AGESA V2 1.2.0.7?

[skeet1983]

Hi guys. I have an laptop purchased through Xotic PC, and am looking forward to Dragon Age: Veilguard, but am concerned about one of the requirements. One of the requirements is AGESA V2 1.2.0.7 for Windows 11 and AMD CPUs. I did a google search, and it seems to be something in the BIOS of the CPU or motherboard. I ran the msinfo32 command on Windows 11, and it said that my motherboard manufacturer is Xotic PC. Um, can someone help me with this? Do I need to update my BIOS? My laptop was purchased back in 2021. Here are the specs:

- Windows 11 64-bit OS
- AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with Radeon Graphics 3.30 GHz
- 64 GB System RAM
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 with 16GB VRAM

Help greatly appreciated :)

[BaTHoRy]

Originally posted by skeet1983:

Hi guys. I have an laptop purchased through Xotic PC, and am looking forward to Dragon Age: Veilguard, but am concerned about one of the requirements. One of the requirements is AGESA V2 1.2.0.7 for Windows 11 and AMD CPUs. I did a google search, and it seems to be something in the BIOS of the CPU or motherboard. I ran the msinfo32 command on Windows 11, and it said that my motherboard manufacturer is Xotic PC. Um, can someone help me with this? Do I need to update my BIOS? My laptop was purchased back in 2021. Here are the specs:

- Windows 11 64-bit OS
- AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with Radeon Graphics 3.30 GHz
- 64 GB System RAM
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 with 16GB VRAM

Help greatly appreciated :)

will be fine for 1080P, bios update should be pushed through WU, just enable third party updates in settings

apparently HWInfo shows current AGESA version

[Dyna]

Originally posted by BaTHoRy:

Originally posted by skeet1983:

Hi guys. I have an laptop purchased through Xotic PC, and am looking forward to Dragon Age: Veilguard, but am concerned about one of the requirements. One of the requirements is AGESA V2 1.2.0.7 for Windows 11 and AMD CPUs. I did a google search, and it seems to be something in the BIOS of the CPU or motherboard. I ran the msinfo32 command on Windows 11, and it said that my motherboard manufacturer is Xotic PC. Um, can someone help me with this? Do I need to update my BIOS? My laptop was purchased back in 2021. Here are the specs:

- Windows 11 64-bit OS
- AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with Radeon Graphics 3.30 GHz
- 64 GB System RAM
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 with 16GB VRAM

Help greatly appreciated :)

will be fine for 1080P, bios update should be pushed through WU, just enable third party updates in settings

apparently HWInfo shows current AGESA version

Bios update through windows update?????? Bios update is applied in the bios and not through windows update.

[BaTHoRy]

Originally posted by Dyna:

Originally posted by BaTHoRy:

will be fine for 1080P, bios update should be pushed through WU, just enable third party updates in settings

apparently HWInfo shows current AGESA version

Bios update through windows update?????? Bios update is applied in the bios and not through windows update.

Actually it does since windows 10

https://i.ibb.co/s5rLgxt/image.png

[Dyna]

GIGANTIC security risk to have a computer capable of that. I am glad that my MSI motherboard does not have that feature.

Chernobyl Virus 2.0 here we go. That thing just melted millions of motherboards instantly 20+ years ago.

[skeet1983]

Originally posted by BaTHoRy:

Originally posted by skeet1983:

Hi guys. I have an laptop purchased through Xotic PC, and am looking forward to Dragon Age: Veilguard, but am concerned about one of the requirements. One of the requirements is AGESA V2 1.2.0.7 for Windows 11 and AMD CPUs. I did a google search, and it seems to be something in the BIOS of the CPU or motherboard. I ran the msinfo32 command on Windows 11, and it said that my motherboard manufacturer is Xotic PC. Um, can someone help me with this? Do I need to update my BIOS? My laptop was purchased back in 2021. Here are the specs:

- Windows 11 64-bit OS
- AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with Radeon Graphics 3.30 GHz
- 64 GB System RAM
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 with 16GB VRAM

Help greatly appreciated :)

will be fine for 1080P, bios update should be pushed through WU, just enable third party updates in settings

apparently HWInfo shows current AGESA version

How do I find HWInfo?

[Corona Scurrae]

Originally posted by skeet1983:

Originally posted by BaTHoRy:

will be fine for 1080P, bios update should be pushed through WU, just enable third party updates in settings

apparently HWInfo shows current AGESA version

How do I find HWInfo?

google it and then download it. run it and you get a bunch of sensor data from your hardware. although it's the first time I'm hearing hwinfo divulging agesa version. maybe the new update does that? test it out. it's a good software if you want to know the temps of your hardware ranging from cpu / gpu / ssd / mosfet etc.

[skeet1983]

Originally posted by Outback Santa:

Originally posted by skeet1983:

How do I find HWInfo?

google it and then download it. run it and you get a bunch of sensor data from your hardware. although it's the first time I'm hearing hwinfo divulging agesa version. maybe the new update does that? test it out. it's a good software if you want to know the temps of your hardware ranging from cpu / gpu / ssd / mosfet etc.

I ran HWinfo, couldn't find AGESA version...

[Corona Scurrae]

Originally posted by skeet1983:

Originally posted by Outback Santa:

google it and then download it. run it and you get a bunch of sensor data from your hardware. although it's the first time I'm hearing hwinfo divulging agesa version. maybe the new update does that? test it out. it's a good software if you want to know the temps of your hardware ranging from cpu / gpu / ssd / mosfet etc.

