GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

[vailr]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

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.

AFAIK, the Thunderbolt/USB 3.1 firmware is not located inside the motherboard bios firmware, but on a separate Intel Alpine Ridge controller chip.
Whether the Thunderbolt firmware update procedure actually works seems to depend on which specific device driver has been installed.
Must be the Intel provided driver, and not the more recent Microsoft device driver, for the firmware update to actually function properly.
But: software that provides the ability afterwards to verify the exact firmware version is not available, AFAIK.
Adding to the confusion: there's 3 separate "utility" softwares on Gigabyte's support site for my board [which is the GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0)]:
GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1151 - GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0)

1. GIGABYTE Firmware Update Utility - B16.0302.1 - 2016/06/23
2. @BIOS (100 series) - B16.0608.1 - 2016/06/23
3. USB3.1 FW Update Tool - Firmware 16 - B16.0315.1 - 2016/03/15

Drivers section (Windows 10 64-bit):
Thunderbolt Driver - 15.3.40.275 - 2016/02/19, which is several months outdated.

Running Windows 10 AU build 14393, the only Thunderbolt related device driver found in Device Manager is within the USB controllers:
Intel USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.10 (Microsoft) - v. 10.0.14393.0 - 2016/07/15.
With that MS driver installed, AFAIK: the firmware update function will not work correctly.

[Eagle_i_am]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

GA-Z170-D3H - F3b
GA-Z170-D3H - F3c
GA-Z170-D3H - F3d
GA-Z170-D3H - F3
GA-Z170-D3H - F4b
GA-Z170-D3H - F4
GA-Z170-D3H - F5a
GA-Z170-D3H - F5b
GA-Z170-D3H - F5c
GA-Z170-D3H - F5d
GA-Z170-D3H - F5
GA-Z170-D3H - F6a
GA-Z170-D3H - F6b

Hello!

I see new beta bioses for my d3h motherboard.
Now I'm using F5c and going to OC non-k skylake 6400.

I realized that newer F6b cant OC bclk anymore, cant boot at all with it.
Which of these bioses still support non-k overclocking?

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

^
Stay with F5c.

[vailr]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

This Gigabyte Thunderbolt 3 add-in card may be of interest:
GC-ALPINE RIDGE
GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Accessories - GC-ALPINE RIDGE (rev. 1.0)
Not available yet on Newegg or other online vendor.
More info:
Thunderbolt 3 strikes more Gigabyte motherboards - The Tech Report

[windozer]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Z68AP-D3 (Rev.1.0) - U1a-mod

Consist of:

Intel Legacy RAID for SATA - 12.7.0.1936
ME Firmware 8.1.?
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Series v2.56
Intel PCI Accelerated SVGA BIOS 2158 PC 14.34
Sandy (06A7) CPU-MicroCode Rev.29
Ivy E1(06A9) CPU-MicroCode Rev.19

Z68AP-D3 (Rev.2.0) - Ua9-mod -(modded,to be flash on Rev.1.0 only....not for Rev.2.0)

Consist of:

Intel Legacy RAID for SATA - 12.7.0.1936
Intel UEFI RAID SataDriver - 12.7.0.1936
ME Firmware 8.1.?
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Series v2.56
Intel PCI Accelerated SVGA BIOS 2158 PC 14.34
Sandy (06A7) CPU-MicroCode Rev.29
Ivy E1(06A9) CPU-MicroCode Rev.19
Modified splash logo

Flash with Q-Flash (or @BIOS).

**NOTE :
ME Firmware 8.1.40.1416 should be flashed by yourself in Windows.

Hi stasio I have been using Z68AP-D3 (Rev.2.0) - Ua9-mod -(modded,to be flash on Rev.1.0 only....not for Rev.2.0) with an amd card until now. After upgrading to a gigabyte gtx 1070, it gets stuck at American Megatrends. Tried DVI AND HDMI. I can use keyboard only to alt-ctrl-del and toggle numlock. However if I remove the card, I can boot successfully from onboard hdmi.

I have tried resetting bios, unplugging every single cable except keyboard, removing add-on cards, and disconnecting all but main drive. Also I sold the amd card : /

Any suggestions? Should I go back to latest gigabyte's official bios?

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

^
Not sure if will helps for your GTX 1070 card.
This is only I can do, except you upgrade motherboard or downgrade videocard.

Updated :
- Intel PCI Accelerated SVGA BIOS 2158 PC 14.34 to 2170
- EFI GOP driver 2.0.1023 to 1024
- EFI GOP driver 3.0.1023 to 1030

BIOS

Flash on your own risk.

