hint- dont reply to my posts like idiots if you dont want me proving you wrong....
So Merlin, buddy. Got a question for you. Can you create a utility/tool, or perhaps implement it on to your firmware, that will allow me to under-clock my RAM back to factory default 533Mhz?
The AC68 that is running as a router has RAM OCed to 666Mhz with Asus utility, but the second AC68 does not.
Did you try modifying the clkfreq nvram setting to reduce RAM frequency back to 533? I'm not sure if the new CFE will still apply it or will enforce the new 666 MHz frequency, but it's worth a shot. Unfortunately there is no way to verify afterward if the value did get properly applied (short of testing with benchmarking tools that would actually stress out RAM).
I can't do anything about the CFE itself, sorry. Someone skilled enough with it might be able to recompile or modify the existing CFE, but with all the risk of permanent bricking involved, I wouldn't touch that myself.
To be honest, i have no idea how to modify the "clkfreq nvram" setting. I will try to google and see if i can find an answer. But in the meant time, it would be nice if you can provide me with a short cut.
Im running fw 37_2.
Thanks again.
nvram set clkfreq=800,533
nvram commit
reboot
Run these commands over SSH, or one at a time through the Tools -> Run Cmd page:
Code:nvram set clkfreq=800,533 nvram commit reboot
Again, no guarantee that the router will actually apply these values. I don't know if the updated CFE still heeds them, or ignores them when the value is lower than its default value.
Update: N16, N66U and AC66U releases delayed while I figure out a USB issue that only occurs on these models.
How is the N66U version progressing?
The USB issues were resolved with the new GPL code I got from Asus last week. Last night's tests with the new driver went well, however the SDK5 versions is currently completely broken (router fails to boot).
The USB issues were resolved with the new GPL code I got from Asus last week. Last night's tests with the new driver went well, however the SDK5 versions is currently completely broken (router fails to boot).
Well if you get to the point you feel good with the N66U release with new drivers, and don't have the SDK5 version sorted yet. I am sure there will be a few of us that will be fine beta testing it. As I have explained before the SDK5 drivers are useless to me, as i have stability issue with them, and it makes the DNLA server useless crashing often with my setup.
That is currently shaping up as the plan: release 374.38 without its SDK5 sibling for now, and see if people report positive enough feedback with the new driver to make SDK5 builds either no longer required. If not, I will take another look at it later on when I get more time to spend on it. My time will be a bit limited over the next week to do further tests on this (and I still have the RT-N16 that needs to be tested on the new code too).
The annoying bit is that it's a 15-minutes process every time I have to reflash the N66U over its recovery interface - that really slows things down.
That is currently shaping up as the plan: release 374.38 without its SDK5 sibling for now, and see if people report positive enough feedback with the new driver to make SDK5 builds either no longer required.
Please can someone remind me what SDK6 wireless drivers improve over SDK5 to make Asus use them.
The newer driver is more actively developped by Broadcom than the old SDK5 version. It also adds PPPoE HW acceleration support (which was broken until recently), the ability to disable a function that was incompatible with XBox 360 (by ticking the "Optimize for XBox" option - that option doesn't work on SDK5), and probably more low-level improvements by Broadcom.
The latest SDK5 driver (5.110) was broken and a lot of wireless adapters couldn't even connect at all to it.
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