Speeding up via the UEFI

[ICIT2LOL]

Yep Kelly and I am just wiping the drive right now and going to install from a stick just in case the CD was corrupt. Mind you the drive came up bad in the Partition Wizard until I formatted it again so maybe the Samsung is going home (or back to my dealers).

Now before I did try updating the BIOS by using a stick inserted into the special USB slot at the back of the board and pushing the BIOS button but nothing happened. The current BIOS is 0906 and the latest is 1616.

However it has now updated to 1616! The that drive being out - surely it couldn't have had anything to do with that could it?

Hopefully this will sort the thing out at least I hope so.

 

[kbrady1979]

I would go with BIOS update 1504. It's not always the best practice to use the absolute newest BIOS available......sometimes they don't work great when they first come out.

Did you rename the file correctly before you put it on the USB stick? Using that method, I've never had a problem flashing the BIOS.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hum done now um not much I can do about it. I am just burning the boot disk so will get back Kelly and let you know what the heck is going on.

 

[kbrady1979]

There should be a file that tells you what to rename your .cap file to that is specific to your motherboard. You physically put that renamed .cap file on a USB stick and go at it that way.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

There should be a file that tells you what to rename your .cap file to that is specific to your motherboard. You physically put that renamed .cap file on a USB stick and go at it that way.

Ok mate I'll have a go when this install is done. .

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hello well the reinstall did the trick - so far haven't measured the boot time yet but it is quick and no probs with Google.

I did however pick the updates as and when and the BIOS update seems to be ok.
A brief snip of speccy to show what it is currently running.

 

[NoN]

Hello well the reinstall did the trick - so far haven't measured the boot time yet but it is quick and no probs with Google.

I did however pick the updates as and when and the BIOS update seems to be ok.
A brief snip of speccy to show what it is currently running.

Glad you sorted out!

How strange dual-channel Ram sticks & specs...

 

[Britton30]

The RAM looks OK but should run at at least 2133MHz.
these board don't have a choice of Legacy/UEFI boot, my Sandy Bridge board doesn't at least. Just slapped in the DVD/USB stick and install as always have.

Did you install the Intel Rapid Storage drivers? The SSD will run much better with it. The SSD should be plugged into one of the white SATA 6GBS ports.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Thanks NoN there is nothing I can put my finger though. Other thing is too it wouldn't boot from a USB and even a CD that I made from the USB - just would not accept the activation code that was on the board originally - OEM although I did transfer one from a dead board to a laptop without a hitch before now.

So I ended up using the dreaded CD from the box and away it went.

Power on to login is 20secs and yes I thought it a bit out of the ordinary that the manual staes the sticks have to be in A2 and B2 - furthest away from the CPU.

Now I am going to load my usual gear on like Office and stuff like - Kaspersky's already on and running and finish of Brinks tweaks.

When I get a bit more used to the workings I'll try getting the CPU frequency up from the 3.4 to say 3.8GHz to see what difference that makes.

All in all looks to be a much better day today thanks to you and everyone else who has put up with me as I do tend on the manic side of life

 

[ICIT2LOL]

The RAM looks OK but should run at at least 2133MHz.
these board don't have a choice of Legacy/UEFI boot, my Sandy Bridge board doesn't at least. Just slapped in the DVD/USB stick and install as always have.

Did you install the Intel Rapid Storage drivers? The SSD will run much better with it. The SSD should be plugged into one of the white SATA 6GBS ports.

Yeah mate the USB shows up in the Ezy and boot sections but no matter what I set it to it would not go.

The other thing is that BIOS flash utility I cannot work out how it worked as there were no lights as was supposed to be but at least it is now the latest version.

Yep got all the important drivers in as Kelly I think told me how to avoid the bloat (very hard to see the tabs at the top of the GUI) and am picking th eupdates too for while.

I'll try that 2133MHz in a bit but while it is behaving itself I want to get my other stuff on. Am just so please the darn thing is working.

 

[Britton30]

Intel Rapid Storage is for the White SATA ports on the board. USB should have Enabled or Disabled as the only options. I also enable Legacy USB too.

With the ASUS Easy Flash all you need is the PSU connected and on, plug in the USB drive with the new BIOS on it and press the button for 5-10 seconds. I don't know how it works either, so long as it does, eh?

