Question Ryzen 3000 CPUs + negative core voltage offset vs. AGESA 1.1.0.0 [avoid! doesn't work/unstable]

yeshua

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AMD has announced recently that:
Beyond AGESA 1.1.0.0 for Ryzen 5000 Series:

Returning support for negative core voltage offsets (“undervolting”) with all-new AMD functionality for better frequency, voltage, and performance tweaking

Are there any people here who have a Ryzen 3000 CPU (4000 APU) and have already upgraded their BIOS to this AGESA? Is the core voltage offset option still there? Does the CPU respect if you have a negative offset set?

I'm afraid to upgrade because I won't be able to easily downgrade to the BIOS version I'm currently running (it's almost a year old but works best for me).

Thank you!
 
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Zstream

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No, it didn’t like the negative offset, at least on the ASUS board I have. It didn’t like any offset for that matter. This was on their last two bios versions.
 
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PJVol

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What the "returning support" means in original quote ? (as if it wasn't there before 1.1.0.0). As for the negative offset, can confirm, unless you upped certain voltaged, system become quite unstable with 1.0.8.0 +.
 

Zstream

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What the "returning support" means in original quote ? (as if it wasn't there before 1.1.0.0). As for the negative offset, can confirm, unless you upped certain voltaged, system become quite unstable with 1.0.8.0 +.
Because the current state of bios’ are a crapshoot. I have no idea why less time is spent on these things than I believe they should.

I’ll run these steps to confirm.

Bios reset first each time:

Default
Default with negative offset enabled
ASUS O/C detection
ASUS O/C with negative offset

I won’t modify any other settings.
 

DrMrLordX

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In general, unless you have a Vermeer, you shouldn't upgrade your UEFI past AGESA 1.0.0.4 or so. I'm still running 1.0.0.3ABBA since it was ideal for my 3900x.
 

Makaveli

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In general, unless you have a Vermeer, you shouldn't upgrade your UEFI past AGESA 1.0.0.4 or so. I'm still running 1.0.0.3ABBA since it was ideal for my 3900x.

The newer bioses provide a faster boot up process for me aswell was security fixes.

SMM Callout Privilege Escalation was fixed in a bios update after 1.0.0.4

The newest 1.1.0.0 has the Fmax PBO option that works great on my rig currently there are reasons to be on the latest bios updates.
 

DrMrLordX

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@Makaveli

Pretty sure SMM Callout Privilege Escalation only applies to the APUs. If you aren't using one of those then there's no real benefit there. And I would definitely not upgrade to 1.1.0.0 for a PBO option if I also lost the ability to use negative voltage offsets.
 

Makaveli

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@Makaveli

Pretty sure SMM Callout Privilege Escalation only applies to the APUs. If you aren't using one of those then there's no real benefit there. And I would definitely not upgrade to 1.1.0.0 for a PBO option if I also lost the ability to use negative voltage offsets.

I never use negative voltage offset so its not a loss for me.

And since i've owned this board this bios is the best performing so far, plus this board will see a Zen 3 chip before the year is over so not much of a choice.

But for those that use it I could see why you would stick to those older bios versions.