Updated Coreboot/Dasharo For MSI PRO Z690-A / Z790-P Motherboards, Adds Overclocking
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- News link: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-Dasharo-2026-MSI-Intel-Z
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In addition to [1]3mdeb providing their Coreboot-based Dasharo built atop AMD openSIL on a Gigabyte EPYC server motherboard and recently [2]making their first Dasharo release for an AMD Ryzen AM5 platform with the MSI PRO B850-P WIFI, the firmware consulting firm today released updated versions of their MSI PRO Z690-A and MSI PRO Z790-P Dasharo ports to those Intel Core motherboards.
Back in 2022 they originally debuted [3]Dasharo for the MSI PRO Z690-A WiFI motherboard and eventually the Z790-P motherboard too. They have continued maintaining those ports with new updates from time to time.
Today's release of Dasharo firmware v1.17 for the MSI PRO Z690-A and Dasharo firmware v0.9.5 for the MSI PRO Z790-P now provide initial SMI Transfer Mode (STM) support. There is also a new platform setup menu and even experimental CPU/overclocking options. The overclocking support is very experimental and may damage your hardware as a warning. There is also experimental RAM voltage configuration support for the DDR4 motherboards.
The updated open-source firmware also adds EZ Debug LED support, restoring defaults via CMOS battery reset, XMP profile and voltage verification/ramping, and other improvements and fixes.
More details on today's firmware updates for these Intel Core desktop motherboards via [4]the 3mdeb blog .
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-opensil-coreboot-ar1
[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/OSS-Firmware-MSI-B850-P-WIFI
[3] https://www.phoronix.com/review/coreboot-adl-dream
[4] https://blog.3mdeb.com/2026/2026-08-13-msi_z690-a_z790-p_v1.1.7_v0.9.5_release/
Back in 2022 they originally debuted [3]Dasharo for the MSI PRO Z690-A WiFI motherboard and eventually the Z790-P motherboard too. They have continued maintaining those ports with new updates from time to time.
Today's release of Dasharo firmware v1.17 for the MSI PRO Z690-A and Dasharo firmware v0.9.5 for the MSI PRO Z790-P now provide initial SMI Transfer Mode (STM) support. There is also a new platform setup menu and even experimental CPU/overclocking options. The overclocking support is very experimental and may damage your hardware as a warning. There is also experimental RAM voltage configuration support for the DDR4 motherboards.
The updated open-source firmware also adds EZ Debug LED support, restoring defaults via CMOS battery reset, XMP profile and voltage verification/ramping, and other improvements and fixes.
More details on today's firmware updates for these Intel Core desktop motherboards via [4]the 3mdeb blog .
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-opensil-coreboot-ar1
[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/OSS-Firmware-MSI-B850-P-WIFI
[3] https://www.phoronix.com/review/coreboot-adl-dream
[4] https://blog.3mdeb.com/2026/2026-08-13-msi_z690-a_z790-p_v1.1.7_v0.9.5_release/