GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Try this:
GA-P35-DS3P - F13a
as latest is:
GA-P35-DS3P - F13b

[kira1985]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Try this:
GA-P35-DS3P - F13a
as latest is:
GA-P35-DS3P - F13b

Tried that F13b before, didn't work either. Gonna give that 13a a shot, but my guess is it will fail like the F11 and F12.

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Ok updated to F6b for UD9.

Will try to explain best i can, prob confuse myself

i have a m4ssd 512 on port 6 master and a 256g c300 on port 7.

after updating to F6b bios, the old problem came back.... Neither ssd recognised.... grrr here we go.

Then connected boot ssd to standard ide controller, voila recognised both ssds after that.

Then reflashed back to F5,,,, connected boot ssd back to port 6 marvel as usual.

Then all is working again.

So F6b brings back the old issues of the F5 beta bioses, but a little different.

If any one else (Lonelobo etc) tries it, prepare for this issue again, i dont expect you to try it, but just wanna make sure its back for you also.

I think im gonna stick with F5 final for a while now as this is working correctly for my setup.

Sorry to hear man! So maybe stick with the fixed BIOS they sent for you guys, is there any reason not to?

Did you force the Marvell firmware update? If not try it again and do that and see if it helps, if not you should be able to flash back the older working one and force that working firmware in, then flash the new one again and set the firmware setting to onchip so it leaves the old firmware in there that you know works.

tnx for the forning, was going to try the new beta in the weekend :(

btw: Can someone make a modded version of that new beta bios for UD9 (with newest intel/lan rom) then i whill test it for sure ^^

I could do that, but I think it would for sure not work cause remember I tried that for you guys on the older BIOSes and it didn't help.

If you want it modified though send me a PM, but as I mention that mod wont help any on this detection issue.

Yea, I did start a ticket and was told the same thing as in their "official" forum and pretty much everywhere else I looked for help.





Yes, I flashed to the F12 bios with the 6750 first (and F11 later on), and both had the same infinite reboot loop problem. All other bioses (F6, F7, F8, F9 and F10) work(ed) fine.

The Q8400 works alright, it's just that the mobo doesn't recognize it but a random 2.66ghz cpu. The OS sees it as a P3 Xeon and CPU-Z recognizes it right, but the SSE4.1 support is missing.

Can you give me your support ticket # from the above, I'll see if I can ask them to directly test flashing this board with a Q8400 and or 6750 CPU to these new BIOSes.

Also, do you have a thread here, or just the comments and replies in this thread?

[KURTZ]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

hey guys what about the 1333Mhz limitation onto the Z68x mainboards? i think you may know that if we set 1600Mhz (and over) in the DRAM settings it blocks the turbo boost @ x35 in windows ... is there any bios that fix this issue?

i own a Z68 UD7.

news for this issue?

[Pablo]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

LSD, yeah gone back to F5. Only reason i tried F6, is that i just cant resist testing new bioses.

Tried the usual firmware force etc,

Seems this new F6b is different again, not too impressed a problem would be sorted then reintroduced with the next beta.

With F6, it kills both channels on marvel controller this time, not just 1 port.

[kira1985]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Can you give me your support ticket # from the above, I'll see if I can ask them to directly test flashing this board with a Q8400 and or 6750 CPU to these new BIOSes.

Also, do you have a thread here, or just the comments and replies in this thread?

i thought I had replied to this...

Just in case, I didn't start a thread in here. Did you receive my pm with the ticket number? It's not listed in the 'sent items'...

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

LSD, yeah gone back to F5. Only reason i tried F6, is that i just cant resist testing new bioses.

Tried the usual firmware force etc,

Seems this new F6b is different again, not too impressed a problem would be sorted then reintroduced with the next beta.

With F6, it kills both channels on marvel controller this time, not just 1 port.

Sorry to hear, I'll ask if the BIOS guys can look into that once again for you guys!

i thought I had replied to this...

Just in case, I didn't start a thread in here. Did you receive my pm with the ticket number? It's not listed in the 'sent items'...

Ya, you replied back on the page before this one. And yes, I got your PM and am sending in a request on this issue right now, I'll let you know when I hear back, it wont be until next week at the earliest though and it could be a bit longer depending on how busy the BIOS engineers are with other issues.

[shane_p]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

well am running the F6b bios for my X58A-UD9
and I love it, works perfect

allthough everytime I update my SATA 3 firmware, I hang on VERIFYING DMI POOL DATA
untill I switch SATA3 FIRMWARE back to AUTO, also seems I have to set GSATA_RAID_CONFIG to AUTO as well (or I hang)
(but I assume that is just the way it is meant to update?)

[Pablo]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Nice, but makes me wonder what the issue is on mine though.

will look at your spec and try to find out the issue.

Then maybe i will have another go at some point.

[996gt2]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Does anyone know the list of changes in the f5f BIOS for P67A-UD3-B3? I'm currently on f4 and not sure what the new BIOS brings...

