P8Z68 V Pro Gen3 Bios 3101

Thermaltake · 21 Feb 2012 at 20:54

New Bios out today on Asus website 3101.
After flashing to this windows now loads up even faster, the little windows logo doesnt even appear, i get the start of the 4 colours and then straight to desktop. Well pleased

Forget what i said its back to normal with logo coming up and shining lasted 2 restarts tho lol

Elevon · 22 Feb 2012 at 14:34

Flashed mine earlier today( Asus Z68 V/Gen3) but forgot to set RAID mode after(using SSD cache) so got BSOD,anyway quick check and resetting of all BIOS settings back to how they were, all fine now

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Michaeljcox24 · 23 Feb 2012 at 10:09

Are there any report of this going some way to fixing the double boot issue

eyetrip · 23 Feb 2012 at 10:12

Yay! I love new BIOS day, even if I am not having issues with my existing one

Unless it blows up in my face

MarkeR · 23 Feb 2012 at 10:25

Michaeljcox24 said:
Are there any report of this going some way to fixing the double boot issue

If you mean the double flash of the asus screen, then no it is still there!!

I'm sure there is a setting in the bios which fixes it!

Michaeljcox24 · 23 Feb 2012 at 10:45

No, I didn't mean that

Elevon · 23 Feb 2012 at 13:07

Michaeljcox24 said:
Are there any report of this going some way to fixing the double boot issue

Did you go into BIOS then Optional Rom Messages and set to "Keep Current",that disables double boot so you don't get third party rom boot messages,hence double boot(not a fault but a BIOS feature that you can enable or disable).

Michaeljcox24 · 23 Feb 2012 at 13:23

Elevon said:
Did you go into BIOS then Optional Rom Messages and set to "Keep Current",that disables double boot so you don't get third party rom boot messages,hence double boot(not a fault but a BIOS feature that you can enable or disable).

Yes.

The problem I have is roughly once or twice a week, the lights come on, fans spin up, but there is no output to the monitor. The machine resets itself, boots back up, then a flashing white cursor appears in the top right corner of the screen and just stays there forever.

Hard reset, and it posts, but then you get error message saying overclocking failed, press F1, so ctrl+alt+delete and it posts fine, boots into windows.

90% of the week it boots into windows with absolutely no problem whatsoever.

ASUS tech blamed memory, which is a crock sticks pass mem test overnight runs individually.

Elevon · 23 Feb 2012 at 13:26

Michaeljcox24 said:
Yes.

The problem I have is roughly once or twice a week, the lights come on, fans spin up, but there is no output to the monitor. The machine resets itself, boots back up, then a flashing white cursor appears in the top right corner of the screen and just stays there forever.

Hard reset, and it posts, but then you get error message saying overclocking failed, press F1, so ctrl+alt+delete and it posts fine, boots into windows.

90% of the week it boots into windows with absolutely no problem whatsoever.

ASUS tech blamed memory, which is a crock sticks pass mem test overnight runs individually.

Maybe overclock too high or not enough voltage for cold boot?...PSU issue maybe,could be a few things.

I did read something about Asus boards will double boot if OC fails(sort of fail safe feature).

Michaeljcox24 · 23 Feb 2012 at 13:35

Elevon said:
Maybe overclock too high or not enough voltage for cold boot?...PSU issue maybe,could be a few things.

I did read something about Asus boards will double boot if OC fails(sort of fail safe feature).

I originally thought that too, but it happens at stock too mate. Biggest problem is it doesn't happen all the time, only a couple of times a week, so its a bugger to fault find.

spankingtexan · 23 Feb 2012 at 17:16

What ram you using?

Check your ram timings in bios match your ram.

Check ram voltage, if below 1.6v then increase slightly but intel recommend you don't exceed 1.6v

Michaeljcox24 · 23 Feb 2012 at 17:46

Yeah ram timings are right, but memory I've got at 1.5. Increased it to 1.55 a while back but it didn't make any difference.

wazza300 · 23 Feb 2012 at 17:54

try one or two clicks more vccio voltage,im using 1.5625v

for double asus logo,just disable full screen logo=problem solved

Michaeljcox24 · 23 Feb 2012 at 18:26

wazza300 said:
try one or two clicks more vccio voltage,im using 1.5625v

for double asus logo,just disable full screen logo=problem solved

I was at 1.55, have increased. Cheers, anything is worth a shot.

wazza300 · 23 Feb 2012 at 20:03

Michaeljcox24 said:
I was at 1.55, have increased. Cheers, anything is worth a shot.

you can safely use upto 1.2v vccio on sb but remember it will blue screen just the same with too much as too little

and use upto 1.5750v for dram,its either one of those or both thats causing cold boots/random freezing ect

Thermaltake · 24 Feb 2012 at 12:19

When it hangs check out which LED is staying red on the board

Nicodemonizer · 24 Feb 2012 at 16:21

Seems like 3202 is out already :S
been reading a few reports of bricked boards on the Asus forums with the 3101(locked red light on vga or cpu).
Not sure if i am allowed to post link ,so i'll not atm lol
Think i'll wait for a while and see how this develops

Elevon · 24 Feb 2012 at 18:39

Nicodemonizer said:
Seems like 3202 is out already :S
been reading a few reports of bricked boards on the Asus forums with the 3101(locked red light on vga or cpu).
Not sure if i am allowed to post link ,so i'll not atm lol
Think i'll wait for a while and see how this develops

Installed 3201 BIOS ,again no issues with my Asus z68 V/Gen3

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wazza300 · 26 Feb 2012 at 01:37

Nicodemonizer said:
Seems like 3202 is out already :S
been reading a few reports of bricked boards on the Asus forums with the 3101(locked red light on vga or cpu).
Not sure if i am allowed to post link ,so i'll not atm lol
Think i'll wait for a while and see how this develops

if you do brick the bios,just pull out the tiny bios chip and buy a pre flashed one off fleabay and pop it in,so no big deal really if you brick the bios

Elevon · 26 Feb 2012 at 01:51

wazza300 said:
if you do brick the bios,just pull out the tiny bios chip and buy a pre flashed one off fleabay and pop it in,so no big deal really if you brick the bios

Don't most latest Asus Intel boards have Crashfree BIOS 3

I know mine has(Asus Z68 V/Gen3).