[AugHearingMan]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

Nice to meet you, everyone!


This is my first time making a new post in the TweakTown forums and I want to share my concern about the GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5.

Last week, I upgraded to the new motherboard for the Intel Core i5-5675c Broadwell processor and hoping that it turns out well for me after reading many negative reviews of the same model. After spending everyday tweaking the CPU and memory in the bios, I realized that the microcode wasn't updated yet. It shows the Microcode 10 instead Microcode 13 which includes fixes to the BSOD issues with certain applications/games. Will there a bios that include the latest Broadwell microcode and maybe newer ME firmware?

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

^
On first page you have BIOS F7c with Intel microcode 13 and ME fw 9.1.25.1005

Pic of F7c with UBU :

[windozer]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

While on bios "Z68AP-D3 (Rev.2.0) - Ua9-mod -(modded,to be flash on Rev.1.0 only....not for Rev.2.0)", I fixed it by changing "Other PCI Device ROM Priority" to "Legacy only" as mentioned by dokii here (thanks to him) Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 bios problem

^
Not sure if will helps for your GTX 1070 card.
This is only I can do, except you upgrade motherboard or downgrade videocard.

Updated :
- Intel PCI Accelerated SVGA BIOS 2158 PC 14.34 to 2170
- EFI GOP driver 2.0.1023 to 1024
- EFI GOP driver 3.0.1023 to 1030

BIOS

Flash on your own risk.

I updated to the BIOS posted above from qflash and the nvidia card boots without having to set "Other PCI Device ROM Priority" to "Legacy only". Thank you so very much, stasio!

(using Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 rev 1, i5 2500K, GTX 1070)

[sfuma]

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^
On first page you have BIOS F7c with Intel microcode 13 and ME fw 9.1.25.1005

Pic of F7c with UBU :

msi 6 months ago, we have already released a BIOS with a new CPU microcode. Gigabyte can not update the BIOS. A shame!

[AugHearingMan]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

^
On first page you have BIOS F7c with Intel microcode 13 and ME fw 9.1.25.1005

Pic of F7c with UBU :

stasio,

Thank you for showing me your screenshot of Z97MXGAMING5.F7c. It is a relief to see that there are still some support for this model along the 55-series to 97-series motherboards and I thought GIGABYTE already abandoned them for the 100-series/upcoming 200-series motherboards. Which one is the most foolproof way to flash the bios?

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msi 6 months ago, we have already released a BIOS with a new CPU microcode. Gigabyte can not update the BIOS. A shame!

sfuma,

It is disappointing to hear that. ASUS and MSI seems to be the only ones who gives more attention to the motherboards that supports Broadwell CPUs. I don't want to speak ill of GIGABYTE in this thread because there are several good people in GIGABYTE who are willing to help you out. At least it is better than ASUS. The closest GIGABYTE representative in this thread is stasio. (stasio, sorry if it is not okay to put your name in this post.)

UPDATE: I already flashed the GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 to F7c through the efiflash tool in my USB drive. I confirm it's working as the BIOS is updated with the Broadwell microcode 13 and there is a huge boost in CPU and memory overclocking performance. I have several games and benchmarks to try out and see there's any improvement in gaming performance.

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

msi 6 months ago, we have already released a BIOS with a new CPU microcode. Gigabyte can not update the BIOS. A shame!

I didn't posting H97 series BIOS here,but any time you can updated your BIOS with UBU.

If you have some serous complain,contact GB Technical Support.

[cosacee]

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Hi stasio i have gigabyte z170 designare i noticed latest beta bios posted here and everywhere else is F3A and official is F2 (F1 never released) is there any updates past F3A i can get hold of? not having any specific problems apart from LED wrong colour issues which other people have posted on and gb support say its a hardware limitation :(
first review on this site also says he has issues with his led strip.. which i guess is caused by the leds being uncalibrated wrong because of the hardware limitations:
GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-Designare (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Motherboards - Intel - Newegg.com

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

^
BIOS also posted on GB web page:
GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1151 - GA-Z170X-Designare (rev. 1.0)

For LED wrong colour issues maybe you can look here:
Gigabyte Z170 \ H170 \ B150 Discussion, Help and Owners Club ( Ultra durable and Gaming editions ) - Page 111

[fastboy]

Re: GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

hi everyone
could you tell me the best bios to use for overclocking a non k 6400 on a z170m d3h board please?

many thanks
david