Hi all,

I'd appreciate if someone could provide the original VRM configuration file for a CH6 motherboard.

I've got an USB005 and it looks like my VRM is working fine, but as long as the board shows qcode 8, I'd like to rule out the VRM section as the root cause of the issue.

Many thanks

Pablo

PS.- I'm attaching the configuration file extrated from this board, but I cannot trust it's the correct one; the chip is not presenting the usual dot that marks it as "programmed"....

So, I've built the USB005 and check VRM which is not reporting any issue. However, I can't check its firmware because I don't have another source. I'll try to get one and report back, just in case I find something else. I've read qcode 8 is related to CPU power delivery, but it does not looks to be the case. I just want to rule it out.

Meanwhile, if someone comes through this thread and can share any info, would be very welcome.

Best regards

Pablo

Hi all

I'm trying to get this board back to life. It came with minimal damage -a missing inductor and three socket pins broken; all is now repaired and checked.

However, it is not posting. All I see is qcode 8 (not 08, just "8") in the upper display.

I've checked all voltages, checked the BIOS chip, tha various xtals... The CPU itself is fine, as I have other boards for testing where it works ok.

Any clue of where a "qcode 8" may come from?

Many thanks!

Pablo

Hi tuananh

I'm currently away so I cannot provide much help. I've got dumps for R5E that I can share and maybe they'll work in R5E Ed.10 boards -at least, they could work just enough to enable flashback, so you can then flash the whole BIOS using it. I haven't tested them, though.

I've got an R5E Ed.10 but I haven't got the time to produce dumps for it (it's currently in use in a "home server" so it's kind of a little hassle to extract them).

Regards

Yes. In order to read or write opmode has to be high. And it has to be set on power up. In the Asus boards I've tried, it's easy because they have headers that provide 3.3v next to opmode header. I hope it helps.
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Well, I think this is the first time I'm sharing something here, I hope it will help anyone that, like me, is trying to repair one of those damm ASUS motherboards filled with iRog chips. I've written a manual following my experience and findings on fixing a dead ASUS Rampage IV Extreme (R4E).

The ZIP file contains the guide and (almost) all the software I've used in the project. But I think it's worthy because it took me a lot of time to find out a cheap way to work with these chips from Explore with a bare CH341A programmer, and the original EP Console program is really hard to find....

Hi all, nice to be here :-)

My current hobby is repairing GPUs and motherboards, and I find this forum as a very interesting source of information.

Usually I don't have many things to contribute, but I'll post something about iRog chips thay might help others. I hope you like it.

Many thanks!...