Anyone have newer bios files for the D1541D4U-2T8R than are available on Asrocks site?

[Jorge Perez]

I found a post for the Skylake-D version of these boards that had newer BIOSes than were available from asrocks public site.

I'm mainly hoping for a bios file that supports PCI-E bifurcation on the two PCI-E slots, but any other updates would be nice too.

 

[RolloZ170]

usualy you have to beg for the newer BIOS with fewer bugs and vulnerabilities at ASRock support.
i.e. the latest BIOS for EPC621D8A on the site is 2.10 from april 2019.

 

[Jorge Perez]

I made my own modded bios with PCI-E bifurcation.

As usual it's not my fault if your house catches fire.

This also has the option ROM for the Iris Xe LP GPU.

 

[IvanM07]

I made my own modded bios with PCI-E bifurcation.

As usual it's not my fault if your house catches fire.

This also has the option ROM for the Iris Xe LP GPU.

How do you update using this file? It doesn't seem to be in the .30 file for Instant Flash or a .EXE for Win/DOS.

Thanks for this! Was looking for this for a bit!

 

[RolloZ170]

How do you update using this file? It doesn't seem to be in the .30 file for Instant Flash

???????1.30 means BIOS version 1.30

 

[IvanM07]

???????1.30 means BIOS version 1.30

So I should try to use a .BIN file with instant flash for this board? I see what you mean about 1.30, but not about what filetype or update method for this board.

 

[RolloZ170]

So I should try to use a .BIN file with instant flash for this board? I see what you mean about 1.30, but not about what filetype or update method for this board.

this is BIOS raw, rename to BIOS.BIN - Instant flash should accept it or flash with hardware programmer.
IPMI WebGUI and AFU usualy does NOT accept modded BIOS.

 

[IvanM07]

this is BIOS raw, rename to BIOS.BIN - Instant flash should accept it or flash with hardware programmer.
IPMI WebGUI and AFU usualy does NOT accept modded BIOS.

Thanks for that, appears as though instant flash isn't taking it, tried 2 different fresh formatted USB Keys. I'm guessing a hardware programmer will be needed. Is there any resource or how-to I can read for how to do that?

Edit: Same thing through IPMI as you said lol, but I figured I'd give it a shot. Thanks again for the noob help. I'm more of a network & security guy.

 

[RolloZ170]

Thanks for that, appears as though instant flash isn't taking it, tried 2 different fresh formatted USB Keys

what do you mean ? you don't see a UEFI window showing files on the USB Stick ?
FAT32, max 4GB stick to be safe.
have used Instant Flash and modded BIOS on ASRock, but LGA3647 platform.
if you use hardware programmer, buy a BIOS chip for new BIOS to have a backup chip with old BIOS.
there are some BIOS chip services: they usualy flash them with your custom BIOS on request.

 

[RolloZ170]

I'm guessing a hardware programmer will be needed. Is there any resource or how-to I can read for how to do that?

you need only ch341a USB programmer(ebay,amazon,Aliex) and a DIP8->SOP16 adapter for the BIOS chip.
Software: AsProgrammer or NeoProgrammer (don't use the original Software bundled by the ch341a)

 

[IvanM07]

what do you mean ? you don't see a UEFI window showing files on the USB Stick ?
FAT32, max 4GB stick to be safe.
have used Instant Flash and modded BIOS on ASRock, but LGA3647 platform.
if you use hardware programmer, buy a BIOS chip for new BIOS to have a backup chip with old BIOS.
there are some BIOS chip services: they usualy flash them with your custom BIOS on request.

On this one Instant Flash is an option under bios, it does a quick scan of the files on the Flash Drive and says none found.

Is there a certain utility I should use under the UEFI Shell? Sorry if I'm not making sense, could be this board is a bit different? I'll take a photo of the option in the bios Screen for reference and update this post shortly.

 

[RolloZ170]

i see the D1541D4U-2T8R BIOS chip is a DIP8 ?
is that correct ?

 

[RolloZ170]

On this one Instant Flash is an option under bios, it does a quick scan of the files on the Flash Drive and says none found.

OK

Is there a certain utility I should use under the UEFI Shell?

no.

Sorry if I'm not making sense, could be this board is a bit different? I'll take a photo of the option in the bios Screen for reference and update this post shortly.

it is like it should.

 

[RolloZ170]

On this one Instant Flash is an option under bios, it does a quick scan of the files on the Flash Drive and says none found.

try filename "D412T8R1.30" as last chance. who knows....

 

[IvanM07]

Sorry got pulled into an emergency change meeting will update with pic and try in a few

 

[IvanM07]

Changing the filename worked! Thanks again! everything seems to be working and bifurcation options are in the bios now!

 

[RolloZ170]

Changing the filename worked! Thanks again! everything seems to be working and bifurcation options are in the bios now!

sorry. don't remembered filename was important.

 

[IroesStrongarm]

Changing the filename worked! Thanks again! everything seems to be working and bifurcation options are in the bios now!

Hey, it's been a few months and wanted to check in and see how that bios has been treating you and if its still stable? I just got this board myself for my home lab and need bifurcation.

 

[IvanM07]

Hey, it's been a few months and wanted to check in and see how that bios has been treating you and if its still stable? I just got this board myself for my home lab and need bifurcation.

It worked fine for me, the bios will show some options that won't work for the board however. Both PCI-E devices are only 8x and the board will show x4x4x4x4 as an option for a particular slot for example.

I had wanted to use it as a 4-port for U.2 NVMe. I ended up just using a CEACENT ANU04PE16 to split the devices.

I ended up selling the Board for an AsRock D2143D8UM for the newer CPU and more memory capacity, but lost the LSI 3008 Controller. So it's a bit of a frankenstein now with the Mezzanine card being a SFP+, P2200 Quadro in the first PCIe Slot, LSI3008 in the M.2 NVME slot, and CEACENT ANU04PE16 for the NVME Drives.

 

[IroesStrongarm]

It worked fine for me, the bios will show some options that won't work for the board however. Both PCI-E devices are only 8x and the board will show x4x4x4x4 as an option for a particular slot for example.

Hey, thanks for the response. Glad that you found it stable, even if it presented an incompatible option.

I plan to use an HBA I already have in the top slot as the system I'm swapping it into is already wired with the 8087 connector and I don't want to rewire (also have cooling solved on that card).

I want to bifurcate the bottom slot to connect two nvme drives in a carrier card without having to get a card that has a plx bridge on it.