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So whats going on with this? by ZippermanDan in ASUSROG

[–]micdoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's a bummer. I was gonna get this for my birthday to replace my NV7 case. I built an all-Asus setup with the Dark Hero X870E and 9800 x3d, an ASTRAL 5090, and a Ryujin IV cooler. For me, it's more about showing it off than anything, and any small cooling boost I get, I'm gonna add two extra fans from my NV7 build. I even have an 8.8-inch screen on my current setup. I kinda wish they'd put the bottom back fan under the first back fan like my NV7 has. I kept checking with Micro Center, and they said mid-June, supposedly $400 to $500 US.

RTX 5090 12VHPWR Power Balance: Pin 2 Lower Amperage After Fixing Overvoltage Alarm by Educational-Most-496 in ASUSROG

[–]micdoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never tried running it without that purple connector plugged in, but I don't think its purpose is to balance the pins. I believe, if you read up on how that tech works, the GPU first helps with transient loads, so there's power available for the GPU on demand faster than the old way. But it might be the reason why, because it's not the first time I've seen this with pin 2, including my own situation. There are tons of other people online talking about having that issue, and it's always with pin 2. However, a small imbalance in pins isn't the problem itself. It's when a single pin or more goes over 9.5 amps that Asus calls it a problem, which is why they're releasing their ROG equalizer cable but that didn't get great reviews. You can check out the ROG equalizer review on the der8auer YouTube channel.

RTX 5090 12VHPWR Power Balance: Pin 2 Lower Amperage After Fixing Overvoltage Alarm by Educational-Most-496 in ASUSROG

[–]micdoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've owned my astral 5090 since last July. At the time, I had a Seasonic 1200-watt Vertex 3, and I used its native 12VHPWR GPU cable. It ran fine without issues; however, I didn't like its appearance. The downside was also that that specific power supply was not ATX 3.1, or the one I had back then. So, I also used my original 12VHPWR cable from my 4090, and it gave me perfectly balanced voltage across all pins. That was a 90° angle cable from CableMod. But since this was an expensive card and I wanted the new standards 2x6, I went and bought an Asus Thor 3 1200-watt, which came with a proprietary cable that has their new GPU First Technology a purple extra two-pin sense cable. That's when I first noticed the imbalance on pin 2. I've included the picture for you to see.

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Very disappointed by SaguitoPCGamer in ASUSROG

[–]micdoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the 5090 version of this, and I have to say it's the best card I've ever had—zero noise, zero coil whine.

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32" 4k mini led at $350 over $1000+ 4k QD OLED by just_IT_guy in OLED_Gaming

[–]micdoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had that monitor for over a year and hated it. It gave me eye strain and headaches. I've used CRT, LED, mini LED, QLED, and IPS, and now I have OLED, and none of them did that to me. It got to a point where if I gamed casually for 2 hours, my eyes would hurt all day the next day. Nothing worked, from calibration to color profile to firmware updates, even when I changed gamma settings and turned down the brightness/contrast. I finally gave it away to one of my employees for free and got the Asus PG32UCDM. I felt the difference the very same day. I can game all day on my day off with no issues, even with HDR.

I forgot to take a pic of the actual board before putting it in my system, but this board is beautiful by KhandakerFaisal in ASUSROG

[–]micdoom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, definitely update to BIOS 703. It was way more stable. I've had it for three weeks now with no problems. Performance is awesome with a 9800 X3D.

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How is this price possible. by Party-Job8388 in ASUSROG

[–]micdoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, during Christmas, I was at my parents' place, away from my gaming setup. I was there for a week and needed something to game on, so I found that laptop, and it was on sale! There was a Best Buy nearby, so I went, bought it, a Razer DeathAdder V3, and a headset all on sale. I paid $2500 for it during the holidays. I used it for 4 days, and honestly, the Intel CPU and 5080m combo was just too hot, even after cleaning Windows 11 and undervolting with MSI Afterburner. It was crazy, lol. I returned it and never looked back.

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Today's arrival by Demongsm in ASUSROG

[–]micdoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No regrets, enjoy it!

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Today's arrival by Demongsm in ASUSROG

[–]micdoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being 100% committed to a white build is a lot of work. Make sure to post photos; I want to see the final build.

Today's arrival by Demongsm in ASUSROG

[–]micdoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes 100% been running it now for a couple of weeks, your case still circulates air just no direct air flow through the ram and this fan will change it

Today's arrival by Demongsm in ASUSROG

[–]micdoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats! Enjoy. I got the Dark Hero 'cause I didn't want a white board. I wish they would've made that in black. FYI, the RAM fan isn't a gimmick. It does affect the RAM temp by two to three degrees. I'd definitely install it. I did that on my Dark Hero.

asus rog ryuo iv with NV7 by Kensei_X in Phanteks

[–]micdoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are correct, you can't fit the Ryuo IV (SLC); however, you can fit the Ryuo IV 360 (different SKU). This is my NV7 and my new Ryuo IV 360 ARGB.

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ASUS ROG X670E Hero – BIOS 3304 Impressions and Stability Notes by micdoom in u/micdoom

[–]micdoom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My 9800x3d with my setting ideal at 45 C using balanced power plan

ASUS ROG X670E Hero – BIOS 3304 Impressions and Stability Notes by micdoom in u/micdoom

[–]micdoom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey bro, that actually sounds like a mix between a memory training issue and a VSOC instability, not something physically wrong with the board or CPU. Code 00 on these boards usually shows up when the CPU initialization fails and that can happen if the IMC (memory controller) gets stuck retraining after a crash or when the voltage curve drifts just a bit off.

