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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: CoiraLLo on January 14, 2014, 06:10:11 pm

Title: GA 990XA-ud3 bios upgrade
Post by: CoiraLLo on January 14, 2014, 06:10:11 pm

Hi all,

I downloaded the last bios from (http://it.gigabyte.com/products/page/mb/ga-990xa-ud3rev_10/download/bios) and started the .exe application.
However, it istantly gives me and error message telling that this executable is not compatible with 64bit Windows 7 operating system

How can I find the correct version, for 64bit Windows 7?

Title: Re: GA 990XA-ud3 bios upgrade
Post by: autotech on January 15, 2014, 02:36:33 am

use  usb stick to flash it with. you can not just download and install it from desktop. Make sure when you flash it to clear dmi.

 Just use a FAT32 formatted USB pen drive instead of a floppy. You will need to make sure that the BIOS update file is on the boot sector and that your BIOS is set to boot from USB first. For that to happen you will need to have the USB stick inserted in the machine for it to register."
Put the USB stick into the computer. Turn on and enter the BIOS setup menu. Go to the boot tab and select BOOT form USB first. press F10 and save and exit. Leave USB pen in computer and reboot pressing the END key to enter the Q-Flash program.


Thanks to Dark Mantis

Title: Re: GA 990XA-ud3 bios upgrade
Post by: Tiger on January 17, 2014, 03:05:36 pm

Gigabyte downloads are in the form of an executable file that when run open a self extracting program that uncompresses the files so they can be used. 

If you download many programs and files off the Internet, you've probably encountered ZIP files before. This compression system is a very handy invention, especially for Web users, because it lets you reduce the overall number of bits and bytes in a file so it can be transmitted faster over slower Internet connections, or take up less space on a disk. Once you download the file, your computer uses a program such as WinZip or Stuffit to expand the file back to its original size. If everything works correctly, the expanded file is identical to the original file before it was compressed. Gigabyte downloads uses compressed files that include a self extracting program rather than ZIP files so the same concept applies. 

If you don't uncompress the file, then it will appear you are using the wrong BIOS file.