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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: Jordan_wod on March 02, 2013, 03:50:50 pm

Title: GA-M55S-S3 rev 1.1 BIOS F10 update, not compatible with 64-bit windows 7?
Post by: Jordan_wod on March 02, 2013, 03:50:50 pm

Hi guys,

My problem says it all in the title. My 1TB external HDD suddenly turned into a 32MB cache. I as the normal protocol panicked like mad as this has all of my files on it, pictures, videos, music etc and is irreplaceable. After 4 hours of searching managed to find out it was something to do with my motherboard (hence why I am here), The BIOS F10 update for my GA-M55S-S3 rev 1.1, isnt compatible with the operating system (windows 7 (64-bit)).

Any ideas on what to do?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Jordan.

Title: Re: GA-M55S-S3 rev 1.1 BIOS F10 update, not compatible with 64-bit windows 7?
Post by: absic on March 02, 2013, 07:24:37 pm

Hi there,

You are trying to update the BIOS incorrectly as they are not dependent on the OS that you are running. You need to use either QFlash or the @BIOS utility to actually update your BIOS.  Personally I would recommend using the QFlash utility and if you are not sure how to update your BIOS using this feature then check the FAQ here: http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,2441.0.html