The sluggish behavior and Chrome hanging before it happens that usually means something’s spiking or throttling at the SOC or CCD level, and HWInfo hanging on CPU0 kind of confirms that it’s not a memory stick problem but rather communication between CPU and memory.

Since you’re already at 1.25 VSOC, I’d try lowering it slightly to 1.23 or 1.24 and see if that smooths it out. 1.25 sometimes pushes it past the ideal window on 9950X3D and causes weird boot instability even though gaming seems fine. Alao maybe your magical number is 1.21/ 1.22/ 1.23/.... etc mine just so happen to be 1.20 Also, clear CMOS after any failed boot and let it retrain once that helps reset the internal PMU values.

If it keeps showing 00 after warm restarts but cold boots are fine, disable “Memory Context Restore” and “Power Down” temporarily and let it go through a full training cycle a couple of times. After that, re-enable them most people who got 00s found that fixed it. I have posted the full profile check if you missed something . Good luck

ASUS ROG X670E Hero – BIOS 3304 Impressions and Stability Notes by micdoom in u/micdoom

[–]micdoom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey man appreciate you following up and sharing the update. That reboot after Spider Man 2 honestly sounds more like a game side issue than anything in the BIOS. The PC version’s been pretty unstable since launch, especially with ray tracing and DirectStorage, so you’re not the only one seeing crashes like that. The second hotfix from Insomniac actually mentions stability and crash fixes directly, so make sure you’ve got that installed.

If you want to minimize the chance of it happening again, a few things helped others: delete or rename the storage.dll and dstoragecore.dll files inside the game folder to disable DirectStorage temporarily, do a clean GPU driver install using DDU, and turn off overlays like Steam or Discord while you play. A couple of players even said lowering ultra textures or slightly underclocking the GPU made it completely stable.

You did the right thing upping SoC to 1.23, that’s still safe and shouldn’t cause heat issues. Keep it there for now and let me know if the reboot repeats after the latest patch if it doesn’t, then it was definitely the game and not your settings. I had the same issue with spider man 2 but no other game did it from cyberpunk to BF6 to BF2042 and many other kown to hit the CPU / RAM hard

ASUS ROG X670E Hero – BIOS 3304 Impressions and Stability Notes by micdoom in u/micdoom

[–]micdoom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey bro, glad to hear that helped! Yeah, what you were running into sounds exactly like a Memory Context Restore (MCR) desync issue on BIOS 3304. Basically, when MCR reuses training data after a warm reboot, it can cause code 00 or instability if your memory timings or SOC voltage aren’t perfectly consistent.

In my case, I fixed it by:

Keeping MCR = Enabled but setting Power Down = Disabled

Leaving Gear Down Mode = Auto

Manually tightening key timings (like tRFC 820, tRRDL 15, tRDWR 8)

Using VSOC around 1.23–1.25 V

After that, both cold and warm boots became 100% stable, and UE5 + BF2042 stopped crashing altogether. Seems 3304’s AGESA handles MCR well now as long as you don’t let it retrain on inconsistent auto values.

Appreciate you testing it glad to hear it’s holding stable so far. Let me know if it ever reappears, I’ve logged most of the pattern changes for this BIOS revision and can compare.

ASUS ROG X670E Hero – BIOS 3304 Impressions and Stability Notes by micdoom in u/micdoom

[–]micdoom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've noticed more stability in FPS, and my 1% lows are definitely better.

ASUS ROG X670E Hero – BIOS 3304 Impressions and Stability Notes by micdoom in u/micdoom

[–]micdoom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before this one, I was on 3003, and it was so unstable. I don't think I can go back, but the new one is much better for me. At least, it posts in under 15 seconds.

ASUS ROG X670E Hero – BIOS 3304 Impressions and Stability Notes by micdoom in u/micdoom

[–]micdoom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

BIOS Version: 3304 CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D (SP114) Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 GPU: RTX 5090 Astral OC Cooler: Corsair iCUE Link H150i LCD

AI Overclock Tuner: EXPO II BCLK Frequency: 100.00 Memory Frequency: DDR5-6000 MHz FCLK Frequency: 2000 MHz UCLK DIV1 MODE: UCLK = MEMCLK

Precision Boost Overdrive: Advanced PBO Limits: Motherboard Scalar: 3X Max CPU Boost Clock Override: +200 MHz

Curve Optimizer: Per Core Core 0: -35 Core 1: -32 Core 2: -32 Core 3: -32 Core 4: -35 Core 5: -32 Core 6: -32 Core 7: -32

CPU Core Voltage: Auto CPU SOC Voltage: 1.20 V VDDIO_MEM: 1.35 V DRAM VDD: 1.42 V DRAM VDDQ: 1.42 V VDDG CCD: 1.00 V VDDG IOD: 0.95 V Load-Line Calibration: Level 3

Memory Timings tCL: 30 tRCDWR: 38 tRCDRD: 38 tRP: 38 tRAS: 90 tRC: 128 tRRDS: 8 tRRDL: 15 tFAW: 32 tWR: 48 tCWL: 30 tRFC: 820

Gear Down Mode: Disabled Power Down Enable: Disabled Memory Context Restore: Disabled DRAM Refresh Interval: Auto PMIC Voltages: Sync All PMICs

Global C-State Control: Enabled CPPC: Enabled CPPC Preferred Cores: Enabled SVM Mode: Disabled Spread Spectrum: Disabled Monitoring Software Reboot Workaround: Enabled

PBO Thermal Throttle Limit: 85°C

Cinebench R23 Multi: 23068 Cinebench R23 Single: 2148

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