[johnathonm]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Hi everyone,

Is there a way to update the Intel Management Firmware from within the bios? I've seen it done with other vendors but can't decode where it resides in these bios's.

Thanks.

[Ceavin253]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Whats the changelog on the Z68P-UD4-B3 F7d bios? I'm using it and currently have no complaints. Merely curious. Thanks :)

[ElGreco]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Hi,

I would like to ask which bios version you consider best (troublefree) for GA-X58A-UD7 rev. 1. I use inel x25m 160gb SSD in ahci mode (for the trim function to be able to work) and ide for my sata 3 barracuda xt 2TB HDD.

Also another question... is there a way to power down the PC (through bios) when CPU temp exceeds a threshold or CPU fan speed is zero? I know about the warning sound, but would prefer an auto powerdown function... I am about to install a watercooling loop, so these autopowerdown features would be very helpful to me...

Thank you!

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

LSD, yeah gone back to F5. Only reason i tried F6, is that i just cant resist testing new bioses.

Tried the usual firmware force etc,

Seems this new F6b is different again, not too impressed a problem would be sorted then reintroduced with the next beta.

With F6, it kills both channels on marvel controller this time, not just 1 port.

i thought I had replied to this...

Just in case, I didn't start a thread in here. Did you receive my pm with the ticket number? It's not listed in the 'sent items'...

Hi Guys,

Got a report back from the BIOS team already on testing for both of these issues, and they were unable to replicate either issue but I did send back a few questions to them about each. I also have a question or two for each of you

@ Pablo -

1. The C300 SSD on X58A-UD9 issue:

I have re-tested this issue with C300 SSD and F5 BIOS, but cannot see any detection problem.
I connected the C300 to the Marvell GSATA3 port 6 in AHCI and Bypass mode, but the system always can detected the SSD without problem.
I also tried to install the Win 7 to the C300 and still no problem has found.
My suggestion: This user can make sure whether his C300 is faulty or not.

My configuration:

Model: X58A-UD9
CPU: i7 930
RAM: 3x G.SKILL 2GB DDR3-1600
BIOS: F5, F5q
SSD: Crucial C300 SSD

So is testing you are doing with your new C300 that you know is not faulty? And did you test both ports, with and without Bypass mode set in the BIOS?


@ kira1985 -

2. P35-DS3P with Q8400 CPU issue:

I have tried to test this issue with the Q8400 CPU but the system is working fine after flashed to the BIOS form F11 to F13b, please see below picture for reference.
I just want to know how this user flashing the BIOS? Is he using the Q-FLASH or other tools such like FLASHSPI? Did he keep the DMI date when flashing BIOS (MUST NOT keep the DMI data)? Can he make sure the BIOS was successfully updated without any fail when flashing BIOS?

My configuration:

Model: P35-DS3P 2.0
CPU: Q8400
RAM: 2x OCZ 2GB DDR2-1066
BIOS: F11, F13b

Do you still have the E6750 CPU? If so, can you please put it back in, and try the new BIOS F13b again with Qflash, and be sure you are setting "Keep DMI Data" to disabled before you flash.

If that does not work, can you try again with FlashSPI using the following command:

FlashSPI.exe bios-file-name.Fxx /C /D /E /R

So for example, be sure you enter the spaces

FlashSPI.exe p35ds3p.F13b /C /D /E /R

If you do not have a floppy, here's how to make a bootable USB Stick so you can run FlashSPI from DOS via USB, see first post here
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte...ash-guide.html

To boot from USB you need to ensure USB Storage or Legacy USB is enabled in integrated peripherals BIOS page, and then on bootup hit F12 during startup where you'd normally hit Del to enter the BIOS. This will bring up the boot menu, then choose HDD+ and on the next screen choose your USB stick by name. Please leave the USB Stick connected the whole time, you can't plug it in after you boot.

If you can't get it flashed via Qflash, or DOS Via USB, let me know and I'll make you a CD DOS ISO that you can use.

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Hi everyone,

Is there a way to update the Intel Management Firmware from within the bios? I've seen it done with other vendors but can't decode where it resides in these bios's.

Thanks.

I've never looked, do you have an updated file you wanted to use? What tools are you looking with?

Hi,

I would like to ask which bios version you consider best (troublefree) for GA-X58A-UD7 rev. 1. I use inel x25m 160gb SSD in ahci mode (for the trim function to be able to work) and ide for my sata 3 barracuda xt 2TB HDD.

Also another question... is there a way to power down the PC (through bios) when CPU temp exceeds a threshold or CPU fan speed is zero? I know about the warning sound, but would prefer an auto powerdown function... I am about to install a watercooling loop, so these autopowerdown features would be very helpful to me...

Thank you!

Any of the F8 BIOSes work great, and I've not heard anything bad about the latest F9a either, so you'll be fine with any of those for sure.

As for the power down, no there is not any options for that in the BIOS. It would be great to have though, maybe they will add sometime in the future.