TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS DRIVERS/BIOS

[LevelGuardian]

No. I haven't. Thank you for the suggestion. I will give it a go tomorrow and let you know if it manages to fix the issue.

Edit: Pulled the CMOS battery this morning and unfortunately the issue still remains.

Ok, was worth a try.

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I found this...
(Its an ASUS motherboard although different model)

PC won't turn back on after shutdown/sleep unless I turn PSU power switch off/on again​

PC won't turn back on after shutdown/sleep unless I turn PSU power switch off/on again

Been having a really weird issue lately where 99% of the time, when I shutdown or sleep my PC for the night then come back the next day, when I press the power button, it doesn't turn on. I can tell I still have power from the lights on the motherboard, but it won't wake up. Its only after I flip...

linustechtips.com

What Is ErP Mode (ErP Ready) in BIOS and Should You Use It?

ErP can significantly reduce power consumption of your PC when it's turned off. That's right, even turned off your PC still consumes power. ErP tackles this once and for all.

www.cgdirector.com

Enabling ErP in the BIOS settings has finally been the fix

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[01001101]

Ok, was worth a try.

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I found this...
(Its an ASUS motherboard although different model)

PC won't turn back on after shutdown/sleep unless I turn PSU power switch off/on again

Been having a really weird issue lately where 99% of the time, when I shutdown or sleep my PC for the night then come back the next day, when I press the power button, it doesn't turn on. I can tell I still have power from the lights on the motherboard, but it won't wake up. Its only after I flip...

linustechtips.com

What Is ErP Mode (ErP Ready) in BIOS and Should You Use It?

ErP can significantly reduce power consumption of your PC when it's turned off. That's right, even turned off your PC still consumes power. ErP tackles this once and for all.

www.cgdirector.com

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Dude! I can't thank you enough. This actually worked!

Went to turn my pc on this morning after I enabled ErP (4+5) last night and boom! Straight in..

I wonder if I should stay on 3222 now or update to 3265 or later?

Probably best to leave it a 3222 unless it's absolutely worth updating to the later bios versions?

But yeah! Thanks a million once again. I really appreciate it.

I wonder what caused this to suddenly stop powering on due to ErP being disabled?

 

[LevelGuardian]

Dude! I can't thank you enough. This actually worked!

Went to turn my pc on this morning after I enabled ErP (4+5) last night and boom! Straight in..

I wonder if I should stay on 3222 now or update to 3265 or later?

Probably best to leave it a 3222 unless it's absolutely worth updating to the later bios versions?

But yeah! Thanks a million once again. I really appreciate it.

I wonder what caused this to suddenly stop powering on due to ErP being disabled?

Excellent so glad i was able to help find a solution.

So what i am able to understand from more poking around online. (life is always a learning journey)

Two sides of the coin.

ErP mode is designed to reduce power consumption when the computer is turned off, so the standby states of the hardware are lower than usual so passive consumption is minimised.
However this can sometimes effect some power supplies that dont handle low power states well. Some PSU's are ErP/EuP ready and some are not and the latter may enter a state (protective circuit) that prevents it from supplying power correctly during startup.

Also without ErP, certain hardware components may remain powered, causing the system to not fully reset, which then requires a full powerdown to circumvent. (i think this is what was happening to you).

I can only assume the feature wasnt available on a previous bios version, was added or somehow changed/reset and then your problems began after your updates.

Im still planning to work through a cycle on my own bios updates on this motherboard soon, so seeing what has happened to you will hopefully prepare me a little.

As for your BIOS version. If you are on a more current version and all seems well.... as the saying goes. 'If it aint broke...dont fix it'.

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[01001101]

I wanted to ask if anyone else have this type of ram on their boards?

Corsair CMT32GX5M2B6009Z30 PC5-19200 DDR5 4800MHz 40-40-40-77

I have 4 x 16GB sticks (64GB total)

Since going 3265 bios, EXPO enabled is giving me an infestation of errors in Memtest86 and resulting in game freezes and crashes.

