ASUS Announces Raptor Lake UEFI Updates for its Z690 Motherboards

TheLostSwede · Jul 8, 2022

At the end of last month, ASRock revealed its UEFI/BIOS updates for its 600-series motherboards for the next generation of CPUs from Intel and now ASUS has announced that it will offer updates for its Z690 motherboards. We're not sure why ASUS has limited itself to only Z690, but we'd expect updates for all of its 600-series chipset motherboards to arrive in due time. ASUS has been just as short on details as ASRock, although in the case of ASUS, all the Z690 boards will start on the same UEFI version—160x—when it comes to Raptor Lake support.

ASUS will offer updates for its ROG, ROG Strix, ProArt, Prime and TUF Gaming boards at this first stage. ASUS recommends using the BIOS Flashback functionality on the motherboards, or its EZ Flash 3 program in Windows. To get the latest UEFI update for your motherboard, you need to head over to ASUS' support site and download it manually according to the press release.

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Deleted member 24505 · Jul 8, 2022

Nice can't wait to try one of these.

ZoneDymo · Jul 8, 2022

Tigger said:
Nice can't wait to try one of these.

because?

P4-630 · Jul 8, 2022

Tigger said:
Nice can't wait to try one of these.

What is there to try besides the risk of bricking a good motherboard.
You can't buy any Raptor Lake CPU yet anyway.

Deleted member 24505 · Jul 8, 2022

Err the Raptor Lake CPU duh You think I'm excited to try a bios update :laugh:

is that seriously what you both thought? Wow thanks for thinking i am that fucking dumb, cheers guys

Sora · Jul 9, 2022

Funfact, Asus can't recommend the use of Ezflash for windows because it doesn't supply it on Z690 boards.

Minus Infinity · Jul 9, 2022

LOL why the rush, Raptor Lake delayed, Meteor Lake delayed, Sapphire Rapids delayed, Arc delayed. This is absurd to be announcing this at a time it is irrelevant. RL won't appear in volume until early 2023 now. Meteor Lake late 2023, which means Arrow Lake will be late 2024 at best. Heck Arrow Lake may face Zen 6.

I'll bet Gesinger is not so cocky now.

Ravenmaster · Jul 9, 2022

P4-630 said:
What is there to try besides the risk of bricking a good motherboard.
You can't buy any Raptor Lake CPU yet anyway.

I just updated to these new BIOS on my Asus Strix Z690-E motherboard. BIOS 1601 (the new update) is actually more stable than the previous one (1505) for me so far. Adding Raptor Lake support is just a bonus I guess

AlwaysHope · Jul 9, 2022

Minus Infinity said:
LOL why the rush, Raptor Lake delayed, Meteor Lake delayed, Sapphire Rapids delayed, Arc delayed. This is absurd to be announcing this at a time it is irrelevant. RL won't appear in volume until early 2023 now. Meteor Lake late 2023, which means Arrow Lake will be late 2024 at best. Heck Arrow Lake may face Zen 6.

I'll bet Gesinger is not so cocky now.

Yes indeed, Raptor Lake was going to be my next upgrade but 2023 is still at least another 6 months off! & that's IF global supply chains & inflation can get back to a more normal footing.

TheLostSwede · Jul 9, 2022

P4-630 said:
What is there to try besides the risk of bricking a good motherboard.
You can't buy any Raptor Lake CPU yet anyway.

Why would anyone risk bricking their board? I've installed over 20 UEFI updates on my current board, not a single issue.
On top of that, modern boards with a flashing button can't be bricked, as they have an MCU that does the updating, independent of the rest of the system.

Deleted member 24505 · Jul 9, 2022

Got the bios so excited to flash it, can't control myself. Hope it won't brick my nice z690 board even though I have updated it quite a few times since I got it.

P4-630 · Jul 9, 2022

@Tigger, sorry , didn't know you were a kid, I'll keep that in mind for next time replying you....

TheLostSwede said:
Why would anyone risk bricking their board?

For some countries then and when they don't have a UPS.
Here in Europe it is not an issue.

