Stork's Gene Build > ASUS MAXIMUS VIII GENE Z170 - i5-6600K - MSI Vega 56

[snam11]

What you are describing doesn't sound normal at all and I've never seen this behavior on my Gene.

I wish it was also on the Z170M-Plus......

 

[Stork]

What you are describing doesn't sound normal at all, and I've never seen this behavior on my Gene.

Diddo! I have not seen this problem with my Gene, either.

 

[julien41]

Hi,
i just wanted to say thank you for this tutoriel, i just buy a new pc with this motherboard and an i7-7700k because i didn't wanted to buy an imac 27". I followed the tutoriel and everything works very well. I just have the nvidia driver which didn't want to work after a reboot but i think i'll fix it.

 

[Stork]

Hi,
i just wanted to say thank you for this tutorial, I just bought a new PC with this motherboard and an i7-7700k because i didn't wanted to buy an iMac 27". I followed the tutorial and everything works very well. I just have the Nvidia driver which didn't want to work after a reboot but i think i'll fix it.

The fix is easy and well known. Since BIOS v2202, ASUS no longer saves the NVRAM between boots. There are two ways to fix the problem. First way is to follow slim.jim's guide, Problem/Solution 6. The second way is to use MultiBeast v9.1.0+ and just select the following and reboot.

Bootloaders > Clover v2.4k r4063 UEFI Boot Mode + Emulated NVRAM​

See page 6 in the MultiBeast Features document which comes with the MultiBeast v9.1.0+ zip file.

 

[julien41]

Perfect, it's done, thank you. I have a last thing but i think it won't be hard to find.

 

[WedgeTail]

Square 1
I'm sorry, I'm just coming back to this after several weeks away because of a close family loss. I'm not at my brightest, but it appears I'm at square 1. I have the VIII Gene, an Intel I5-7600K,Gigabyte GTX 1050, Corsair memory and a Samsung SM951 (to run in AHCI mode).

But i'm only at the point where I have completed the USB install drive and am ready to configure the BIOS.

I downloaded version 3401 of the BIOS, and tried the Asus Flashback update. Can't say I saw a flashing light.

But the fundamental problem is that when I try to start the system to configure the BIOS, the QCode shows "00" (unused), all the fans spin nicely, parts of the MB light up (but no alert LEDs), and nothing shows on the HDMI-connected AOC Q3279 VWF8 display. And no sounds from the headphone port (I have no speakers yet.).

Guys, I'm at a complete loss and I'd appreciate a nudge, no mater how brutal. I know I must be missing something fundamental.

 

[pastrychef]

Just to confirm, are you having difficulty booting to BIOS on a brand new build?

If yes, try to check that the RAM is installed correctly and that the heatsink is not over tightened.

 

[WedgeTail]

Just to confirm, are you having difficulty booting to BIOS on a brand new build?

If yes, try to check that the RAM is installed correctly and that the heatsink is not over tightened.

Thank you, Pastrychef. I have removed and reinstalled the RAM - Corsair Vengeance 2x8GB, 2666MHz. Can't see that I did it any different. I updated the BIOS first, which was probably a misstep because now I don't know which made the difference. Anyway, the Gene manual contradicts Stork's guide, says the Flashback USB port is upper one just beneath the LAN port. That worked (flashing blue lights).
When the BIOS update finished, I tried to boot into BIOS and got an error 53 = invalid memory type or incompatible memory speed. I tried using the MemOK button as per the Gene manual, but it didn't seem to find a compatible memory setting.
The strange thing is this is exactly the memory that Stork used. One thing I notice about the QVL is that neither the 2666MHz nor the 2133MH list include any 2x8GB configurations. Anyway, before I buy different memory, I'd appreciate any advice.

 

[pastrychef]

Are you able to get to BIOS at all? I have always updated the BIOS from within the BIOS and have never tried "Flashback".

 

[WedgeTail]

Ok, quite a few steps forward. I did check the CPU cooler (thanks again, Pastrychef) and it was too tightly screwed down. But that didn't change things, except that when I moved one memory piece fro the recommended A2 to slot A1, it was recognised. Eventually I got both sticks working in their recommended Gene slots, A2 and B2. Inserting the RAM properly obviously requires great care and experience obviously helps.

The Gene BIOS setup was quite daunting. Thanks to Stork's guide, which tells us in which BIOS menu to find things, I got that done. The BIOS version 3401 I did the update to is there OK.

Gene is obviously very picky about which USB ports work for various functions. Stork pointed that out, but there seem to be changes. I mentioned before the change in the port for the BIOS Flashback port, which is stated wrongly (for my USB, anyway) on p. 2-12 of their manual and correctly on p. 2-13! Go figure! I found similar pickiness about which port the USB installer was recognised in. It did finally work in bottom USB port below the PS2 port, as Stork has said. Also, My AOC monitor wouldn't display anything with an HDMI cable, but DVI worked.

Status at this stage: I can get to the Clover boot screen, select any options (verbose, etc), and launch it. But then it immediately hangs with the Apple logo showing. My USB installer uses macOs 10.12.5. If it means anything useful the Gene Q code when it hangs is 61 = "NVRAM initialisation". A Clover verbose setting shows only this:

OsxAptioFix2Drv: Starting overrides for \System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi
Using relic blocks no. hibernate wake: no
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I've had a crash refresher course in how detailed and specific the settings have to be, so that's enough for today. I would be very grateful for any advice.

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