Prior to 3265 I had expo enabled and it had been working fine on early bios versions.

Currently I set EXPO to disabled and have the following manual config and everything is stable.

Just wondering if anyone else had a similar setup or has tightened up the timings? I was going to test anyway but until I do I just wanted to ask here.

Memory Frequency | 5200MHz
tCL / tRCDWR / tRCDRD / tRP | 42
tRAS | 84
SOC Voltage | 1.10V
DRAM VDD / VDDQ | 1.35V

Primary uses are for FPS and VR gaming.

I went 64GB mostly for VR MSFS.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

 

[IceWolf]

Hi guys, can anyone help me with getting my CL28 Corsair Vengeance RAM EXPO stable on this board?

I used to have the DDR5-6000 CL30 2x16GB kit from Corsair which is in the QVL list from Asus for this board and was working fine. I then saw some reviews that CL26 and CL28 kits could gain up to 5% uplift when CPU and Memory bandwidth limited (eg. Spider Man 2) so bought the same Corsair Vengeance kit with CL28 and sold my old kit to a friend. My new kit seems to work fine getting into Windows but in stress tests either using EXPO1 or EXPO2 it can crash after an hour or so, and I keep getting random restarts after a few hours of gaming. Unfortunately even with the latest BIOS this kit is not yet supported in the QVL list.

I have tried enabling/disabling PBO which hasn't helped. I am not running any Core Offset, just stock EXPO settings. I have tried manually setting the memSOC to 1.30V and the VDD and VDDQ to 1.4V, with the VPP to 1.8V. I also tried setting Load Line Calibration to Lv5. Does anyone have any good ideas?

Thanks in advance, iCEWOLF

 

[LevelGuardian]

I wanted to ask if anyone else have this type of ram on their boards?

Corsair CMT32GX5M2B6009Z30 PC5-19200 DDR5 4800MHz 40-40-40-77

I have 4 x 16GB sticks (64GB total)

Since going 3265 bios, EXPO enabled is giving me an infestation of errors in Memtest86 and resulting in game freezes and crashes.

Prior to 3265 I had expo enabled and it had been working fine on early bios versions.

Currently I set EXPO to disabled and have the following manual config and everything is stable.

Just wondering if anyone else had a similar setup or has tightened up the timings? I was going to test anyway but until I do I just wanted to ask here.

Memory Frequency | 5200MHz
tCL / tRCDWR / tRCDRD / tRP | 42
tRAS | 84
SOC Voltage | 1.10V
DRAM VDD / VDDQ | 1.35V

Primary uses are for FPS and VR gaming.

I went 64GB mostly for VR MSFS.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

I have the same memory and EXPO running. All stable. But i am (still) on an older BIOS (2613)...(ill get round to an update eventually)
I cant comment on the new BIOS version that you have and if that is somehow the cause of this current instability (it could be coincidence)
But i once learned that 4 RAM sticks are more stressful on the memory controller especially when overclocking.
The analogy given was that its easier to carry two heavy suit cases rather than 4 lighter ones. So its more optimum (if running 64gb) to have 2x32 rather than 4x16.
(Think it was a Jays2cents (youtube) video).

Do you have access to 2x32 DDR5 from a friend? swap and test?
also maybe test the rig with just half running at a time (2x16) in each slot and with all DIMM combinations. maybe a single RAM stick is problematic?

 

[LevelGuardian]

Hi guys, can anyone help me with getting my CL28 Corsair Vengeance RAM EXPO stable on this board?

I used to have the DDR5-6000 CL30 2x16GB kit from Corsair which is in the QVL list from Asus for this board and was working fine. I then saw some reviews that CL26 and CL28 kits could gain up to 5% uplift when CPU and Memory bandwidth limited (eg. Spider Man 2) so bought the same Corsair Vengeance kit with CL28 and sold my old kit to a friend. My new kit seems to work fine getting into Windows but in stress tests either using EXPO1 or EXPO2 it can crash after an hour or so, and I keep getting random restarts after a few hours of gaming. Unfortunately even with the latest BIOS this kit is not yet supported in the QVL list.

