Hi - first post. I'm impressed with how much quality info is here. I've spent the better part of today looking around - thank you to all who have contributed to this fine site.
There's another thread inquiring about the OC-ability of this particular board.
I did not want to squat on that thread, since I have a specific issue concerning a bios upgrade.
I seem to have picked up on odd rev of this board. Its rev 1.1, but none of the bios updates for "1.x" are compatible.
GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 775 - GA-G31M-ES2L (rev. 1.x)
The current bios is "F6"
06/05/2008-G31-ICH7-6A79OG0VC-00
All the so called 1.1 upgrades are for BIOS ID: 6A99OG0EC
So because of this, none of the utilities will allow me to upgrade the bios, because they detect an incompatibility between BIOS ID's. Essentially, the utilities think I have the wrong bios. I tried qflash all the way down the line...
I purchased this board new and had never updated the bios - what it has now, is what it came with. I'm looking to purpose the system as a SAN/NAS now, and would like the revisions for PCI Express NIC compatibility.
I figured I'd reach out to you folks before I pulled out the pliers and the blow torch.
Thanks to anyone who might offer a suggestion - I dont mind hacking, and will take a calculated risk. Also, if need be, I'll get a different board.
There's another thread inquiring about the OC-ability of this particular board.
I did not want to squat on that thread, since I have a specific issue concerning a bios upgrade.
I seem to have picked up on odd rev of this board. Its rev 1.1, but none of the bios updates for "1.x" are compatible.
GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 775 - GA-G31M-ES2L (rev. 1.x)
The current bios is "F6"
06/05/2008-G31-ICH7-6A79OG0VC-00
All the so called 1.1 upgrades are for BIOS ID: 6A99OG0EC
So because of this, none of the utilities will allow me to upgrade the bios, because they detect an incompatibility between BIOS ID's. Essentially, the utilities think I have the wrong bios. I tried qflash all the way down the line...
I purchased this board new and had never updated the bios - what it has now, is what it came with. I'm looking to purpose the system as a SAN/NAS now, and would like the revisions for PCI Express NIC compatibility.
I figured I'd reach out to you folks before I pulled out the pliers and the blow torch.
Thanks to anyone who might offer a suggestion - I dont mind hacking, and will take a calculated risk. Also, if need be, I'll get a different board.
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