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Now it says there are 4 x 6.0GBs SATA and 4 x 3GBs SATA , now the dark blue ones are something to do with Asmedia which I can gather is an Intel controlled SATA (and ? faster?) the other two which they state are grey are actually white and are Marvell controlled from what I can glean from some Googles.

The latest specs and pics of my board are not what it actually looks like - for one that BIOS flash button is NOWHERE near where it shows in the site referemce (in the I/O plate) it is actually sited in between two USB sockets at the bottom (when In place) of the board.

All in all some pretty ordinary info from Asus I thought.

ASUS - Motherboards- ASUS P8Z77-V

 

[Britton30]

Yeah, I was wrong, the dark blue are the Asmedia SATA ports and the white the Intel. The lighter blue, 3Gbs are also on the Intel Z77chip.
I think your SSD should be connected to the number 1 white port, optos to the dark blue, other hard drives to the light blue.

Yes, that digram you show is wrong on the button location, but the pic on Newegg and the PDF manual I downloaded listed it correctly, along the bottom. there are several versions of P8Z77 so maybe that pic is another model of it.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Yep Gary probably another "regional" thing :sarc:

 

[kbrady1979]

Does the BIOS Flashback process work? Can you load a .cap file on it and change the BIOS with it?

 

[Britton30]

Kelly, doesn't your Sabertooth have it?

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Does the BIOS Flashback process work? Can you load a .cap file on it and change the BIOS with it?

Yep Kelly it worked ok as it changed form 0906 to 1616 I didn't notice any flashing lights as I think the manual says but it made it's way over!

I am going to show my ignorance here by syaing I guesssa cap file is a capture file? If so then I downloaded that BIOS update onto a stick and then just plugged it in that green slot, and then just pushed the button.

Now I find you can do this by just having the power plugged in and not necessarily have the macine running??

 

[kbrady1979]

Kelly, doesn't your Sabertooth have it?

Yeah, it has the flashback button and the specific USB port on the back panel. It's the only way I flash my BIOS. It has always worked that way. The only thing is you have to rename the BIOS ".cap" file to something specific to your motherboard model. For example, I have to name mine Z77ST.cap. When you d/l the BIOS file, it has the documentation with it that tells you exactly what to name the .cap file.

When you have it named correctly, you transfer it to a clean USB stick. Plug the USB stick in the appropriate USB port. Press and HOLD the flashback button for 3-5 seconds and the light will blink, faster as it gets closer to being done. Once done, it will stop flashing. Start the computer up and it will say something about flashing BIOS and it might give you the option to go into the BIOS. Go in and check to make sure it flashed to whatever version you downloaded successfully.

Something I forgot. Before you power down to perform this flash, go into the BIOS and LOAD FACTORY DEFAULTS, then save and exit. Power up (or let it continue booting if you performed a reboot) and go back into the BIOS and check to make sure it loaded defaults, if you are not sure, load factory defaults again and exit saving changes. Now you are ready to flash to the new BIOS.

 

[kbrady1979]

Does the BIOS Flashback process work? Can you load a .cap file on it and change the BIOS with it?

Yep Kelly it worked ok as it changed form 0906 to 1616 I didn't notice any flashing lights as I think the manual says but it made it's way over!

I am going to show my ignorance here by syaing I guesssa cap file is a capture file? If so then I downloaded that BIOS update onto a stick and then just plugged it in that green slot, and then just pushed the button.

Now I find you can do this by just having the power plugged in and not necessarily have the macine running??

Yes, the machine has to be powered off. I don't know what would happen if one tried it w/o powering down. Glad you got it to work. If you have any problems with that particular BIOS revision (1616) you may try the one before it, 1504 I think it is. It is stable.

 

[NoN]

As for Bios flashback the renaming rule is:

P8Z77-V => Z77VB.CAP


and can be used with those tool:

• ASUS Update Utility
• ASUS Crashfree BIOS3
• ASUS BIOS Updater​

I'm using successfully the Asus AI SUITE II v2.00.01 who's monitoring some settings in conjunction with some of my personal Bios settings.​

It gives me an overview of the Bios settings i made without the need to enter again in Bios.​