The ASRock thread [support/feedback/etc]

Trender · 28 Mar 2017 at 16:25

csutcliff said:
Not for the pro-gaming. We've been on the 1.5x for most of March. All the boards are on different version numbers, some are on 2.20 already.

Oh well thats right but its the top tier asrock, I hope they improve RAM speeds for the Killer too, I think Ill hold until friday if not Ill have to order the MSI b350 at least Im assured 3200 MHz, my Ryzen and RAM waiting are burning me inside

csutcliff · 28 Mar 2017 at 16:27

Trender said:
Oh well thats right but its the top tier asrock, I hope they improve RAM speeds for the Killer too, I think Ill hold until friday if not Ill have to order the MSI b350 at least Im assured 3200 MHz, my Ryzen and RAM waiting are burning me inside

AB350 Pro4 also got an update today (2.20) so would probably be worth waiting a day or two. FWIW I've got 16gb 3200Mhz CAS14 on the Pro-Gaming running fine and 64gb 2400mhz ECC running in my AB350 Pro4 home server so the RAM compatability is getting there!

Trender · 28 Mar 2017 at 16:29

csutcliff said:
AB350 Pro4 also got an update today (2.20) so would probably be worth waiting a day or two. FWIW I've got 16gb 3200Mhz CAS14 on the Pro-Gaming running fine and 64gb 2400mhz ECC running in my AB350 Pro4 home server so the RAM compatability is getting there!

Yeah thats right hahah the BIOS update for the Killer must be around the corner, good thing I waited a bit more.

Crockett · 28 Mar 2017 at 21:40

Might be a silly question but is the only difference between the AsRock Gaming K4 and the Killer SLI X370 ATX boards the looks? Can't see any differences in spec myself.

rolypolyman · 28 Mar 2017 at 22:41

Gaming K4 has 1220 sound/ Killer has older 892 and gaming has Dr Debug display, otherwise the same. Probably worth the extra 50p for the sound alone LOL.

Crockett · 28 Mar 2017 at 23:06

rolypolyman said:
Gaming K4 has 1220 sound/ Killer has older 892 and gaming has Dr Debug display, otherwise the same. Probably worth the extra 50p for the sound alone LOL.

Cheers, sorry looked at all the stuff I care about and couldn't see a difference. I am surprised they have two models which basically sit on top of each other though.

nkuk · 29 Mar 2017 at 00:05

version 1.60 of the Taichi bios is now available http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X370 Taichi/#BIOS. The documented new features are:

1.Improve XMP DRAM compatibility.
2.Add Simultaneous Multi-Threading(SMT) item in BIOS setup.

Chewie · 29 Mar 2017 at 01:42

Lovely but still no Taichi available in the UK

Nocturnal_ru · 29 Mar 2017 at 07:46

What do you think about Taichi? Does it have any significant limitations?

Yutang13 · 29 Mar 2017 at 07:59

Nocturnal_ru said:
What do you think about Taichi? Does it have any significant limitations?

Yeah, availability

Nocturnal_ru · 29 Mar 2017 at 08:06

Yeah, but it's temporary problem. But except this?

teh_captain · 29 Mar 2017 at 11:57

8 Pack said it's a really good, stable board and pretty much up there with the Crosshair VI as the best AM4. That's pretty much all that needs to be said I think.

rolypolyman · 29 Mar 2017 at 12:39

I'm afraid if the Asrock X370 Gaming K4 is not in by Friday I will be cancelling my pre-order with Ocuk and looking at another board.

Trender · 29 Mar 2017 at 15:37

Guys guys im on either B350 Tomahawk @ 3200 MHz RAM or Killer X370 @ 2933 MHz RAM. I've saw official ASRock webpage and it says 2933+(OC), and for example the Taichi says 3200+(OC), and thats worrying me on getting stuck with 2933, any info from ASRock or something please?

nkuk · 29 Mar 2017 at 18:55

Beta BIOS 1.94 is also now on the asrock download site. It has a lot of new additions including 'downcore control' to turn off cores and I'm sure profiles has been added as i was looking for that feature in the earlier BIOS and didn't see it. Unfortunately still no Legacy USB option or preset RAM speeds above 3200mhz. It has been stable with no issues for me so far today.

Hardware canucks have a good review of the board: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...srock-x370-taichi-am4-motherboard-review.html

Furbs · 29 Mar 2017 at 19:13

Well fingers crossed the stock arrives tomorrow or Friday, find it weird we can't be told a day, as surely they know when they ship things and are able to track them.

csutcliff · 29 Mar 2017 at 20:52

So the latest beta bios for the Pro-Gaming (1.93d) appears to have bricked my board. Flashed sucessfully from instant flash but never came back up after it rebooted. Just sits for a while on post code "07" (according the the manual, memory related). I've tried three different sets of ram (+ single sticks etc) and no change. Any ideas?

nkuk · 29 Mar 2017 at 23:21

csutcliff said:
So the latest beta bios for the Pro-Gaming (1.93d) appears to have bricked my board. Flashed sucessfully from instant flash but never came back up after it rebooted. Just sits for a while on post code "07" (according the the manual, memory related). I've tried three different sets of ram (+ single sticks etc) and no change. Any ideas?

Does resetting the BIOS with the dip switches on the board, or taking the Cmos battery out for a few minutes help?

csutcliff · 29 Mar 2017 at 23:27

nkuk said:
Does resetting the BIOS with the dip switches on the board, or taking the Cmos battery out for a few minutes help?

forgot to say that I had tried that, no dice

epc1 · 30 Mar 2017 at 10:40

Taichi in stock!