Unknown Flash Type - EFIFLASH

[zaltys]

Hi,

I have a Gigabyte B250N Phoenix-WIFI motherboard. Just recently, BIOS versions F3 & F4 appeared in the downloads section on the Gigabyte website for this board.

I'm currently on F2 version.

Not matter what I do, I can't get the BIOS to update - Q-Flash & @BIOS both fail. "Not able to update BIOS file successfully"

So I tried Rufus, FreeDOS, and the EFIFLASH utility and it shows this:

GIGABYTE SPI Flash BIOS Update Utility v0.65

 Checking BIOS information....
 !!! Unknown Flash Type !!!

In the BIOS Q-Flash when it fails, it shows the flash type/size as: MXIC 25L/U Series 8MB

What gives?

Does Gigabyte need to release a new EFIFLASH that supports the BIOS flash type installed on my board?

Thanks.

[zaltys]

Running 'Load Optimized Defaults' fixed it.

Pity the BIOS can't fix whatever setting that causes the problem itself.

[ElectroStingz]

Hello,

At least you managed to fix it and thanks for taking the time to report back with the solution.

Similar issue to this one.
https://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?topic=19075.0