A note on Zen 2 Ryzen 3900x with Gigabyte x470 Aorus Gaming 7 Wifi

Kevin Parsons · 12 Jul 2019 at 10:52

Darren_uk said:
external soundcard route! one of them Creative high end?
like x7

I kind of dabble in Pro audio, using an rme fireface 800!

Kevin Parsons · 12 Jul 2019 at 10:52

orbitalwalsh said:
new bios look of x570 will come to x470 after X570 has been sorted out i think . Hopefully lessons learnt will be applied to B550

Fingers crossed!!!

orbitalwalsh · 12 Jul 2019 at 10:54

Darren_uk said:
After some 16gb DDR4 3600MHZ RGB Kit, Any leads @orbitalwalsh
That b die page is most outdated now on links ,stocks changes in ics.

Pay up to £150

this WAS £150 4 days ago. 3600 and 4000hz kit are b-die

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...00c18-4000mhz-dual-channel-kit-my-09t-tg.html

£154

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...00c18-3600mhz-dual-channel-kit-my-09u-tg.html

out of stock but white is needs be

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...4-3200mhz-dual-channel-kit-rgb-my-0a0-tg.html

last b0die in 3600hz

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...00c17-3600mhz-dual-channel-kit-my-28v-ks.html

Darren_uk · 12 Jul 2019 at 10:58

Thanks for the links, C18 ...I have to wait tell later on it seems not much in stock at the moment & G skill got new neo Kits coming out .

Kevin Parsons · 16 Jul 2019 at 08:57

Bios 41C came out yesterday, agesa 1.0.03. My clocks still look to max at 4275 in a dual core test of cinebench. Will test thoroughly tonight...

TangoEchoAlpha · 16 Jul 2019 at 10:36

Darren_uk said:
2. Before update BIOS to F40, you have to install EC FW Update Tool (B19.0517.1 or later version) to avoid 4DIMM DDR compatibility on 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ CPU

Is there any way to check and see if the EC FW Update Tool has been run?

orbitalwalsh · 16 Jul 2019 at 11:24

Kevin Parsons said:
Bios 41C came out yesterday, agesa 1.0.03. My clocks still look to max at 4275 in a dual core test of cinebench. Will test thoroughly tonight...

AB version too .

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3491-explaining-precision-boost-overdrive-benchmarks-auto-oc

pbo - worthless it seems, even under LN2!

TangoEchoAlpha · 16 Jul 2019 at 11:45

TangoEchoAlpha said:
Is there any way to check and see if the EC FW Update Tool has been run?

Never mind, found it online. In case anyone else searches for this, edit the uiset.ini file and change:

AutoFlash=1

to be:

AutoFlash=0

Then you can run the IFU update tool and under the settings tab, read the contents of the ROM which will give the EC FW version. However, the system will reboot after doing so, just as it did automatically when applying the FW update.

Chris Werner · 17 Jul 2019 at 11:59

okay so a question. If i do NOT have a ryzen 2000 series cpu, can i still update the drivers to F40 to get the 3900x running? or will i need an older cpu to do this?

Mandroid · 17 Jul 2019 at 12:42

You'll need an older cpu

Chris Werner · 17 Jul 2019 at 15:30

Well... ****...

Mandroid · 17 Jul 2019 at 15:58

Yeah, it's one of the reasons I've just pulled the trigger on the X570 Aorus Ultra instead.

Thought about getting x470 gaming 7 & a cheap AM4 cpu, flash the bios & return the cpu but couldn't be bothered with the hassle.

lltfdaniel · 17 Jul 2019 at 23:39

I updated mine without the tool, because apparently people had problems after using that tool.

Hopefully will not encounter problems myself.

Superted854 · 18 Jul 2019 at 09:34

Is anyone else having issues with the BIOS resetting from a cold boot on the Gaming 7? It takes an age to boot from cold stuck at 00 on the Debug then eventually boots but all my BIOS setting are lost.

Updated to BIOS 41C but the issue remains.

Edit: Actually if I switch to the 2nd BIOS it seems happier and it holding the settings.

ANDARIAL · 18 Jul 2019 at 14:26

Ok guys question
If i update to latest Bios and instal a 3rd gen cpu and it at some point it fails to boot and swaps over to the backup bios what would happen?
I assume that the backup bios would be older non compatible with the new cpu :confused:

Darren_uk · 18 Jul 2019 at 14:52

you need to update both Back up & Main to support the 3000series.
Gigabyte got a bios switch to set from main to backup

ANDARIAL · 18 Jul 2019 at 16:10

Forgot about the switch
Just updated to latest hoping it would let me run my ram at xmp 3600,still a no go
Might just leave it at default as i am tired of messing about in the bios now

lltfdaniel · 18 Jul 2019 at 19:02

All is well here despite not installing that tool,

Mandroid · 18 Jul 2019 at 19:16

Edit: nevermind..was half asleep

ANDARIAL · 18 Jul 2019 at 19:58

lltfdaniel said:
All is well here despite not installing that tool,

What ram you running m8 and is it on XMP?