GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS

[pilsener69]

GIGABYTE Control Center Version :23.11.24.01


GIGABYTE Control Center Full Installation Package
Release Note:

1. Bug Fix : Fixed compatibility issue on AMD motherboard platform
2. Bug Fix : Fixed default LED mode incorrect issue on AMD B650 motherboard
3. Bug Fix : Fixed Keyboard backlight issue for AORUS 17X laptop
4. Bug Fix : Fixed MUX switch issue for AORUS 15 BSF laptop
5. Add : Support AORUS WATERFORCE X II Series Products
6. Support : Modify live update process to enhance user experience

Version :23.11.24.01
OS : Windows 10 64bit , Windows 11 64bit

Includes update to AMD Chipset Drivers v. 5.11.02.217


https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Utility/Motherboard

[VimesUK]

I see that the Z690 AORUS ELITE has had the rev 28b BIOS removed. It was a beta, not replaced at this point.

A newly posted 28c offers


Checksum : DDFB Add "GNA (Gaussian & Neural Accelerator)" Option
Add "SPD Write Disable" Option


Seems, interesting........

[zh3rtwa]

will intel rst, lan, me drivers be updated in the bios firmware for the z390?

[Bazaar]

Thank you for information. Very well done. You have a skill.
Waiting for more information to analyse.
Cheers

[bigcid10]

z790 aorus elite ax v1.0 F10a bios for some reason doesn't boot or can't recognize the xmp settings
of my gskill 6400 ddr5 ram
f9 was fine, something 's wacky with this bios

[bovcan]

I just noticed that on my X570 Pro usb C at the back panel and usb 3.2 header on mobo is not working. Is this meant to be like this ?

[GEO147]

F38G on Aorus Elite X570 caused blue screens for me, anyone else have that issue?

[jwsg]

The Gigabyte website seems to be re-arranging its pages for revisions. Before many seem confused not realising there were links top left to choose the rev and couldn't understand why the BIOS wouldn't load for example. Now each rev has a completely separate page at the top level without links between the revs Not sure this will be any less confusing.

[jwsg]

Intel WIFI 23.0.5.7 is available via Windows update but not yet at https://www.intel.com/content/www/us...downloads.html

That WIFI version number and corresponding BT drivers are listed for the latest WIFI 7 module https://www.intel.com/content/www/us...downloads.html

[Shonk]

I have two bios's for Z690 Aorus Elite AX DDR4

F27 New Bios Layout
F27 Fixes Event ID 56 that has been present on all Gigabyte Motherboards Since Z490 has finally been fixed (I have been harassing them about this one since 2020 and it seems they finally fixed it by accident)

F28a Fixes tRFC being locked out
F28b Fixes Event Log 37 (E Cores Being throttled in firmware Warning)

WHEA on cold boot for Realtek Nic PCIE Root Port (From No Power not shutdown or reboot)
Still Present Gigabyte Blame the driver but Z390 Aorus Master doesnt do it so no its not a driver
Its a bad PCH setting in the eufi that on first boot gets fixed by windows

Gigabyte pointed out that Asus Z690/Z790 boards with Realtek nic's also do it
Doing the spider man meme isnt a solution now is it
They say to use the Realtek Driver from 2019 that doesnt trigger this event log entry
this also isnt a fix Z390 is just fine on the latest drivers with no event log entry

If you have a Realtek Nic on a Z690/Z790 nic and want to trigger this for your self pull the power then plug it back in
once it boots check the event log and you will have a WHEA

I suspect all Z690/Z790 Boards will require these fixes

https://i.postimg.cc/SkK5pLXG/F28b-12900-K.png

[Waltc]

AdiSimpson is right, of course, and I pull the following commentary...

From my perpetual, "It's a good idea to..." column, (running for the last three decades, or thereabouts...;)) A good practice is to install the security fix and then forget about it for a couple of weeks and just run your software as usual. If you find yourself abused beyond the measure of civilized men everywhere, then by all means, uninstall the patch to resume your life of bliss and harmony. (No party-pooper am I!)

