BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

[joe2108]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

anybody now how to downgrade bios X79s-up5 from f4 to f4w... ?

[stasio]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

Use FPT......

[joe2108]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

Use FPT......

any hint or tutorial ? i'm newbie on this

thanks

[virtualfred]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

any hint or tutorial ? i'm newbie on this
thanks

I never needed to get there...
If your MB don't start you'll need to create a bootable USB stick (see HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool above or Rufus), extract these files (new link see above) onto your bootable USB stick...
If you can run Windows, extract this folder on your desktop, run cmd as administrator, navigate to this folder with "cd C:\Users\yourusername\Desktop\FPT_win64", enter "fpt -bios -f X79SUP5.F4w"...
Good luck

EDIT :
- put all files on your USB stick
- add the BIOS file you want to flash and rename it "bios.bin"
- reboot and start on your USB stick
- flash start automatically... wait for "FPT Operation Passed"
- restart with CTRL+ALT+DEL

For motherboards with Intel Gbe LAN chip, MAC address WILL BE ERASED, YOU MUST KNOW your original MAC address AND COPY IT IN BIOS in according to Amurtigress How To :

http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/53618-x79-intel-gbit-lan-gbe-firmware-update-howto-also-socket-1155-1150-a.html

[joe2108]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

I never needed to get there...
If your MB don't start you'll need to create a bootable USB stick (see HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool above), extract these files onto your bootable USB stick...
If you can run Windows, extract this folder on your desktop, run cmd as administrator, navigate to this folder with "cd C:\Users\yourusername\Desktop\FPT_win64", enter "fpt -bios -f X79SUP5.F4w"...
Good luck

Thank's my bios back to normal again.. no hang again

[virtualfred]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

Thank's my bios back to normal again.. no hang again

Fine
Fixed with USB stick bootable ?

[joe2108]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

Fine
Fixed with USB stick bootable ?

Yes.. from USB stick.

[bekar]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

Fine
Fixed with USB stick bootable ?

GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI
Hello dear professionals ..
Please explain in detail how to get the firmware from the F4 on F4w ..
It is very important for me ..
I can not run the bios F4 ..
Please great detail ..
Sorry for my english ..
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely bekar

[stasio]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI
Hello dear professionals ..
Please explain in detail how to get the firmware from the F4 on F4w ..
It is very important for me ..
I can not run the bios F4 ..
Please great detail ..
Sorry for my english ..
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely bekar

http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/27576-bios-flashing-how-qflash-guide-44.html#post467828

[bekar]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte...tml#post467828

Thank you very much sir ..
I'll try and write about the result..
******
Everything went great!
I flashed both bios!
If someone you need to, that's ready to burn to a flash drive ..
Thank you again ..
Sincerely Bekar

http://www51.zippyshare.com/v/92405854/file.html

[virtualfred]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

Thank you very much sir ..
I'll try and write about the result..
******
Everything went great!
I flashed both bios!
If someone you need to, that's ready to burn to a flash drive ..
Thank you again ..
Sincerely Bekar
Zippyshare.com -

Thanks for your link, my previous link is now updated

I tried but FPT erase Intel NIC's MAC address, so it's useful to know your original MAC address (also usually on a label stuck on the motherboard).

For motherboards with Intel Gbe LAN chip, MAC address WILL BE ERASED, YOU MUST KNOW your original MAC address AND COPY IT IN BIOS in according to Amurtigress How To :
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte...55-1150-a.html

[Komerad]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

Very interesting but.
Never had troubles flashing bioses but this one... i don't even get it extracted!

Downloads - GA-C1037UN-EU (Rev. 1.0) - NM70 - Chipset CPU Onboard - Motherboard - GIGABYTE

Go ahead.. doesnt work on 64 bit win 7 at least. Cant extract with 7zip nor winrar.

Any tips?

[stasio]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

Extracted BIOS F2 with 7-Zip...in Win7 x64:

[Komerad]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

I tried to delete my post for the reason that :

I could not do anything with the european download.
The asian worked as intended.

[crazybear]

Re: BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

I know everywhere here one is warned to use ~ Qflash and not @BIOS, but I'm about to re-flash my BIOS on a GA-X58A-UD7 with a modified version of F9d. As I remember I HAD to use @BIOS last time I used the standard beta BIOS F9d due to size limitations with ~ Qflash. Will that be so this time too...or only the first time? [or is there a new, improved version of ~ Qflash that can handle the larger BIOS files now? Thanks. Wanted to ask before I attempt this....

Also, I just saw someone on the Gigabyte Official Forum said that to be sure the BIOS chip was drained of all current, one shouldn't take out the battery for ten minutes or even 30, but several hours - is this really necessary?! My PSU does have very large storage capacitors, but I thought I'd just disconnect the main cable to the MB and video card.