Xeon E5-2600 V3 Turbo Boost Unlock
2022 Q3 update
- S3TurboTool guide in russian.
- Ultimate Patcher Tool v2.2 for C612/X99 Firmware.
- Download ready-made FFS drivers and related software.
- Mi899 - X99 Tool Set, read, write BIOS & unlock turbo-boost with a few mouse clicks.
LGA 2011-3 (X99) platform overview and status update in 2022 Q3
Method 1: Inject FFS driver straight into the BIOS.
This is an outdated method, use S3TurboTool instead.
This is a step by step guide of how to unlock Xeon E5-2600 V3 Turbo Boost frequency on all CPU cores using Chinese X99 motherboards and modified BIOS with a build in FFS driver. This method is OS independent and does not require EFI driver installation / re-installation.
Required files
Download archive required for this guide.
- From Microsoft One Drive:
x99-tu-ffs.zip. - Ready made BIOS files for the lazy users - from Microsoft One Drive.
Hashes of the x99-tu-ffs.zip file:
MD5: 6eeeff1123513e08499283f3719f16d9
SHA1: 52299ba3f0988551bcdf9bc51b13e07c5c1d3ec6
SHA256: 04d32938b330328097b88b2b5c03b976e7a7a3dbe6adbdd9e66d1994f698ef66
To validate hashes of the file execute the following commands:
certutil -hashfile x99-tu-ffs.zip MD5
certutil -hashfile x99-tu-ffs.zip SHA1
certutil -hashfile x99-tu-ffs.zip SHA256
Google Slides Presentation
Method 2: Manual EFI driver installation.
This is a step by step guide of how to unlock Xeon E5-2600 V3 Turbo Boost frequency on all CPU cores using Chinese X99 motherboards and manual EFI driver installation. This method was written for and tested with Windows 10 Pro x64.
- ! IMPORTANT: The step “6. Windows driver installation” does not seem to be required any more. First validate if Turbo Boost Unlock works without it. Install Windows drivers only if unlock does not work without them.
- ! IMPORTANT: Use the
V3DUAL.EFIdriver for dual socket motherboards. Google Slides presentation has been updated, but the video guide is not possible to update.
Required files
Download required archive for this guide.
- From Microsoft One Drive:
x99-tu.zip.
Hashes of the x99-tu.zip file:
MD5: 272621266752a1df69cfa57c88a3f2df
SHA1: e6c43b03cabf3d21b8b023f21c7d64c2fc09bc6e
SHA256: 88a9cc5d15d3ac59e896600c6c2706ca0cd99a55b45be6e18874df2b7c23d2bd
To validate hashes of the file execute the following commands:
certutil -hashfile x99-tu.zip MD5
certutil -hashfile x99-tu.zip SHA1
certutil -hashfile x99-tu.zip SHA256