But in my case, suddenly it dawned on me that my software was continuing to run fine and according to my expectations with the dreaded security patch *gasp* installed!--how 'bout that? From the "Will these wonders never cease?", section. Another way of looking at it dawned when I discovered I never suffered the depredations of the damned as a result of recently installed security patches, despite the woe-is-me, slow-news-day prognostications of utter doom surrounding a just released security fix that seems to slow down the mid-game frame-rate of a particular "encounter" by .000056% or .000001%, depending on which benchmark you use, which OS, which GPU, which GPU drivers, which motherboard bios version, etc., and so on, ad infinitum. It's like the people who agonize with lots of nervous hand-wringing and brow sweat because their ~4.5GHz CPU might lose 50MHz if they have to lower the bclk from 1900Mhz to 1867MHz in order to achieve total hardware stability...;) The attitude often seems to be that the extra 50Mhz is more valuable and important than the entire ~4.45 GHz before it!

Every time security patching comes up, it's the same old song and dance. Every time. It's also remarkable to note that when security patches are mentioned in the context of "always slowing something down," which isn't always true in my experience, what always happens later is never mentioned--and that is, that if a certain security patch does actually materially slow things down to the point that it is distinctly noticeable, then in every case I can recall, a later version of the patch is released which restores most, if not all, of the original performance.

[rob-tech]

Security Fixes are always Performance degrading.It goes from barely measurable, to clearly noticeable.
depending on the Application.
Everyone must consider for themselves whether they need these fixes.
Nevertheless no reason to panic ;)

EPYC@Zen3
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/am...rformance-drop

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comment...bo_v2_pi_120b/

Even if you don't apply this latest AGESA, what makes you think that you are avoiding the mitigation permanently. Microsoft will want this patched and soon enough an upgraded microcode will be released to Windows and they will activate the mitigation even for people on older AGESA, same on Linux. This firmware also includes a new fTPM revision likely pointing to important fixes beyond security mitigation. I have posted my findings on overclock.net and the following is what I said:

I decided to upgrade to AGESA 1.2.0.B on my Xtreme and ran some benches before and after the update of the BIOS (I kept 1.2.0.A on the backup chip and saved myself a copy as Gigabyte pulled them from the site).

My observations are limited but point to minimal hits to typical consumer software and are as follows:

• Geekbench 6 AVX2 is essentially unchanged between BIOS and within the margin of error.
• 3dMark Time Spy and the CPU Profiler results are essentially identical with no change.
• Red Dead Redemption 2 benchmark mode is where things get interesting and I see a slight performance hit to the tune of 2.5% as the benchmark completes at an average frame rate of 194 fps on AGESA 1.2.0.B vs the 199 fps on AGESA 1.2.0.A, maximum fps is in the low 300's and essentially unchanged as is the minimum fps (multiple runs were made with nothing running in the background and the game was set to absolute potato mode to create a CPU bottleneck with 1024x768 resolution and the absolute lowest graphics settings possible).

The fTPM firmware version has been incremented by AMD to 3.92.0.5, pointing to some underlying fixes apart from CPU security mitigations.

While I realize that these observations are limited, I think that we should not concern ourselves too much with excessive gaming performance loss and because the BIOS has other fixes, I have decided to stay on the new AGESA 1.2.0.B.

[AdiSimpson]

Security Fixes are always Performance degrading.It goes from barely measurable, to clearly noticeable.
depending on the Application.
Everyone must consider for themselves whether they need these fixes.
Nevertheless no reason to panic ;)

EPYC@Zen3
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/am...rformance-drop

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comment...bo_v2_pi_120b/

[baldersz]

all agesa versions from 1.2.0.B onwards will suffer performance degradation ! when everything ist running stable, you should think about it.

Source?

[hooliehannajnd]

https://download.gigabyte.com/FileLi...elite_f38f.zip

That link is dead, so I was hoping someone had a backup.