ASUS Z68-V No Multiplier options (3570K)

DarthDudo

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Hey guys have an issue I've never come across before hoping somebody can help me resolve it.

I Bought a CPU(3570K) and a motherboard (ASUS Z77-v le) last year and the mobo died a few weeks ago,a few days ago I bought a used ASUS z68-v board, installed the cpu all was well booted into windows no problems all 16gb of memory shows up etc

The problem as per the title is I lack any multiplier options in the uefi I have tried

Reseating the cpu
Changing around memory
Clear CMOS
Revert to older bios and again to newer bios both the same
changing C stepping settings and all the the usual turbo boost options no change
checked for any potential grounding situations i.e overtightened motherboard standoff screws etc
epu and tpu are disabled

The Cpu worked perfectly in the previous board overclocked fine iGPU works etc so I'm a little baffled anybody have any ideas?

One caveat, I did have AIsuite II installed and as the motherboard died suddenly it is still installed on the OS drive but surely that wouldnt affect any BIOS overclocking options?
 
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Heyyo,

You're having the same problem I had with my Gigabyte Z68-UD7-B3 motherboard. No native CPU multiplier support on Z68 boards for Ivy Bridge. It needs to be added in with a BIOS update. I needed a beta BIOS update for mine lol. F11a. :P

Check this thread please:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1042186/...vers-bioses-overclocking-reviews-updated-4-22

Or directly on Asus's website here I think:
http://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/P8Z68-V/HelpDesk_download/

Hey thanks for the input, the board already had the latest bios flashed when I got it also tried an older bios that was released for the CPU launch itself neither provide the Turbo Ratio options, had a look at the thread and couldnt find anything that I missed listed under my mobo but thanks again for the input
 
It would appear my issue is a corruption of the Engine Management partition on the oprom, I have been trying to follow this guide to fix it but have hit a bit of a wall

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1726429

I have my bootable usb and all the files as described however when I attempt to flash I get a missing file error, fptcfg.ini, and error code: 253, I have searched for more information on both of these but cant find any information to help me, does anybody here have any ideas where I might find/create the missing ini file?
 
Isn't life weird. I have the same board, same issue, and have fixed it(yesterday) using that same thread you posted. Did you just try the ME erase and replace (merefl).

I used FTK8.

I did attempt other steps first by downgrading the bios to the first issue and then upgrading to the second latest bios from asus, but the problem persisted.

http://smarttechtips.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/how-to-donwngrade-asus-bios.html

Don't know whether that step was important, but when i used FTK I was successful.
 
Isn't life weird. I have the same board, same issue, and have fixed it(yesterday) using that same thread you posted. Did you just try the ME erase and replace (merefl).

I used FTK8.

I did attempt other steps first by downgrading the bios to the first issue and then upgrading to the second latest bios from asus, but the problem persisted.

http://smarttechtips.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/how-to-donwngrade-asus-bios.html

Don't know whether that step was important, but when i used FTK I was successful.

Hey dude thanks allot for chiming in managed to get it sorted my issue was using FK7 ( I assumed I needed the older one as the board is a bit older) switched to FK8 and it flashed with no issues thanks again man!
 
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That really is one clever Russian. Only place on the web that didn't just say "replace the bios chip", kudos to him.

I was over the moon too when I fixed mine, good you.

Pete.

Posts merged - Please do not post multiple times in a row

Just as an aside, I get the impression that the FTK number relates to the chipset number, ie P6,7,8,9. Just so others know. It wasn't explicit in the original thread/tutorial.
 
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Only place on the web that didn't just say "replace the bios chip", kudos to him.

This was my first thought too when I seen the thread, so many people RMA'ing boards etc going with different manufacturers because of a small bit of corruption in the BIOS im very grateful that dude figured it out Socket 1155 boards are getting kind of difficult or expensive to find!


Just as an aside, I get the impression that the FTK number relates to the chipset number, ie P6,7,8,9. Just so others know. It wasn't explicit in the original thread/tutorial.

I also assumed this however I tried using FTK6, which I assumed would be compatible with P67/Z68 however I had to use FTK7 I'm guessing because Z68 came out a while after P67, anyway I got there in the end and I'm running 4.4ghz (could only get 4.3 on my last board with the same voltage so WIN!! :D)
 
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