Asus Z370 Maximus X Motherboards

Dude said:

Well said my friend, pulled my fat out the fire a few times that way///all self inflicted

The same reason I "happened" to know that.

Cliff S said:

I don't know what went wrong there, but I have never renamed it, and never had a problem, including for 2102.

The only causes I could think of is, if your system was overclocked on the edge, and you forgot to reset BIOS to defaults(I have done that a few time, luckily without problems), or it might be because of the ME firmware update, as I had previously updated mine beforehand though a separate tool.

Anyhow the flashback BIOS feature on ASUS board is really a nice feature in case of bad flashes, isn't it?

Can you tell us what the BIOS flashback feature is and why we might use it Cliff? Also what is the BIOS re-namer for? I don't really understand it. Anyway I did not rename the 2102 BIOS .cap file and flashed it as normal this weekend. I did not reset my BIOS to defaults before flashing either. No issues...

essenbe said:

Some times you can get into a position where the computer will not boot because of BIOS changes. There are other reasons as well. At those times, the BIOS flashback comes in very handy and I have used it before once or twice. Otherwise I always use the normal method from BIOS though.

The real advantage is when you can't boot otherwise. You can flash the bios without starting the computer.

Whoops missed this. So in other words the BIOS can be corrupted somehow? Have to say I've never experienced that. What is the process to use BIOS flashback if I did face that issue?

How to use USB BIOS Flashback? | Official Support | ASUS USA

[DRIVERS] Intel Chipset/Ethernet/MEI/SATA (1xx/2xx/3xx/4xx Series) - Page 15

Intel Chipset Driver - Latest version [13/08/2019] :
----Drivers : 10.1.18121.8164 WHQL

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* Product: Intel(R) Chipset Device Software
* Target PCH/Chipset:
* 10.1.27.2: Intel(R) 400 Series Chipset Family
* 10.1.22.3: Intel(R) 495 Series Chipset Family
* 10.1.20.3: 10th Gen Intel(R) Core(R)
* 10.1.19.1: Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor C3000 product family
* 10.1.16.7: Intel(R) 300 Series Chipset Family
* Intel(R) C240 Series Chipset Family
* 10.1.15.6: Intel(R) 300 Series Chipset Family
* 10.1.14.7: 8th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM)
* 10.1.13.3: Intel(R) Celeron(R)/Pentium(R) Processor (Geminilake)
* 10.1.12.2: Intel(R) 495 Series Chipset Family
* 10.1.11.4: Intel(R) 200 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 300 series chipset family
* 10.1.10.4: Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v6 product family
* 7th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family
* 10.1.9.2: Intel(R) C620 series chipset
* 10.1.8.6: Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor P family
* 10.1.7.3: Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E3-1500 v5 product family
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v5 product family
* 6th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family
* 10.1.6.2: Intel(R) 100 Series chipset
* Intel(R) C230 series chipset family
* 10.1.5.2: 7th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family
* 6th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family
* 10.1.4.4: 5th Gen Intel(R) Core(R) i7 processor product family
* Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor C3000 product family
* Intel(R) C610 series chipset
* Intel(R) C600 series chipset
* Intel(R) C240 series chipset family
* Intel(R) C230 series chipset family
* Intel(R) C220 series chipset family
* Intel(R) C200 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 300 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 100 series chipset family
* Intel(R) X99 chipset family
* Intel(R) X79 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 9 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 8 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 7 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 6 series chipset family
* Date: 08/13/2019
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New Intel ME firmware update: 11.8.70.3626(for Z370)
[FIRMWARE] Intel ME (1xx/2xx Series & H310C/B365/Z370)

If anyone is interested, MoKiChU on ROG forums uploaded the current SATA drivers:
Intel Rapid Storage Technology AHCI & RAID/Optane Driver (Drivers Only) - Latest version [07/08/2019] :
----Drivers : 17.7.0.1006 WHQL

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Cliff S said:

If anyone is interested, MoKiChU on ROG forums uploaded the current SATA drivers:
Intel Rapid Storage Technology AHCI & RAID/Optane Driver (Drivers Only) - Latest version [07/08/2019] :
----Drivers : 17.7.0.1006 WHQL

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Hey Cliff a quick question, have you heard, or do you know if the Apex X board would be able to run the Intel Core i9-9900KS chip when its released??

Nothing posted on the support pages for Maximus X boards(cpu support, or BIOS updates).... yet at least.
But neither do the Z390 Maximus XI series boards either

But Mike being KS is only a higher binned, but castrated() CPU(no integrated graphics) I don't see why Z370 & Z390 shouldn't be able to use the 9900KS.