is often user error). Still, feels very much like something being forced by marketing/legal, rather than the "underdog hungry innovator, designing to empower the end-user" perspective (well illustrated in the origin of Threadripper)
I’ve got an idea rolling around to compose an open letter to Dr. Su, pointing out that incongruity and making a thoughtful appeal a last time not to squash unofficial motherboard BIOS support on the 300-series.
Getting ready to pull the trigger here on a donation for a (final?) K7 mod, @ket . But I had a question about what’s possible with modding. The latest release by Gigabyte for the X370 Gaming K7, F50e, contains lower PBO board limits than the previous F50d.
In F50e they’re equal to the stock AMD limits, TDC 95A and EDC 140A, whereas F50d had TDC 114A and EDC 168A. (Thankfully, PPT is still fully user-definable in both versions as long as you manually set the package power limit in AMD CBS menu.)
Are the motherboard PBO limits for TDC and EDC something that you’d be able to adjust? I was hoping it would be possible, since they’re defined by the board maker and would need to be changeable based on the VRM design for particular models.
I’d rather use F50e as it contains AGESA 1.0.0.6 (vs the 1.0.0.4 in F50d) but the nerfed board limits are annoying. If it can’t be fixed I’ll probably request a F50d mod, but if it can be adjusted I’d go with F50e instead.
F50e - https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/B…ing-k7_f50e.zip
F50d - My GDrive (link was removed from Gigabyte download page, and file was removed so the URL no longer works)
And thanks as always for all of your excellent work!
@spurdy TDC and EDC probably isn’t something I can change as its likely to be part of the AMD CBS and probably some other code so just switching out the AMD CBS alone wouldn’t do anything. I’d guess the limits were changed because of 5000 series CPUs but its odd GB would change it for that reason and not add 5000 series support so could also easily be GB just nerfing older boards now.
Hey guys, I finally got my new CPU, after some back and forth I managed to get a 3800XT but I can’t figure out how to get PBO working. I’m on F50e on a X370 Gaming 5.
When I set PBO to enabled in the AMD Overclocking settings nothing seems to change, even though I’m still 30-40% away from any throttling limits. Is PBO bugged on these boards?
Alright, little update: I found some reddit posts where people said to set the PPT and TDC limit to 0 and the EDC limit to 1 and disable Global C-States. I did that and now got a little boost by around 50 MHz or about 35-40 points in CB15.
Is there anything else I need to set on this board? I understand that PBO won’t do wonders but honestly expected a little more, especially on an XT processor (rated Golden Sample by CTR).
Also, how do you disable Spread Spectrum on this board? I know the option is hidden in BIOS but I read that setting the Base Clock to a fixed 100 MHz instead of Auto should disable it but that doesn’t seem to work for me.
@ket Is it possible to get a final mod of the F50e BIOS for this board as well? With all the possible fixes and menu entries exposed. What would a mod like that cost us?
@razorlikes I could make modded versions of both but if you wanted all the bells and whistles it would take a pretty hefty chunk out of the day, maybe 6hrs to do both, nothing ever stays in the same place when the AGESA is updated so I have to redo UI fixes, option names & descriptions, typos, etc, all individually by hand. Originally I only did that stuff for myself to make it as neat, tidy, explanatory, and as professional looking as possible but everyone else liked those changes too. GB are properly pissed off at me too for doing this stuff especially as I’m going to mention things in an X570 Aorus Pro review they’d rather I didn’t… like how the Aorus Pro is advertised as having dual ROMs, but on the 1.0 versions of the board at least, said backup hardware is not there… despite it being explicitly listed for the board specs and touted as one of the features. A mere discussion about it got me banned on FBs AMD Hardware Enthusiasts group so… lets just say make of that what you will but the inside story is that a GB Aorus rep and a few of the reps buddies from other companies bitched and whined at the groups mods. Yes I know who you all are if you happen to be reading this, and don’t worry, you’ll be mentioned in one form or another in the review.
At least Karma bit GB in the arse good and proper though, their cluelessness, obnoxious, egotistical, holier than thou attitude lead to this happening a couple months later; Gigabyte makes fun of “made in China”, shares collapse translating to a loss of $ 550 million
@ket I was talking about a F50e mod for the X370 Gaming 5 from my previous post, I don’t need any other BIOS modded. Is there something you can do about the PBO on this board? Right now PBO only does something when I use the EDC 1 bug, after some more research this apparently isn’t considered safe since it disables the high current detection. Whenever I set PBO to anything else, whether it be custom PPT, TDC and EDC values or just to enabled or auto, it does absolutely nothing and behaves just like disabled PBO. Am I missing something here or is this something that you could fix in a BIOS mod?
@razorlikes I probably can’t do anything about PBO as replacing the AMD CBS and PBS only contains various options not the physical programming for them that AFAIK is located elsewhere and at the very least would not be easily editable with the tools I have. You’re better without PBO anyway IMO as manually configuring the CPU allows you to avoid the CPU being shot with an excessive amount of volts just for a +50/+100MHz or something like that. For the very same reason I have manually tuned my 3700X for 4.2GHz, it’ll run that all day long at 1.2v but 4.3GHz needs at least 1.3v which for 7nm lithograpy is already pushing it and plenty of people have reported 3000 series CPU degredation even on 1.35v so for long term use 1.25v thereabouts is the maximum you should really be pushing through a 3000 series CPU letting PBO do whatever it wants really isn’t conducive for longevity. A fully modded F50e with all possible changes would probably take about 3hrs to do.
@razorlikes did you send me a donation for a Gaming 5 F50e mod? Its just someone did but didn’t leave their forum alias so I don’t know who I’m making it for to contact them when its done lol.
@ket Yeah that was me, I probably should have included that lol
@ket , just sent over a donation for an AX370-Gaming K7 mod of version F50e.
Turns out the lower PBO board limits in F50e weren’t really an issue. EDC bug still works, and I did testing and get better performance with lower temps/voltages than I did with the same settings on F50d (PPT 150W, TDC 95A, EDC 18A). So, whatever got tweaked in AGESA 1.0.0.6 definitely improved things, for my case anyway.
Using the higher TDC or non-bug EDC limits under F50d really just puts things quickly into uncontrolled heat territory, and isn’t worth the trouble.
Anyway, no rush at all. I know quality can take time, and I’m definitely cut from the “do it once and do it right” cloth, myself.
Cheers!
PS- Oh, and it’s not as though I wouldn’t like to have higher PBO board limits if it ends up being possible during the mod. 
It just wasn’t enough of a factor to make me want to stay with F50d.
@razorlikes & @spurdy Ok, I’ll get to work later today hopefully it shouldn’t take longer than a couple days at most 