I ran HWinfo, couldn't find AGESA version...

thought so. never heard of hwinfo64 displaying that info but keep the software since it's useful for monitoring temps etc.

you can otherwise go to > recovery options > advanced startup > restart now > trouble shoot > advanced options > uefi firmware settings

there should be some info about agesa in there. since I have no experience with your mb, I can't tell where exactly it is

[Dyna]

Why is this a requirement for a 5900 CPU? I don't think you should bother with this bios update and just run the game.

That thing was mainly for improving compatibility and memory stability so it could potentially run memory at speeds above 6000 with a 1:1 cpu/ram ratio on 7000 series CPU's.

You can see the bios version in the bios itself outside windows. But honestly just leave it alone if unless you are having stability issues with memory.

Otherwise get the bios for the motherboard on the manufactor site and enter bios and the flash menu to update.

Install CPU-Z the bios information is in Mainboard tab at top.

[Omen3608]

Originally posted by Dyna:

Why is this a requirement for a 5900 CPU? I don't think you should bother with this bios update and just run the game.

That thing was mainly for improving compatibility and memory stability so it could potentially run memory at speeds above 6000 with a 1:1 cpu/ram ratio on 7000 series CPU's.

You can see the bios version in the bios itself outside windows. But honestly just leave it alone if unless you are having stability issues with memory.

Otherwise get the bios for the motherboard on the manufactor site and enter bios and the flash menu to update.

Install CPU-Z the bios information is in Mainboard tab at top.

Not exactly, AGESA 1.2.0.7 also solves the fTPM stuttering bug and some general stability issues. If they, for example, are using fTPM as a part of a copyright protection it could be an issue for people not on 1.2.0.7, or higher.

[Dyna]

Originally posted by Omen3608:

Originally posted by Dyna:

Why is this a requirement for a 5900 CPU? I don't think you should bother with this bios update and just run the game.

That thing was mainly for improving compatibility and memory stability so it could potentially run memory at speeds above 6000 with a 1:1 cpu/ram ratio on 7000 series CPU's.

You can see the bios version in the bios itself outside windows. But honestly just leave it alone if unless you are having stability issues with memory.

Otherwise get the bios for the motherboard on the manufactor site and enter bios and the flash menu to update.

Install CPU-Z the bios information is in Mainboard tab at top.

Not exactly, AGESA 1.2.0.7 also solves the fTPM stuttering bug and some general stability issues. If they, for example, are using fTPM as a part of a copyright protection it could be an issue for people not on 1.2.0.7, or higher.

Well that makes sense and i can see why it is needed then.

But now everyone will have to mess around with this because of "Copyright protection" which will be cracked anyway and potentially brick their computers if they have no clue about flashing a BIOS.

And that is a problem.

And not only will the flashing be a problem for some people, The bios itself must be configured after. So when they have flashed the BIOS they will be running memory and everything at default settings with poor performance. And this is not fixed in windows or by updates.

[hexnessie]

Originally posted by Omen3608:

Not exactly, AGESA 1.2.0.7 also solves the fTPM stuttering bug and some general stability issues. If they, for example, are using fTPM as a part of a copyright protection it could be an issue for people not on 1.2.0.7, or higher.

Yeah. "Copyright issues" vs. making the game accessible is one thing I'm not happy about with this release.

I'm still on Windows 10 for many reasons, have a Win11 laptop but that's for work and doesn't even have a graphics card afaik.

Eh. We'll wait and see. Hopefully they'll issue a compatibility checker before launch.

[Dyna]

Yeah the customers better sign up for BIOS setup school today, otherwise their systems will have a different level of performance after messing around with an update that needs configuring after update.

Your 3200-3600mhz ram will be defaulted to 2133mhz and you will have reconfigure that and potentially many other things i the bios to regain performance.

And if you don't get that done right you might risk corrupted files on the computer and some real instability issues on top.

And there will be many other things that might need configuring also, but it is impossible to put that here with the countless of motherboard brands out there.

So don't update AGESA unless you are prepared to configure the bios after. And installing 1 game is not worth the risk if you are clueless about it.

That is all.

[Omen3608]

Originally posted by Dyna:

Well that makes sense and i can see why it is needed then.

But now everyone will have to mess around with this because of "Copyright protection" which will be cracked anyway and potentially brick their computers if they have no clue about flashing a BIOS.

And that is a problem.

And not only will the flashing be a problem for some people, The bios itself must be configured after. So when they have flashed the BIOS they will be running memory and everything at default settings with poor performance. And this is not fixed in windows or by updates.

Potential copyright protection was just an example and should be taken in the context given, it's not a fact just because I said it could be the problem. ;)

To be honest, everyone using an AMD CPU should be keeping their UEFI/BIOS up to date anyways, it's part of the maintenance when owning a PC. It is a very straightforward process nowadays that should have its own section in every mainboard manual. For OEM systems and laptops there is sometimes even the possibility to update via Windows.

And AGESA 1.2.0.7 isn't even a recent update, it came out in early 2022, so if people are that far behind they should really go through the process anyways.

[Dyna]

Yes i update my BIOS sometimes because of that also. But "we" know what we are doing and how to reset CMOS if screwing up.

You are completely right, and they will be going through the process if they want to play this game.

And there will be posts about "performance issues related to AGESA which EA will happily troubleshoot with those that run into issues.

Let's hope the Computer casualty rate will be low on this one.