MSI's X570 Tomahawk May Become Go-To OC Board??

4K8KW10 · 30 Sep 2021 at 19:20

I have no graphics card - not going to pay those insane prices for the graphics - let the PC gather some dust.

I will miss both the Windows 11 and this new BIOS version.

1000 euros for a crappy RX 6700 XT - better do something bad to those retailers scalpers. :mad:

slipd · 1 Oct 2021 at 17:30

Destination said:
I updated to the new version launched 2 days ago, all seems grand, had to reenter my data for core offset but seems to be functioning well. CB23 pretty much as it was before, potentially a slight improvement, but more likely run to run variation.

Its all Win11 ready now, the TPM2 seems activated by auto in this update.

Nice! It's still Beta though, right?

I was going to ask actually, I ran the Windows 11 tool the other day and I failed on Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 - on the current stable firmware, what do I need to enable to get match ready?

Destination · 1 Oct 2021 at 18:29

Virtually all MSI releases are beta until the next one comes out, then it becomes the prime.
Not joking.
They're beta until the next beta release.

Stu · 2 Oct 2021 at 10:58

slipd said:
Nice! It's still Beta though, right?

I was going to ask actually, I ran the Windows 11 tool the other day and I failed on Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 - on the current stable firmware, what do I need to enable to get match ready?

I'm guessing search for TPM in BIOS and then select enable.

slipd · 2 Oct 2021 at 21:41

Stu said:
I'm guessing search for TPM in BIOS and then select enable.

I couldn't see it on the current, stable bios, but as @Destination says, it's enabled by default in the current bios.

I can see options for Secure Boot but don't really know where to begin? I think I'm currently set to CSM.

jigger · 3 Oct 2021 at 01:09

Destination said:
Virtually all MSI releases are beta until the next one comes out, then it becomes the prime.
Not joking.
They're beta until the next beta release.

Lol MSI’s sole function could be to beta test for other motherboard manufacturers.

4K8KW10 · 3 Oct 2021 at 09:19

Destination said:
Virtually all MSI releases are beta until the next one comes out, then it becomes the prime.
Not joking.
They're beta until the next beta release.

That's not true. Beta is beta and it remains beta until a normal version is released.
There are two betas one after the other, but when the second gets released, the first gets deleted, so in the official webpage the second version available for download is always a normal BIOS version:

MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI | RETURN TO HONOR (msi.com)

Destination · 3 Oct 2021 at 09:40

No, on MSI for tomahawk it isn't.
Yes, there is always a beta, and indeed it does remain beta, and stays that way, they rarely have an actual release candidate, the previous beta gets promoted with no changes to the release candidate when the new beta is released.
Its how they do things.

hyperseven · 3 Oct 2021 at 21:12

Destination said:
No, on MSI for tomahawk it isn't.
Yes, there is always a beta, and indeed it does remain beta, and stays that way, they rarely have an actual release candidate, the previous beta gets promoted with no changes to the release candidate when the new beta is released.
Its how they do things.

he speaks the tru-tru

7C84v183 will become 7C84c18 (final???) then they will release 7C84c19x betas.

Glanza · 6 Oct 2021 at 10:41

Put latest beta version on last night, no issues as yet.

slipd · 6 Oct 2021 at 11:11

Glanza said:
Put latest beta version on last night, no issues as yet.

Are you prepped for Windows 11? I still need to sort out the Secure Boot thing - that's all I'm failing on at the minute.

Glanza · 6 Oct 2021 at 12:31

slipd said:
Are you peeped for Windows 11? I still need to sort out the Secure Boot thing - that's all I'm failing on at the minute.

Yes, you might have to go into bios and enable it, I had to turn some settings back on like Resizable Bar.

slipd · 6 Oct 2021 at 22:01

Has anyone had any issues with the latest BT driver?

I bought a new Xbox controller the other day and I'm getting random disconnections whilst in game... I need to try a few more games first but it happens quite a bit in Rocket League.

slipd · 7 Oct 2021 at 19:04

Help guys; as soon as I enable Secure Boot and go to a UFEI hard drive I can't boot back into Windows. Switch back to CSM is fine...

I'm on the latest bios with TPM already configured.

JRS · 7 Oct 2021 at 19:11

slipd said:
Help guys; as soon as I enable Secure Boot and go to a UFEI hard drive I can't boot back into Windows. Switch back to CSM is fine...

I'm on the latest bios with TPM already configured.

That's because you installed Windows with legacy CSM rather than UEFI-style but unsecured, so your C: drive is MBR formatted rather than GPT.

Have a read here. That should give you a guide to changing over, and you shouldn't lose any data.

slipd · 7 Oct 2021 at 19:13

JRS said:
That's because you installed Windows with legacy CSM rather than UEFI-style but unsecured, so your C: drive is MBR formatted rather than GPT.

Have a read here. That should give you a guide to changing over, and you shouldn't lose any data.

Bah! Spot on, you're absolutely right. I've got all my data backed up, will check out your link - thanks.

JRS · 7 Oct 2021 at 19:19

slipd said:
Bah! Spot on, you're absolutely right. I've got all my data backed up, will check out your link - thanks.

No worries

Though if you're doing it for Win11 i wouldn't necessarily bother if I were you. It's got some particularly useless quirks

slipd · 7 Oct 2021 at 22:03

slipd said:
Has anyone had any issues with the latest BT driver?

I bought a new Xbox controller the other day and I'm getting random disconnections whilst in game... I need to try a few more games first but it happens quite a bit in Rocket League.

Question: do the WiFi antenna improve BT signal strength? I don't use the onboard WiFi so they've not even been out of the packet...

Fab7 · 11 Oct 2021 at 16:24

Yes , absolutely ( i have tested )

Orcvader · 11 Oct 2021 at 16:28

slipd said:
Question: do the WiFi antenna improve BT signal strength? I don't use the onboard WiFi so they've not even been out of the packet...

The antennas are for BT as well. I've been using it with my Dualshock 4 and later Dualsense with no issues at all, can game for hours without any disconnection problems.