What controls Turbo Core in Xeons?

[MOF]

Could be the ES. I only paid $360 for it. Not bad for 28@2.5

28@2.8 highly possible with mod

 

[fabiosun]

yep..as it is also possible to see from CPU-Z

 

[kjboughton]

thank you very much kjboughton

but i use this and dont work unlock....
my cpu 2696 v4 Broadwell-E/EP

please help me and help for v4 broadwell unlocked thank you...
im waiting for you for unlocked method for V4...

Did you attempt in conjunction with modified BIOS to removal Broadwell microcode?

 

[kjboughton]

Its a 2695v3 ES, 2.2 ghz regular, 2.5 ghz turbo all cores. 14 cores, 28 threads.

145W TDP... I can see 3.3GHz on all cores as highly probable. You will likely need to apply a negative offset voltage for the core and possibly uncore domains to reach this frequency.

 

[fabiosun]

Hi Kris
a step forward ..
is it mandatory it seems to delete Broadwell microcode?
https://imgur.com/a/Qpplj

 

[Markfw]

Did you attempt in conjunction with modified BIOS to removal Broadwell microcode?

Since its my primary system, I am a little worried about problems with a "bricked" motherboard or ES compatibility problems. What do you think ?

 

[traderjay]

It seems we are one step closer to XEON v4 unlock

 

[Dinkydau]

145W TDP... I can see 3.3GHz on all cores as highly probable. You will likely need to apply a negative offset voltage for the core and possibly uncore domains to reach this frequency.

Sorry if I'm mistaken but as I understand this thread about getting CPUs to run at their turbo speed all the time. ES versions have significantly lower turbo clocks so you can't get that high. Otherwise how would that work?

 

[fabiosun]

It seems we are one step closer to XEON v4 unlock

no :-(
I did other test with modded bios
If i delete micro code for Xeon V4 cpu my motherboard does not post
it off itself after these code sequence 79 91 A2 off (in loop)
usually when it posts it has these sequence 79 91 95 beep 96 AA (post bios)

so in my rampage V extreme 10 edition it is not possible for now

for the sake of test i have modded my bios deleting Haswell microcode and then flash it with flashback
Motherboard posts as usual...

If you have some ideas..

 

[mtgben]

Did you attempt in conjunction with modified BIOS to removal Broadwell microcode?

yes.. i flash it with flash bios usb (flashback) and yes system boot...but no unlock core
all core to x28...

old post CANONKONG say with MSR change working
CANONKONG 2696 v4 set and do that set to all core turbo
but no say what doing this methode..>>

CANONKONG, do you think this is possible with stepping 1 v3 Xeons (ES) and with v4 Xeons??

Does this hack of yours still require a bug in CPU microcode?
Stepping 1 v3 Xeons (ES) can use V3-1.FFS. I have test v4 Xeons，it worked with change the MSR.
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1skQZ2c1
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1qYSDCF6

 

[mtgben]

CANONKONG win to this
CANONKONG please man say to v4 xeon user thank you
what doing to that ?

 

[kjboughton]

Hi Kris
a step forward ..
is it mandatory it seems to delete Broadwell microcode?
https://imgur.com/a/Qpplj

The assumption is yes as this is how it is with Haswell-E/EP.

Microcode check overridden for this new special build now included (i.e. driver will attempt execute even if microcode revision patch detected):
https://github.com/freecableguy/v3x4/releases/tag/v3x4-0.10b-i406f1-rc9

 

[mtgben]

i also test in shell efi v3.efi and say wrong cpu (2696 v4)

 

[mtgben]

can Anyone help to use MSR changing for unlock cpu xeon v4 broadwell..?

 

[fabiosun]

The assumption is yes as this is how it is with Haswell-E/EP. I could override the check...

If it possible I will try.
Modded bios is not working for me..
After flashback motherboard Rampage V extreme 10 does not post

@mtgben
Have you checked with HWinfo64 if microcode is gone?

 

[fabiosun]

yes.. i flash it with flash bios usb (flashback) and yes system boot...but no unlock core
all core to x28...

old post CANONKONG say with MSR change working
CANONKONG 2696 v4 set and do that set to all core turbo
but no say what doing this methode..>>

CANONKONG, do you think this is possible with stepping 1 v3 Xeons (ES) and with v4 Xeons??

Does this hack of yours still require a bug in CPU microcode?
Stepping 1 v3 Xeons (ES) can use V3-1.FFS. I have test v4 Xeons，it worked with change the MSR.
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1skQZ2c1
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1qYSDCF6

I understand why your motherboard is booting
It seems kris modded bios has inside 0406F1 microcode..

 

[kjboughton]

Since its my primary system, I am a little worried about problems with a "bricked" motherboard or ES compatibility problems. What do you think ?

Not sure a bricking is possible as long as you have a good backup of current BIOS image standing by if needed. As you know, a CPU is not part of the hardware compliment required to conduct a BIOS flash for most modern-day motherboards.

 

[kjboughton]

I understand why your motherboard is booting
It seems kris modded bios has inside 0406F1 microcode..

Ahhh. Yes, now I see what's going on. The modded BIOS I uploaded has Haswell-E/EP microcode removed and Broadwell-E/EP microcode present (remaining, untouched).
You would need the opposite.

UPDATE: ASUS Z10PE-D8 WS BIOS modded to delete Broadwell-E/EP microcode

 

[fabiosun]

Ahhh. Yes, now I see what's going on. The modded BIOS I uploaded has Haswell-E/EP microcode removed and Broadwell-E/EP microcode present (remaining, untouched).
You would need the opposite. Let me work on that now.

not me
@mtgben have dual Mb

 

[fabiosun]

if you have time to check this one
https://we.tl/ugM7IZT0yx

this should be without xeon V4 microcode..but my motherboard does not post with it :-(
Thank you

 

[Markfw]

So I flashed the X99 Taichi bios, and bricked it. But the Taichi has bios A and B. I switched to bios B, and am back, but I want to restore bios A. How do I do that ?

 

[foureight84]

https://github.com/freecableguy/v3x4/releases/tag/v3x4-0.10b-i406f1-rc9

That's awesome! Also, thanks for posting the modded ASUS Z10PE-D8 WS for broadwell. I will give this a try over the weekend. Curious, in the practice of installing the vmware microcode updater and using an early microcode, since my CPU is a pre-release QS, where would I even start to find the right microcode to use? should I dump my current microcode for the QS chip?

 

[kjboughton]

So I flashed the X99 Taichi bios, and bricked it. But the Taichi has bios A and B. I switched to bios B, and am back, but I want to restore bios A. How do I do that ?

I vote you follow the manual.
I would bet you simply flip the switch back now and flash again.

 

[mtgben]

tha

Ahhh. Yes, now I see what's going on. The modded BIOS I uploaded has Haswell-E/EP microcode removed and Broadwell-E/EP microcode present (remaining, untouched).
You would need the opposite.

UPDATE: ASUS Z10PE-D8 WS BIOS modded to delete Broadwell-E/EP microcode

thanks master i test it soon ( bios and 3x4.efi no ucode )

 

[mtgben]

if you have time to check this one
https://we.tl/ugM7IZT0yx

this should be without xeon V4 microcode..but my motherboard does not post with it :-(
Thank you

yes i check this soon...