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GA-M55plus-S3G rev 1.0 flashed with wrong bios

GA-M55plus-S3G rev 1.0 flashed with wrong bios
« on: February 10, 2014, 03:25:19 pm »
I recently acquired a second-hand M55Plus-S3G rev 1.0 motherboard.When I used @BIOS the program detected my mobo as a rev. 2, and flashed rev. 2's latest stable  firmware on my board (FH). I am now experiencing graphics corruption on the onboard vga and my pci-e graphics card(which works on another system) is not being detected

I tried to reflash using the correct rev. 1 BIOS (F15b), but I have had no success. I tried @BIOS , UniFlash , Qflash . I keep getting  "BIOS ID check error".

Is there any way that i can reflash the mobo with the correct bios file?


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Re: GA-M55plus-S3G rev 1.0 flashed with wrong bios
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2014, 07:12:40 pm »
Maybe forcing the back up BIOS to kick in if exists.That one has a copy of the old BIOS.Research this forum as it has been explained many times how to do it.@BIOS should allow you to install the BIOS back though.
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Re: GA-M55plus-S3G rev 1.0 flashed with wrong bios
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2014, 12:17:59 am »
This is an old motherboard. It does not have a backup bios.
 I don't trust @BIOS since it caused the problem in the first place

Is there some other reliable software I can use to force a BIOS flash?

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Re: GA-M55plus-S3G rev 1.0 flashed with wrong bios
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2014, 01:01:56 pm »
The link below is for an old thread but the poster had the same problem as you.
A responder was supposed to have sent the OP a utility that would force the BIOS to be updated.

GA-M55plus-S3G flashed with wrong BIOS
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/39371-ga-m55plus-s3g-flashed-wrong-bios.html
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Re: GA-M55plus-S3G rev 1.0 flashed with wrong bios
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2014, 04:11:35 pm »
You have already used @BIOS so using it properly should be no problem

@BIOS can flash a BIOS that you have downloaded as well so you can manually force a BIOS flash tru it.
Go on the product page choose the right version and download the BIOS file.Unzip the archive content and when trying the manual @BIOS flash point it to the BIOS file you ve unziped.
Of course it s risky ,but you already have a half working board

@BIOS ignores the checksums of the file so it s the way to restore your board.
Just make sure you remove all unneeded hardware from the config and find a way to have a fully stable system that doens  t freeze.Then use the @BIOS and pray to finish successfully the flash   :)

Otherwise a hardware store/repair shop is the solution.
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Re: GA-M55plus-S3G rev 1.0 flashed with wrong bios
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2014, 12:45:47 am »
Tried using @BIOS to flash correct file(m55s3g10.15b) but I get an error:

BIOS Partnumber(AWARD) is not correct!