GA-X58A-UD3R weird power issue

[Dark Mantis]

Also if you do have to update your BIOS make sure thta you synchronise them both afterwards so if you have a BIOS crash it won't copy over the old Backup BIOS version.

[Rebel801]

Also if you do have to update your BIOS make sure thta you synchronise them both afterwards so if you have a BIOS crash it won't copy over the old Backup BIOS version.

I did not know that you could do this - are there any guides here that show you how it is achieved?

[Dark Mantis]

Yes certainly.

To check, go into the BIOS and on the MAIN page press F9 for system info.   You should see both BIOS versions listed, if they do not match please update the backup BIOS to match the current.

To do that, reboot and where you would normally press DEL to enter the BIOS, instead press Alt + F12, this will flash the Backup BIOS with the MAIN BIOS contents.   Do not worry when you see a recovery comment, that is normal and means it is flashing the backup BIOS

[Rebel801]

Great - I will have a look at what you have suggested.

Thanks for your help again.

Edit - Just checked the bios and the Main is FE and Backup was FB (original)

Rebooted and pressd Alt F12, now both are FE

Is this documented in the manual?

Also is there a command to copy the Back-up to Main?

[Dark Mantis]

No it is not laid out in the manual as it is not something that you would want everybody doing as a matter of course. As a normal rule the Backup BIOS is there simply as that and as such you don't want users flashing both BIOSes at the same time in case they have a future problem. There are of course certain instances where this is advisable though.

[Rebel801]

Yeah - good advice DM.

Need to be very certain updated Main bios is stable before updating the Back-Up. So far FE has proven very stable on my system and it resolved the only problem I was having with this board (Cold boot up).

At this stage I have no real need to update my bios, however, if I do, I will certainly heed your warning.

Thanks