This video might help you. Also, I recommend using NeoProgrammer over AsProgrammer.
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Hi, I already tried the BIOS but it wonāt turn on. I reverted to my original BIOS.
When I try to turn it on, the fans spin and then turn off, and so on. It doesnāt beep.
Can you just flash this BIOS from Angxun X79-VG4 to see if it boots up? It could be that I misconfigured the ME in Intel FITc somehow.
ANX_X79-VG4_210825.zip (3.3 MB)
Iām programming it now, Iāll let you know.
It gave me an image, let me try it on Windows.
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Looking forward to your updates!
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What BIOS settings do you recommend, and what tests can I run to check its stability? Will I be able to play Warzone? I have Windows 10 IoT LTSC.
First thing, Iām glad the BIOS works for you. Are there any glitches / strange behaviors? Would you mind uploading some screenshots of the BIOS, just for validation only?
Moving onto your question: I donāt play COD: Warzone personally but a quick look at the requirements shows that the games requires TPM2.0 and Secure Boot. For Secure Boot, you just need to disable CSM and turn it on in the BIOS, but for TPM2.0, you might need to connect an external module through the DEBUG header. A guide for that is already present on this forum.
Side note: Resizable BAR is included by default, and you can enable that (and Above 4G Decoding) in the PCI Subsystem Settings menu for a bit more performance.
I played Jedi Survivor for a while without any problems, but after two and a half hours, I noticed that the GPU usage got stuck at 100%. The FPS remained the same as when this problem occurred. I opened other games, and the same thing happened. It was only fixed by restarting. I also noticed that the AMD software was closing on its own.
I also noticed that the second time I turned on the PC after installing the BIOS, a message about PCI bus or something like that appeared in the notifications, recommending a restart. That notification didnāt appear again.
I also have rebar + 4G enabled and Secure Boot activated. I hadnāt had this problem before with my original BIOS.
I donāt know if itās something with the BIOS or my RX 9060 XT GPU configuration with undervolt -90 and -15 power limit.
Problems like freezes, restarts, blue screens, or the computer shutting down on its own havenāt occurred.
Iām not exactly sure what is causing the problem to be honest (I donāt have such modern graphics card), but if possible can you test everything again with a fresh Windows installation? That notification about PCI bus is probably about updating some drivers in my opinion.
wait, a chinese x79/x99 with any chipset (not x79/x99, say x79 with h61 or b75 or z77 or q77 like this user report), could be rebuilt with Intel FITc? I always tought the ME might be cleaned/disabled, i wonder if itās safe to configure something in Intel FITc with these boards 
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Apparently my attempt failed so I am not sure if itās possible (when I imported the original BIOS into FITc v7 it asked me to choose the chipset, I chose Patsburg X79, not the desktop chipset so that might be the error). The reason why I tried FITc was that the BIOS Region size is different between the stock and donor BIOS (4MB vs 6MB), which makes it impossible to purely replace-as-is using UEFITool. Luckily for the above user, the donor BIOS just straight out works.
Chinese manufacturers sure have pulled off weird tricks ā I have seen them making LGA2011 boards with Haswell chipset (ME9) and now thereāre even LGA2011-3 boards with H55/HM55/P55 (ME6). I honestly have no idea how these BIOSes would interact with FITc.
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Is my processor performing okay?
So far everythingās OK. How do I know which TPM I should buy? Or should I switch to the X99 platform? Iām looking at the HUANANZHI X99 4MT Plus so I can reuse my RAM since prices are currently very high.
I will give you my overall thoughts here:
- 100% GPU usage = Congratulations, the CPU you currently have can in some situations max out the GPU (=the GPU is not bottlenecked by the CPU). I am not surprised that you started seeing this after getting more modern features like Rebar.
- Message from AMD drivers that it wants to restart=Normal when Rebar changes state
- The undervolt on your GPU might be a bit low, which may be the root cause of problems you see
With regards to staying on the same platform:
- You currently have a decent CPU (2650V2) with 20M cache. Looks like 2667v2 or 2687Wv2 would be the major potential upgrades available. Not sure if your motherboard can handle that
- You would also need to figure out the pinout yourself, to connect a TPM module
With regards to changing platform:
- The best CPU option for DDR3 is a 2696V3 (18 cores, 45M cache). I can find them for very decent prices here in China, but they might be expensive locally for you
- Another interesting option is 2698BV3 (16 cores, 40M cache)
- For motherboard I would absolutely recommend the X99-XD3. You can use my modded BIOS with easily controllable undervolt etc. I am not alone in this opinion, it is also shared by Miyconst. Just use a standard MSI 14-pin LPC TPM
- You might run into initial compatibility problems with the GPU on X99 (yes, works ok on X79, problems on X99). A vBIOS update was needed, see this post
As a side note, I will shortly write a quick guide of what I have been doing this weekend with optimizing gaming performance on a 2698V3 CPU. In short, you can get max gaming performance out, without requiring a really good VRM/expensive motherboard
Read the guide by FIB for more information first. You need to figure out the DEBUG pinout (in the thread I did provide a pinout pattern for my two Jingsha boards - it might work for you but Iām unsure - better do the measurement yourself). For the TPM module, I think you can get the generic 20-pin 2.54mm-pitch for ease of connection.
If you can afford to change platform, it is also a good idea since I heard some games require AVX2 instruction set, which is missing in Sandy and Ivy Bridge CPUs.
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@Tris
AVX2 is an excellent point that I forgot! After delidding+liquid metal+water cooling, my highly overclocked Ivy Bridge CPU had no problems in keeping up with performance. However, after buying games and finding that they would not start due to lack of AVX2 instructions, I did indeed move past this platform.
@sebasper27
Another simple but very effective way to squeeze out more performance from older platforms, is to disable the Meltdown and Spectre mitigations. In my own experience, you get around ~10% āCPU gaming performanceā with this, which means that you will hit 100% GPU load in more games. So if you can live without AVX2 instructions, you might not need to upgrade anything, just work on the TPM pinout instead.
I have now put together a quick write-up on maximizing gaming performance.
Also Miyconst just released a new video, where it is shown that DDR3 in quad channel is still very ok for gaming in 2026. And it also demonstrates that the X99-XD3 is still decent bang for buck.
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Can you send me the purchase links? The one from Miyconst says they canāt ship to my country.
I was also reading about disabling Spectre and Meltdown. Is it really safe to disable them?
I live in China, and therefore I have direct access to the supply chain through Taobao. I have no idea what country you live in, therefore I cannot really help you more than saying:
- Search Aliexpress for the country you live in
- Often the exact same product can be sold with a different name, hence picture search can also be useful
My personal opinion regarding Meltdown and Spectre mitigations:
- If you run an internet facing server with many virtual machines with web servers etc: This is the scenario these patches are designed to mitigate
- If you run a normal gaming computer, then there is absolutely no need to have these patches. Since it is a single user system, there is no gain in security. You just get the downside, which is a big drop in performance
I have a similar problem, can you help me solve it? My motherboard is the same as the person who asked the question. After I replaced e5 2689 with e5 1620v2, I canāt recognize two memory slots, and I donāt support dual channels. Thank you for your trouble.