ASUS Prime X570-PRO doesn't boot with Xite-1

[dvans]

Hello,

Is someone has encountered an issue with an ASUS Prime X570-PRO (AM4, AMD X570, ATX) or another AM4 motherboard with X570 chipset? The PC doesn't boot at all!

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience.

[dante]

Do you mean it doesnt boot when the XITE-1 PCIe card installed into Motherboard slot or it doesnt boot period even without the XITE-1 PCIe card installed ?

[dvans]

- PCIe card installed into motherboard and Xite-1 off -> PC Boot OK
- PCIe card installed into motherboard and Xite-1 on -> PC Boot NOK

I pluged the PCIe card into a PCI 4.0 x16 slot. It was the last slot free.

I asked Gary and he told me that it's maybe due to the use of a "graphic card slot".

[garyb]

the computer is not allowed to sleep, is it?

[dante]

If it doesnt boot, it wouldnt get a chance to sleep would it ? Sleepbooting ?

[garyb]

it boots with the XITE powered off.

[dante]

That's right, but since you're supposed to turn on XITE before you boot, it would never be in a scenario where the computer is on and XITE is on but a disconnect is caused by computer going to sleep.

[garyb]

well, that's an assumption.

[yayajohn]

Check your bios and see if “crossfire-x” is turned on. If it is then it is likely looking for a 2nd video card.
You are using the two 1X PCI-E slots? With what might I ask?

[dante]

well, that's an assumption.

Then I must have missed something. If the computer wont boot with XITE on, how could the computer going to sleep have any bearing on the issue ?

[garyb]

i was simply checking to see if it STARTED from a sleep state. i'm asking the simple dumb questions for more clarity. if it STARTED from a sleep state, then it will NEVER work. the idea is to make sure that the bigger problem(something actually broken) exists.

since it's been confirmed that the unit doesn't work in a second PC, we now know that there is probably something broken.

thank you for your assistance. i don't mind being the stupid one.

[dante]

Ture, if he's referring to a restart from sleep as a 'Boot' (I wouldn't have read it that way but there ya go). Anyways if the XITE doesnt work in a 2nd PC that's fairly conclusive.

[dawman]

Some UAD guys have issues with their DSP racks and 570 boards too.
Since there’s no built in GFX on the CPU you have to use a GFX card.
Slot allocation is always hit and miss, which is why I don’t use any CPU that doesn’t have built in GFX.

I have one PCI e 1x for XITE-1 and that’s all I want in my slots.
Don’t even want NVMe M.2s anymore either as they take away 4 lanes, adding more pipes to the plumbing.

[valis]

Slot allocation is entirely up to the motherboard maker, model AND revision, along with what CPU is used (that determines what lanes are even active). I would have responded earlier, but didn't have time to reference the manual and ask what CPUID. Seems it wasn't necessary anyway, hope all turns out well.

[dvans]

- PCIe card installed into motherboard and Xite-1 off -> PC Boot OK
- PCIe card installed into motherboard and Xite-1 on -> PC Boot NOK

I pluged the PCIe card into a PCI 4.0 x16 slot. It was the last slot free.

I asked Gary and he told me that it's maybe due to the use of a "graphic card slot".

If the unit is turned off, the PC is booting like if there is no PCIe card inserted in the slot. That's what I noticed since years.

[dvans]

Issue solved with the latest version of the BIOS!

BIOS:
Version 3405
2021/02/05

Thanks Gary for your help!
Thanks to all for your thoughts!

Note : During investigation, I noticed using a HDMI cable with Ethernet can produce problems.

[garyb]

bios update fixes all...

[dawman]

Coolness.