GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte...tml#post444079

Flashspi.exe and FLASHEFI.exe utilities is not same......

Use this FLASHEFI.exe.

Edit:
Flashing back to F8 Award BIOS:
UEFI back to AWARD

[Globespy]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

For your board ,you can flash F7 or latest F8d Beta.
Rev. 1.0 and 1.1 shared same BIOS.

Thanks for the reply. Would you recommend using a newer BIOS than F6 or F7? I'm having a lot of issues with getting the Mic to work. It's being recognised but not hearing me. Tech support can't figure it out. I've read quite a few similar reports on gaming 3, 5 and 7 boards. It's likely software related.

[Thiago Moya]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Flashspi.exe and FLASHEFI.exe utilities is not same......

Use this FLASHEFI.exe.

Edit:
Flashing back to F8 Award BIOS:
UEFI back to AWARD

Oops, my bad, I was using FLASHEFI.exe, anyway I just tried your FLASHEFI.exe and still the same error with bios version P67AUD(4)33.U1B :(

EDIT: added my mainboard info.

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Oops, my bad, I was using FLASHEFI.exe, anyway I just tried your FLASHEFI.exe and still the same error with bios version P67AUD(4)33.U1B :(

EDIT: added my mainboard info.

I searched my post deeply and noticed that one of member flashed this BIOS and loose LAN connection.
So,I wont recommend you to flash this BIOS.

[Thiago Moya]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

I searched my post deeply and noticed that one of member flashed this BIOS and loose LAN connection.
So,I wont recommend you to flash this BIOS.

[Tachypomp]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

What is the latest beta BIOS for the GA-Z170N-Gaming 5?

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

What is the latest beta BIOS for the GA-Z170N-Gaming 5?

F6a

[galen2]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

I flashed f8 final on x170 gaming 7 and still old interface

[Chris Ware]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

I flashed f8 final on x170 gaming 7 and still old interface

Yeah, whats up with that?
Also, whats new with F8E for the Gaming 3?

[Smef]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

F6a

Thanks for posting that, stasio. Do you know if there is firmware update available to go with this BIOS beta which enables Thunderbolt on the GA-Z170N Gaming 5?

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Thanks for posting that, stasio. Do you know if there is firmware update available to go with this BIOS beta which enables Thunderbolt on the GA-Z170N Gaming 5?

As you send me PM, answer is there.

[ajaytanna]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

This is on the Z170M-D3H results on the F8A latest beta.
Flashing went smooth and system stable.
Would like to report improvement on UEFI Boot entries not populating BIOS on every boot as in F7 BIOS. So sticking with the Beta until hit a hurdle.
On the F7 I could easily switch out the Splash logo using the ChangeLogo_v5 from AMI and it worked. But not so with F8A Beta. Something is wrong. I get the message "Invalid BIOS Image" every time. I tried both "end" key method as well as bootable disk and EFIFlash one with same results.
Any help please?

[Smef]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

As you send me PM, answer is there.

Stasio linked me to the Gigabyte update page which has a USB 3.1 firmware updater for this board.

You would think that would be it, right? It even says "Thunderbolt FW Updater" when you actually run it and requires the Thunderbolt drivers. The ports even show up as Thunderbolt ports in the TB software as well.

Unfortunately this just updates USB 3.1 functionality partially and doesn't actually enable Thunderbolt. I spoke with Gigabyte tech support and they confirmed this with me. Other motherboards where they have officially enabled it though the release channel have a similar update titled "Thunderbolt Update" which enables the TB functionality fully.

That being said, they also didn't know about the beta BIOS which you posted, so I'm hoping you or someone else knows of a beta firmware version out there somewhere which would enable Thunderbolt on this board.

[fastboy]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

This is on the Z170M-D3H results on the F8A latest beta.
Flashing went smooth and system stable.
Would like to report improvement on UEFI Boot entries not populating BIOS on every boot as in F7 BIOS. So sticking with the Beta until hit a hurdle.
On the F7 I could easily switch out the Splash logo using the ChangeLogo_v5 from AMI and it worked. But not so with F8A Beta. Something is wrong. I get the message "Invalid BIOS Image" every time. I tried both "end" key method as well as bootable disk and EFIFlash one with same results.
Any help please?

hi
I can only get an overclock on the f6c bios,i just tried the lastest beta driver and cannot oc on that one too :(

using a 6400 I can oc to 4.5 on the f6c..any other bios I cannot oc at all it just fails bios post,any ideas or tips?

cheers
dave

[KainZufall]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Thanks for the reply. Would you recommend using a newer BIOS than F6 or F7? I'm having a lot of issues with getting the Mic to work. It's being recognised but not hearing me. Tech support can't figure it out. I've read quite a few similar reports on gaming 3, 5 and 7 boards. It's likely software related.

Dont use F7! I have recently updated and suddenly nothing worked right anymore. Overclocking became very unpredictable, nothing beyond 4.4GHz was stable anymore. Only one thing worked better: Undervolting. I could reduce VCore by 0.15V without problems, but 4.5GHz wasn't stable even with 1.34V (actual value 1.322V). With F6 I get bsods with -0.15V VCore but get the system stable with [email protected] (actual value 1.284V).

CPU: i5 6600K
Mainboard: Gigabyte-Z170X-Gaming 3
CPU-Cooler: Raijinktek Themis
RAM: 2x 8GB GSkill Ripjaws V 3000-15-15-15-35
GPU: Gigabyte Windforce GTX 950 2GB OC
PSU: EVGA 500B