PowerSpec BIOS Requests and Questions - AMD

stormchaser

@PowerSpec_MikeW

What happened to the Device drivers for Win10, that Microsnot has removed from Windows Update ???

It seems that since MS removed Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) in Jul 25, they have been systematically removing key W10 drivers, in an attempt to force people into W11.

The MicroStar (MSI) motherboard came out well before the W10 End of Support, so what happened to the WiFi-7, USB4, and other drivers from when the MSI MAG Tomahawk X870E that was initially released ?

And at a minimum, the 7E59 also supports:

WiFi 4 (802.11n)

WiFi 5 (802.11ac)

WiFi 6 (802.11ax)

WiFi 6E (802.11ax)

stormchaser

@PowerSpec_MikeW

And thank you for the BIOS update. No issues to date after flashing.

MrBojangles

Hello,

I bought a new PowerSpec 758 prebuilt last month. I am getting game crashes in most games. In another game i'd get a black screen for a good 5 seconds but it recovers and game doesn't crash. Sometimes it happens right away, sometimes an hour or two playing games. At the time of crashes event viewer shows mainly many Event ID 153(resetting TDR), sometimes ID 14 and ID 13

I've tried:

DDU wipe + clean install several different nvidia drivers including the lastest one

Turned off all overlays

Turned off Hardware accelerated GPU scheduling

Set power management to maximum performance

Tried stock clock and undervolt with msi afterburner

Tried setting gpu slot setting from auto to gen 5/4/3 in BIOS

Tried disabling EXPO in bios

Disabling NVIDIA audio and sound driver in device manager

I've tried lower refresh rates on monitor

I've tried capping my FPS to 144. I've tried lower graphic settings in game

I play ranked/competitive. At this point system stability matters way more to me than FPS. I still have my old rig with 3070, intel CPU, and windows 10 that never gave me game crashes. I'm thinking of just doing a return. My friend bought the same spec and has no crashes/problems on his PC.

PowerSpec_MikeW

@MrBojangles

You've been pretty thorough. Very likely we need to swap the GPU.

JulyPalace

Got a G914 yesterday and cannot load the A03 update. The flash utility sees A02 on disk but not A03. Any suggestions?

PowerSpec_MikeW

@JulyPalace

Make sure you're in the advanced flash mode and that the file is extracted from the zip folder.

JulyPalace

@PowerSpec_MikeW

Thanks for the follow up. How do I get into advanced flash mode?

I'm selecting m-flash from the main Bios page. Strange thing is once it goes into flash mode it see's the A02 update zip & file but not the A03 (neither zip or file). I downloaded both versions for testing though system already has A02.

E7E59AM70 (1)_1 is the zip file downloaded from the G914 product page.

PowerSpec_MikeW

@JulyPalace

From the BIOS Control + Alt + T.

JulyPalace

Finally figured it out. I renamed the downloaded file from E7E59AM70 (1).2A03 to E7E59AM70.2A03 and it updated without issue using the standard M-Flash button from the Bios home page.

PowerSpec_MikeW

My mistake, fixed the name and uploaded it again.

JulyPalace

@PowerSpec_MikeW Thanks!

PapaBearAZ

New Here and recently bought one of the last G914 at the Phoenix store.

I am curious if you have optimized settings that you all use for setup in bios for that for decent performance? I have updated the bios to 7E59v2A91 and unfortunately had wiped out the settings when doing so. It also seemed to be unstable with that bios version so reverted back to 7E59v2A90. Would there be any benefit of the 2A95 version out? Thanks!

PowerSpec_MikeW

@PapaBearAZ

I don't see any benefit the system as configured with the latest BIOS. Performance wise, we're just enabling XMP/EXPO.

FUSION1944

Msi x870e tomahawk
Seems I am having and issue with the x16 graphics card slot not running at gen 5 on this board. Runs at @x16 1.1. I updated the bios from the shipped A02 bios to newest one from msi. I am requesting the A02 bios for the g914 with msi x870e tomahawk to roll back and see if that fix the x16 slot speed. 

Please send
Thanks

PowerSpec_MikeW

@FUSION1944

I'll work on it. What tool were you checking PCIe speed with and what effects did you notice?

FUSION1944

Gpu z list it at x16 5.0 @ x16 1.1 under load

FUSION1944

Could be a miss report just want to roll back to original bios see if that fixes it. 

PowerSpec_MikeW

@FUSION1944

I would assume so. You'd e seeing effects if that was accurate. I'm working 2A95 customized. I'll post 2A02 when I get in.

PowerSpec_MikeW

@FUSION1944

E7E59AM70.zip

2A02.

FUSION1944

Where do you post the powerspec bios files as they are ready? Here or on powerspec website? 2a95?

koolleb

when will the g757 f9 bio update come out, i tried using the motherboards main websites bios but it didnt work.

PowerSpec_MikeW

2A95 for the MSI X870E Tomahawk WIFI.

E7E59AM702A04.7z

PowerSpec_MikeW

@FUSION1944

I'll update it on the website soon. I was having an issue removing old BIOS files the web team is working on.

PowerSpec_MikeW

@koolleb

We can work on it, but there isn't much of value in that BIOS. We don't use any RAM with SK Hynix IC's on model.

Czar

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/59478#Comment_59478

I had the same thing, apparently the PowerSpec has it's own firmware on the BIOs and we need to wait on PowerSpec to release it from what I was told.

Czar

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/59489#Comment_59489

What website? I just want to know so that I can update it when it comes out. Thanks

PowerSpec_MikeW

@Czar

https://powerspec.com/

koolleb

i installed tx401 ethernet pcie, but it doesnt show up after installing drivers and when i does show up it just keeps disconnecting than reconnecting, then my pc doesnt detect it i already changed the pcie bios to gen3 and switched it to different pcie slots but to no avail, has anyone had this issue before and if so how did you fix it?

PowerSpec_MikeW

What model is this installed on? I'd make sure if it's a PCIe x16, electrically it supports the lanes on the card. For example, if the card is x4, make sure the lane is electrically at least that.

koolleb

@PowerSpec_MikeW the online description said the tp-link tx401 is x4, does the gigabyte b850 wifi6 have a pcie x4?

im looking at the manual for the MB, and it says pciex16, pciex1_1, pciex1_2, and pciex1_3, does this mean i dont have a x4 on the MB?

and sorry I'm still a noob when it comes to pc.