Asus Z370 Maximus X Motherboards

Cliff S · 01 Jun 2019

OldMike65 said:

Any idea what exactly this firmware does Cliff... I'm still on 1801, because I didn't want my benching affected.

ME firmware on the chipset.

Geneo · 01 Jun 2019

Cliff S said:

Oh and Gene, no big deal for me as I had already updated the firmware with the standalone that Mokichu provided awhile ago.
Firmware can't go backwards any how, with out a lot of hard hacking from what I understand.

Yeah, I reluctantly updated the firmware too brecause of the security vulnerability fixes. microcode too ( B4h for me). Overclocks are still stable

Geneo · 01 Jun 2019

OldMike65 said:

Any idea what exactly this firmware does Cliff... I'm still on 1801, because I didn't want my benching affected.

It should address some security vulnerabilities in the on-chip Intel Management Engine (this has its own independent micro operating system running on your chip). Don't take updating the firmware lightly. If you update the wrong version for your chipset/board, it could brick it. And you cannot "uninstall" or downgrade it once you have updated. Best for most to wait for the motherboard manufacturer t o supply the firmware update.

To see if your Management Engine is vulnerable, you can use the first two tools on the Intel download page linked below.

Search downloads

OldMike65 · 01 Jun 2019

Geneo said:

It should address some security vulnerabilities in the on-chip Intel Management Engine (this has its own independent micro operating system running on your chip). Don't take updating the firmware lightly. If you update the wrong version for your chipset/board, it could brick it. And you cannot "uninstall" or downgrade it once you have updated. Best for most to wait for the motherboard manufacturer t o supply the firmware update.

To see if your Management Engine is vulnerable, you can use the first two tools on the Intel download page linked below.

Search downloads

The firmware update has been out for my board since this morning. Asus Apex X

Still not going to install it yet. I got it thou.

fdegrove · 01 Jun 2019

Hi,

If you update the wrong version for your chipset/board, it could brick it.

True but can you actually install the wrong version ?
None of my machines let me do that, thank god for that.

Cheers,

Kol12 · 02 Jun 2019

Geneo said:

It should address some security vulnerabilities in the on-chip Intel Management Engine (this has its own independent micro operating system running on your chip). Don't take updating the firmware lightly. If you update the wrong version for your chipset/board, it could brick it. And you cannot "uninstall" or downgrade it once you have updated. Best for most to wait for the motherboard manufacturer t o supply the firmware update.

To see if your Management Engine is vulnerable, you can use the first two tools on the Intel download page linked below.

Search downloads

Any other details on the new BIOS or is it just the security patches? If my current BIOS 1801 passes with both of the tools you linked to what the new BIOS offer?

Geneo · 02 Jun 2019

fdegrove said:

Hi,

True but can you actually install the wrong version ?
None of my machines let me do that, thank god for that.

Cheers,

Probably not.

Geneo · 02 Jun 2019

Kol12 said:

Any other details on the new BIOS or is it just the security patches? If my current BIOS 1801 passes with both of the tools you linked to what the new BIOS offer?

I believe that is aall of the information Intel will provide. I would not have upgraded myself if I would have passed those tests.

Kol12 · 02 Jun 2019

Geneo said:

I believe that is aall of the information Intel will provide. I would not have upgraded myself if I would have passed those tests.

I failed CSME so I guess I'm behind on the ME firmware that new BIOS's have?

Asus Z370 Maximus X Motherboards-intel-csme.png

Geneo · 03 Jun 2019

CODE X 2003 BIOS is out:

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/m...-ASUS-2003.zip