Would be handy if they just included the igpu in the public bios upgrade. What will happen on the next revision I wonder.

Would be handy if they just included the igpu in the public bios upgrade. What will happen on the next revision I wonder.

Yeah I already suggested that to ASRock. I can’t see any reason why it isn’t in the mainstream BIOS but perhaps they have their reasons.


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6 hours ago, Hoopster said:

Yeah I already suggested that to ASRock. I can’t see any reason why it isn’t in the mainstream BIOS but perhaps they have their reasons.
 

Yeah I'd like to know why just out of interest.

Did an iGPU version of the new BIOS get released privately or other?  Just wanted to follow-up.

 

Thanks.

9 minutes ago, jbear said:

Did an iGPU version of the new BIOS get released privately or other?  Just wanted to follow-up.

 

Thanks.

Not that I know of.  I rolled back to L2.10A and IPMI/unRAID is reporting MB temp of 85C even with new BMC firmware.  I don't know if the new BIOS is also required to prevent that.

Edited April 28, 20206 yr by Hoopster

I contacted William at ASRock.  Here is a link to the latest BIOS which supports iGPU (version L2.21A)

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2z0u3at2ur0kpw3/E246D4U2.21a?dl=0

 

I would volunteer as tribute to test this, but I'm currently running a preclear. Sorry guys.

1 hour ago, Hoopster said:

I contacted William at ASRock.  Here is a link to the latest BIOS which supports iGPU (version L2.21A)

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2z0u3at2ur0kpw3/E246D4U2.21a?dl=0

 

Thanks Hoopster!  So it sounds like it was a "no" to rolling in the changes into the fully supported released BIOS I am guessing.  I am planning on updating in the next few days and will report back, unless you get to it sooner than me Hoopster. 😉

Edited April 28, 20206 yr by Burizado

44 minutes ago, Burizado said:

Thanks Hoopster!  So it sounds like it was a "no" to rolling in the changes into the fully supported released BIOS I am guessing

Well, the public release BIOS went from 2.10 to 2.30 and this new one is a 2.21A, so, somewhere in between.  Since there are no release notes with these "special" BIOS updates, who knows what is in and what is out?

I have successfully updated to BIOS L2.21A. 

 

iGPU support is present in the BIOS and is working.  The update did reset some prior BIOS settings, but, not all of them; many were preserved.  The iGPU settings are not preserved and must be set again.

I joined the club: my E3C246D4U motherboard and 16gb Hynix RAM combo arrived a couple days ago.  I haven't had a chance to get everything setup on the test bench, but I noticed something different about these sticks of RAM.  The pin length shortens from the center of the RAM stick toward each end.  Wondering if anyone else has seen this?

 

 

 

Updated the BIOS to 2.21A this morning, then the BMC firmware to 1.80.

 

BIOS did indeed revert the dual monitor setting, as well as my manual SmartFan settings. After BMC firmware was flashed, I had to go back into the hardware monitor in the BIOS to for the fans to kick back in.

 

Rebooted back into unRAID, re-enabled the modprobe setting, and QS in Plex worked as expected. No issues as of yet to report.

Ok I’ve hooked up motherboard ram cpu and get this error 

 

PEI Intel reference code execution 20

Here's some info:

 

https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/pei-intel-reference-code-execution.27645/

which sockets are you using for ram I have 2 sticks of 32gb and used a1 and b1

 

I've tried using one stick in each slot no joy. I thought this ram would of worked?

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N5HME0X/ref=pe_3187911_189395841_TE_dp_1

 

 

Edited April 30, 20206 yr by parisv

47 minutes ago, parisv said:

which sockets are you using for ram I have 2 sticks of 32gb and used a1 and b1

Haven't migrated to this board yet.  Probably tomorrow.  The manual, on page 24, shows this:

 

 

So, you could try A2 and B2.

Edited April 30, 20206 yr by DoItMyselfToo

tried, same issue. 

@parisv https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N5HME0X/ref=pe_3187911_189395841_TE_dp_1

 

 

That RAM will not work on the board.  It is registered ECC RAM.  The chipset and CPU support only unbuffered ECC RAM (UDIMMs).

Edited April 30, 20206 yr by Hoopster

9 minutes ago, Hoopster said:

@parisv https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N5HME0X/ref=pe_3187911_189395841_TE_dp_1

 

 

That RAM will not work on the board.  It is registered ECC RAM.  The chipset and CPU support only unbuffered ECC RAM (UDIMMs).

that'll be why then, thanks hoopster!

7 minutes ago, parisv said:

that'll be why then, thanks hoopster!

You need something like this unbuffered ECC RAM.  Check the board QVL for other RAM modules that will work.

 

If you are looking for 32GB RAM sticks, there was only one Samsung unbuffered ECC RAM module on the QVL and it is somewhat hard to find.  Others will work if you can find them as long as they are unbuffered UDIMMs and not Registered ECC RAM.

Edited April 30, 20206 yr by Hoopster

@parisv Here is the 32GB ECC UDIMM RAM on the QVL for the E3C246D4U.  This is the RAM I am using in the board.

 

https://memory.net/product/m391a4g43mb1-ctd-samsung-1x-32gb-ddr4-2666-ecc-udimm-pc4-21300v-e-dual-rank-x8-module/

1 hour ago, parisv said:

that'll be why then, thanks hoopster!

Here's the manual with the details.

 

https://download.asrock.com/Manual/E3C246D4U.pdf

On 4/28/2020 at 1:19 PM, Hoopster said:

I contacted William at ASRock.  Here is a link to the latest BIOS which supports iGPU (version L2.21A)

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2z0u3at2ur0kpw3/E246D4U2.21a?dl=0

 

Thank you.

how are the temperature readings with L2.21A?

Special thanks to @Hoopster for really getting the ball moving with ASRock on this. At your advice, I bought the kit off eBay from IMC and it will be here next week. Hoping that updating the BIOS right out of the box will do the trick.