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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: Fourtwofour on March 14, 2011, 07:16:34 am

Title: I need some help with BIOS updating
Post by: Fourtwofour on March 14, 2011, 07:16:34 am

Hello I want to update to this bios http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3449#bios (download please and extra the exe so you see what im talking about) when I open that exe it lets me extract it, which file do I need to burn onto the CD? (I want to use a CD because I don't have a floppy or USB) also how do I burn it on a CD? Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: I need some help with BIOS updating
Post by: Lsdmeasap on March 14, 2011, 08:03:45 am

You can't easily make a CD, but I'll make one for you.   You know how to burn ISO image correct?

This is a ISO File, DO NOT EXTRACT if you think it's Zip or other format as it is not.   If you are unsure how to burn a ISO image please google "how to burn ISO image"

http://www.mediafire.com/?9c9l8fs3vgj651g

Once you boot to this CD you will have to do the following:

Change drive path to Z after DOS Loads

type Z: at the A:> Prompt



Then dir/w shows the files on Z if you want to view them



Then type the following (At the Z: Prompt) to actually do the BIOS flash

flashspi X58AUD3R.FF

Again, please DO NOT extract the above linked file, it is NOT a Zip file.

Title: Re: I need some help with BIOS updating
Post by: Fourtwofour on March 14, 2011, 08:40:26 am

Hey thanks :) what I did was just download @BIOS and load the file from there, It updated my BIOS within a few seconds, lawl. So easy... :)

Title: Re: I need some help with BIOS updating
Post by: Dark Mantis on March 14, 2011, 09:08:25 am

You are lucky that it took without any problems as using the @BIOS is not the way we would normally recommend it to be done. The safer way is as Lsdmeasap has explained or to use QFlash and a USB pendrive.

Title: Re: I need some help with BIOS updating
Post by: Fourtwofour on March 14, 2011, 10:55:38 am

I see. Why is this feature being advertised then? :< It seems to go great... I downloaded the file, installed @BIOS, opened it up.. loaded the file and it told me that it might get laggy for a few sec, it did for 2-3 sec and after 10 sec it was done!

I guess everything is okay? http://i51.tinypic.com/2s6u7f9.jpg

Also I can now run my memory at 2100 mhz.. I was not able to go past 1400 with the old bios, no matter what I did!

Title: Re: I need some help with BIOS updating
Post by: Dark Mantis on March 14, 2011, 10:59:37 am

I expect that everything worked out fine and there is no need to worry now. It is just it is inherantly more dangerous to do it this way as the @BIOS program runs on top of another layer of software (Windows) and that means there is more likelyhood of a problem occuring.

The BIOS update was a good move without doubt. ;)

Title: Re: I need some help with BIOS updating
Post by: Lsdmeasap on March 15, 2011, 07:46:38 am

Nice to see you got it flashed safely!

Yes, please next time use Qflash or DOS, @BIOS can brick motherboards much easier than any other flashing method.