[Solved] How to mod an ASUS Rampage V Extreme BIOS?

Yes both OROM/SATA 14.8 Modules, like the EFI/OROM LAN. You can check yourself using UBU.

Changelog is the same. All modules+microcode.

RAMPAGE-V-EXTREME-ASUS-2001-MOD.zip (6.11 MB)

Unb0rn, with your 2001, using Bios flashback, the LED blinks for only about 4s, and will not post (stuck on 00).
Sylar76’s flash works fine (and takes the normal ~60s) to flash.

did you rename it for bios flashback or try and use it as it came out the zip file?

It won’t work unless renamed to RE5.CAP

hence me asking as it was called RAMPAGE-V-EXTREME-ASUS-2001-MOD.CAP

Not tried it myself as I haven’t had time.

Unb0rn, with your 2001, using Bios flashback, the LED blinks for only about 4s, and will not post (stuck on 00).
Sylar76’s flash works fine (and takes the normal ~60s) to flash.


Ok, don’t know what I did wrong previously, but now both Unb0rn’s & Sylar76’s flash work fine.
Has anyone else flashed either and have anything to report? All good?

@biship :
Welcome at Win-RAID Forum!

It is fine, that you finally succeeded.

Enjoy the ASUS Rampage V Extreme with updated BIOS modules!
Dieter (alias Fernando)

Sorry if this question is stupid, but what is the difference between Sylar76’s and UnbOrn’s versions? It wasn’t clear to me, which is certainly entirely my fault!

Dave

@jaimed2002 :
Hello Dave,
welcome at Win-RAID Forum!

You can easily verify it yourself, if run the UBU tool with both modded BIOSes.

Regards
Dieter (alias Fernando)

Right you are, thanks Fernando … I was being lazy, I should know better you guys do more than enough as it is to have slackers like me be to lazy to check it for myself!

Great site BTW, really, really awesome talent around here.

Dave

Hi,

if someone wants to try, here is the 2001 modded bios including the following components :

- SATA OROM/EFI Updated
- LAN OROM/EFI Updated (both Intel & Realtek)
- MEI Firmware Updated
- Uncore Module updated with the one which performs better on DDR4 !!!

On my machine it is working like a charm and I have the same performance of the great 1502 bios.

RAMPAGE-V-EXTREME-ASUS-2001.ZIP (6.31 MB)

Great work! Thanks! How did you manage to replace MEI to the latest version? Is there a guide anywhere? And one more thing, what is “Uncore Module”? Any info on it? Vendor? GUID? It’s interesting) Thanks!



Regarding MEI firmware:

- I’ve opened the original bios file with Coderush’s UEFI Tool and extracted the ME Region as is. Then I’ve downloaded the last 9.1 MEI firmware from station drivers.
- I’ve compared both files using Flash Image Tool (FITC) 9.1 selecting as platform "Intel C610 Series" and matching MEI settings of the new firmware with the ones of the native bios.
- I’ve so compiled the new image with FITC and replaced the ME Region using UEFI Tool and it works flawlessly.

Regarding the Uncore mod.

Since 1902 bios, and also with the 2001 version, Asus changed something in the Uncore/cache settings to improve system stability, but indeed the RAM performance are worse than
the previous bioses. So I compared with MMTool and UEFI Tool the differences between the 1801 bios (for example) and the latest one (2001) and found that the UncoreInitPeim
module is different. You can find it at the following GUID : D71C8BA4-4AF2-4D0D-B1BA-F2409F0C20D3.
I searched this GUID with UEFI Tool on Bios 1801 (it has two identical GUID), extracted it twice and replaced body into 2001 bios and so the resulting file is the 2001 bios with
the memory performance of the 1801.

That’s all.

Hey Sylar76 & @Unb0rn ,

Question for either of you, (@Fernando if you wanna weigh in on the R5E please do),

I am upgrading my primary OS drive from a OCZ Vector150 to a Samsung 950 PRO Series 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V5P512BW) and I will be updating my 1901 BIOS (I believe was Unb0rn’s Mod?) to the one posted by Sylar76 yesterday. During this I will be changing my 2 RAID 0 arrays to a single 6-disk, RAID 5 array.

I have always set up my arrays in the RVE BIOS, under the Advanced Tab / PCH Storage Configuration / Intel RST settings. Is this the best place to be doing this? I’ve noticed there are really 3 ways to setup your RAID with the RVE:

Method 1. BIOS Advanced Mode / Advanced Menu / PCH Storage Configuration / Intel RST settings
Method 2. <Control> + <I> Intel RST Option ROM method
Method 3. BIOS Advanced Mode / <F11> “EZ Tuning Wizard” / RAID Option

Just wanted to know what everyone’s thoughts are on this before I begin this.

Also, does anyone install the ASUS AI Suite??


Thanks,

Erich

@ESausman

Hi, I’ve always used the Method 1 but I don’t use the AI Suite.

New and modded 3008 Bios.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By28-1Y…iew?usp=sharing

Hey Sylar76, thank you as well for your great shares, if I may I would like to ask you some questions.

1. Can you tell us where did you find this BIOS? I do not see it on the official website.

2. You mentioned ASUS’s changes to the Uncore/cache settings, which harmed the system’s RAM performance. How did you measure such a performance discrepancy? I assume the difference should be minimal?

If the performance discrepancy is not minimal, is it not logical to assume that the Uncore/cache update affects mostly your set of RAM modules and that another user could potentially see a performance increase or no performance change even with the ASUS’s new Uncore/cache update?

The only thing that changed for me is that I had to go down from a ratio of x45 All Cores and x45 Min/Max Cache to x44 All Cores and x44 Min/Max Cache. However, before the update, the x45 ratio was not stable in the first place, but it was letting me boot up normally. Now, it does not, is this relevant?

3. Also, can you post a complete update changelog for your BIOS? At least the changes that are not easily identifiable, for example, via UBU.

Thank you in advance.

@Fabulist

I found this bios (3008) taking the 2001 address link and changing the 2001 value with 3008. In other words the new bios has been uploaded on Asus server
though it is not officially visible yet.

I measured RAM performance differences using AIDA64 Memory Benchmark suite test. Those differences are minimal, of course, but there exist.

I’ve got several reports from other users having different DDR4 memory quad-channel kits saying your different performance compared to previos bios versions.

In my own case, with 3008 I can be as stable as with the previous 1801 bios version I used, with the same overclocking settings.

Regarding the changelog, the 3008 official Asus bios offers Broadwell-E as well as new Xeon CPU support. The only thing I added on this bios is to change the native
OROM legacy with Uefi Tool, matching the latest available one. That’s all.

Are you saying you randomly pressed BIOS numbers until you got a valid download? ^.^

In any case, so you did not change the Uncore/cache in this latest BIOS version?