I have tried enabling/disabling PBO which hasn't helped. I am not running any Core Offset, just stock EXPO settings. I have tried manually setting the memSOC to 1.30V and the VDD and VDDQ to 1.4V, with the VPP to 1.8V. I also tried setting Load Line Calibration to Lv5. Does anyone have any good ideas?

Thanks in advance, iCEWOLF

(basic suggestion i know)
Have you monitored the temperature of the DIMMS during operation, crashing after a set period of time could be down to temperature saturation.
If you are using Armoury Crate you can link DIMM temps to the case front/rear fan curve.
I know from my own experience on this board that the inner most DIMM sometimes has a 5-10 degree delta on the outer most because of the wind shadow. The Chipset also suffers greater heat (because of its board placement) depending on the GPU and its exhaust during highend opperations (and this exhaust can also effect the RAM if airflow isnt sufficient).

 

[IceWolf]

(basic suggestion i know)
Have you monitored the temperature of the DIMMS during operation, crashing after a set period of time could be down to temperature saturation.
If you are using Armoury Crate you can link DIMM temps to the case front/rear fan curve.
I know from my own experience on this board that the inner most DIMM sometimes has a 5-10 degree delta on the outer most because of the wind shadow. The Chipset also suffers greater heat (because of its board placement) depending on the GPU and its exhaust during highend opperations (and this exhaust can also effect the RAM if airflow isnt sufficient).

Thanks for the suggestion. I have monitored the RAM temperatures under load with HW Info64 and they don't seem particularly high. I have my case fans set to at least 50% under load and have 6 intake and 3 exhaust fans so I don't think that is it

 

[01001101]

I have the same memory and EXPO running. All stable. But i am (still) on an older BIOS (2613)...(ill get round to an update eventually)
I cant comment on the new BIOS version that you have and if that is somehow the cause of this current instability (it could be coincidence)
But i once learned that 4 RAM sticks are more stressful on the memory controller especially when overclocking.
The analogy given was that its easier to carry two heavy suit cases rather than 4 lighter ones. So its more optimum (if running 64gb) to have 2x32 rather than 4x16.
(Think it was a Jays2cents (youtube) video).

Do you have access to 2x32 DDR5 from a friend? swap and test?
also maybe test the rig with just half running at a time (2x16) in each slot and with all DIMM combinations. maybe a single RAM stick is problematic?

Hey! Thanks for the reply.

Firstly, I have to admit that over the weekend my PC wasnt turning on again despite ErP being enabled. I was looking at my pc thinking what else could it be and then I noticed that my 24pin power cable was just shy (like a mm) of making a fully seated connection over the clip which was most probably the culprit for the power on issue I had been experiencing. I feel like such a fool. These things happen. It was a tricky one because the pc was turning on normally all week.

Tbh I will keep ErP enabled from now on despite everything.

That's pretty cool we have the same memory. It looks like ours isn't supported in the QVL anymore. https://www.asus.com/uk/motherboard..._memory?model2Name=TUF-GAMING-X670E-PLUS-WIFI

I don't have the ability to get 2 x 32GB sticks as suggested so I will probably just let it be for now and might test with 2 x 16gb in the future. It would be interesting to see the difference, but at this point I'm wondering what the overall difference would be compared to what I currently have?

 

[Coolasmoo]

I think I'm on 3208, and I've been really stable for months.

I don't really feel like updating to the latest BIOS since you can't roll back.

If it isn't broke and all that,.

 

[IceWolf]

Soooo, after trying a bunch of things I downloaded the brand new BIOS for my TUF X670E-Plus from August 2025. It doesn't have the new CL28 DDR5-6000 Corsair RAM in the QVL list but it seems to work fine again despite this. Simply turned on EXPO1 and ran 60 minutes of Prime95 and Cinebench simultaneously. Before, just Cinebench would cause a crash in under 30 minutes. Fingers crossed.

As someone above said though: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I should have stuck with the CL30 RAM I had and saved myself the hassle...