GA-990FXA-UD3

[Dim131]

Hi,
I have AMD fx 9370 with Corsair Hi110Gi on GA-990FXA-UD3 (rev 4.0). Unfortunately, sometimes the cpu gets really hot (without particularly large load) and the cooler's sound is disturbing. Having a look here (http://www.gigabyte.us/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?v=AE72F6F9D4ADD0D7966358D2051BEDCC6EDF62CF9577D6190C981FB191168E4E&s=Socket%20AM3+&cs=AMD%20990FX) I saw that it needs BIOS version F3, while according to CPU-Z mine is F2.

Could that potentially fix the problem? If yes, should I press OK on the following message (see attachment)? (How likely is it that the update will fail, and is there a way of recovery?)

Thanks

[absic]

Hi there,

Yes, updating to the F3 BIOS may well help but, personally, I wouldn't use the @BIOS utility to update BIOS as I believe the QFlash utility to be safer.

If you are not sure how to flash the BIOS using QFlash check here: http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?topic=2441.msg13929#msg13929

[Dim131]

Thanks for the reply. Some of the images on the link cannot be displayed.

[absic]

Thanks for the reply. Some of the images on the link cannot be displayed.

Sorry about the missing images, but hopefully there is enough information in the thread for you to be able to use QFlash OK.

[BeeVee]

Could that potentially fix the problem? If yes, should I press OK on the following message (see attachment)? (How likely is it that the update will fail, and is there a way of recovery?)

I recently upgraded mine from F2 to F3 using that utility and it worked fine. You can backup the current bios, but I'd make sure you put it on a USB key rather than just leave it on your desktop as I did - if the update had gone wrong how would I have retrieved the old BIOS?!

B