Deleted member 24505 · Jul 9, 2022

P4-630 said:
@Tigger, sorry , didn't know you were a kid, I'll keep that in mind for next time replying you....

For some countries then and when they don't have a UPS.
Here in Europe it is not an issue.

Dryer than a camel fart. Well at least i know you a bit more as a person now, wish i didn't /ignore

P4-630 said:
next time replying you....

Don't Bother it wont be worth reading.

TheLostSwede · Jul 9, 2022

P4-630 said:
For some countries then and when they don't have a UPS.
Here in Europe it is not an issue.

It's not an issue as long as your board can be updated via USB without a CPU in the board. None of those boards are brickable unless the flash dies.

eidairaman1 · Jul 9, 2022

AlwaysHope said:
Yes indeed, Raptor Lake was going to be my next upgrade but 2023 is still at least another 6 months off! & that's IF global supply chains & inflation can get back to a more normal footing.

You last bit there is all intentional

ZoneDymo · Jul 9, 2022

Tigger said:
Err the Raptor Lake CPU duh You think I'm excited to try a bios update is that seriously what you both thought? Wow thanks for thinking i am that fucking dumb, cheers guys

No I meant the cpu, idk are you excited to try it just because its...new? and if so I mean...thats a pretty generic thing to be excited about.
Its just Alderlake that is a bit faster and probably a bit more efficient, its fine but why "can't you wait" to test it out?

truehighroller1 · Jul 9, 2022

Flashed it on my Apex coming from 1503 BIOS and no difference performance wise.

Patriot · Jul 10, 2022

Tigger said:
Err the Raptor Lake CPU duh You think I'm excited to try a bios update is that seriously what you both thought? Wow thanks for thinking i am that fucking dumb, cheers guys

I mean... this is you we are talking about...

Outback Bronze · Jul 10, 2022

Well,
If I buy a Raptor Lake CPU I will have no hesitation in flashing the bios and even if I keep the same CPU the new bios can have fixes etc that my current bios doesn't hold. Some people just like to update to the latest bios and for what ever reason is up to them. I aint gona hold grudges against people if they choose to do this. Its their setup. Gees..
Um, unsure why everybody is having a go at you @Tigger ??

Deleted member 24505 · Jul 10, 2022

Patriot said:
I mean... this is you we are talking about...

what???

Outback Bronze said:
Well,
If I buy a Raptor Lake CPU I will have no hesitation in flashing the bios and even if I keep the same CPU the new bios can have fixes etc that my current bios doesn't hold. Some people just like to update to the latest bios and for what ever reason is up to them. I aint gona hold grudges against people if they choose to do this. Its their setup. Gees..
Um, unsure why everybody is having a go at you @Tigger ??

It's ok i'm used to it on TPU now, just got to not lose it and get myself another ban/holiday.

lexluthermiester · Jul 10, 2022

Tigger said:
Nice can't wait to try one of these.

My prediction is that they will be better on IPC while using less power.

P4-630 · Jul 10, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
My prediction is that they will be better on IPC while using less power.

ABout 20% faster in multithreading according to tom's

ANd
Raptor Lake is rumored to feature even faster clocks than what's possible with the Alder Lake generation. In addition, new advanced overclocking modes and other refinements could allow Intel to crow about the first 6 GHz consumer CPU.

Alleged Intel Raptor Lake Sample 20% Faster Than Alder Lake in New Benchmarks

Chinese site pits a 'Core i9-13900' against an i9-12900K in apps and games.

www.tomshardware.com

I wait and see.
For now I'm satisfied with my i7 12700K.

Deleted member 24505 · Jul 10, 2022

I'll probably get one and stick the 12700k in a cheap board or sell it on, if it would be worth anything by then.

mechtech · Jul 10, 2022

How are the mobo manf these days???

I haven't bought one in over 5 years.

TheDeeGee · Jul 11, 2022

P4-630 said:
What is there to try besides the risk of bricking a good motherboard.
You can't buy any Raptor Lake CPU yet anyway.

How does one brick a flash even?

I always use a USB 2.0 FAT32 formatted thumbdrive and flash via the BIOS tool, never caused any issues.

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