The 2 pins that need to be connected, do they need to be electrically connected to the CPU as well? Or do they only need to short those 2 pins on socket side?
Also, is it confirmed all Gigabyte 100-series need all the extra pins isolated for P0? Mine is a B150M-HD3.
Only on socket side. Afaik the pads in the CPU package are just a short as well an not connected to any silicon whatsoever, so there is virtually no difference to any electronics if you connect the two traces anywhere else. (modding would be so much easier, if the coresponding pin on the super I/O would be neighbour to a ground contact, alas it aināt)
You may not have to connect the two pads on CPU with Gigabyte 100 series, at least I know I didnāt have to on Z170N-Gaming5.
So you may want to test without before doing the SKTOCC mod to the CPU
As the Xeon E-2274G (which is Coffee Lake-ER/9 series based) is a quad core CPU, would this need a pin mod to make it compatible with Kaby/Skylake motherboards? I think itās also a native quad core as well, not a cut down six core.
thank you so muchļ¼asus z170-a+G5420ļ¼success!
thank you. ASrock Z170 Pro4 + i5 9400F working like a charm
Which CPU did you use? My i3-8100, I didnāt have to do any pinmod at all, but just making sure because Iām upgrading to i5-9400 P0 stepping which I read needs lots of pinmods on Gigabyte boards.
How to solve this ?
Hi, I ran the tool to cahnge MSI Z270 Krait motherboard BIOS. it saved as a .bin file and the MSI Flash Utility only recognize .A90 files. How to fix?
Which CPU did you use? My i3-8100, I didnāt have to do any pinmod at all, but just making sure because Iām upgrading to i5-9400 P0 stepping which I read needs lots of pinmods on Gigabyte boards.
SKTOCC and other pinmods are different stories. Usage of SKTOCC is optional acording to intel, so on boards which do not check SKTOCC (apparently many Gigabyte and MSI), there is no need for pin shorting. Isolation however prevents physical damage if RSVD pins have been incorrectly wired and coffee lake package is used. The latter is not the case with many (?all?) i3-8000 as they only use skylake voltage pinout. but i5 and higher carry the full risk and while many Asus do not require any and most Asrock and MSI only limited isolation, at least some Gigabyte need extensive work to prevent VRM blowing (according to svarmod, didnāt frag 'em myself)
@GnatGoSplat - Yes, I did all other pad mods per the Image for Gigabyte (lots on diagonal, I think 16x) and then all those 6+1 on left other side.
Only did not require the SKTOCC 2pin short on CPU itself, I used i3-9100F (U0 - SRF6N) on Gigabyte Z170N-Gaming 5. For your CPU i5-9400, same as U0, you need to do all the CPU pad isolation with tape as per the image for your GA-B150
intel fpt command? no idea what that is.
Mother board is the MSI Z270 Krait. I love it
just bought 9100f for my b250m andā¦ U0 stepping :C
i really dont found a guide step by step on how to isolate/shorten the pins of the processor, is risky ? or should i return the processor for B0 stepping ?
Got this error while attempting to flash with fpt. Not sure how to fix but will look in this forum. Pretty sure i may find it
@bale1304
download the 6.18 update zip.
@mickkazzie
Get intel csme tool v11 from Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools
@revlaay
Still doesnāt work. Same error. I downloaded 7.50ver instant flash from https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H110M-HDā¦/index.asp#BIOS
had the same error, moved folder to hdd root (c:), turned off antivirus and updated
Got this error while attempting to flash with fpt. Not sure how to fix but will look in this forum. Pretty sure i may find it
Error Code 376. Kinda in the mood to give up but also deeply intrigued to see this work. Wonāt need a new mobo for CFL 