Updating Gigabyte Motherboard BIOS

The year is: 2023 and I'm here to thank you for teaching this a long time ago. thank you mate

[@Fakeasfopopkn]

cant find the site

[@paolorodriguez7480]

Even though this video is almost 7 years old it is still super helpful. Thank you!

[@danieldarby9953]

Thank You!!!! The PDF from the gigabyte website was 15 pages long and told me to use a floppy disk!!! This was a life saver.

[@Virgil7long]

you explained this very well, especially going from the old bios straight to the latest. This worked for GA-Z77X-D3H. Thank You very much for presenting this.

[@qloudz]

Did you update for Win10?

[@Behn97]

You are the only guy that is calm and speak that people can understand thanks

[@SlotsxMyxThing]

this is a very delicate operation!

[@toucan221]

Excellent Johnny, I am looking at buying a second hand N68 Board so its good to know this, and you have done a great job of explaining everything. again many thanks

[@Konundrum83]

I've got all this to come. Was a bit nervous about updating the bios, having never done it before but you made it seem pretty simple. Hope it works out that way for me. I'm cursed when it comes to computers lol. Thanks for the guide.

[@Behn97]

I updatet my 970A-UD3 gigabyte motherboard bios right now by following what you told me to. And guess what?. Now it works smoothly , i can play all the games i couldn't before. Thanks man i appreciate it soo much !!!!

[@dineshpadyar11]

I have gigabyte g41mt-s2 motherboard and intel Pentium dual core E5700 processor with windows 7 professional can i update windows to 10 or 11 plz help

[@CaptainLemurOfTheSeventhLemurB]

You... Sir... Are the best tutorial person for BIOS! Did not fail once... That is a record for me :P

[@johnnythegeek]

Glad it worked out for you. Thanks for watching!

[@johnnythegeek]

***** The USB does not have to be bootable. Just Fat32 formatted works best.

[@Trig242]

I JUST now updated mu BIOS manually following your video step by step. Thanks again! You are my hero for today!

[@johnnythegeek]

@djole81 No but you can do that by using an older version of bios. It is the same process as this video.

[@maxwong6371]

Still useful after 12 years , thanks!

[@Rukifellth2792]

Thank you so much! I've recently been having issues with a BSOD. Did some research and found that a BIOS update should remedy my problem. Following your video worked perfect for me and I hope I don't get any more BSODs

[@fatemanasrin7579]

Which BSOD wad it pls? Ive been having an issue for 2 wks

[@Rukifellth2792]

@@fatemanasrin7579 that I cannot tell you as my original comment was 10 years ago and I don't remember.

[@GeorgeMulak]

Wow, very nice video. Comprehensive and detailed, even showing the F8 key. Thank you!

[@sr-fw7xk]

thanks ma bro. I used your video for my xeon w3690 . Updated the bios (not the beta) and it works now!

[@1206jl]

Thanks for the awesome video guide! I have a GA-Z77X-UD3H and flashing the BIOS is very similar. 1st build and this was a great step-by-step instruction to flash the bios! I would just add that the flash drive needs to be in the usb port when the computer boots up.

[@MKeehlify]

Got an used i7 3770 with a Gigabyte ga-z77x-ud3h last week. It had F14 and I flashed to F18 to get sound working in Linux 3.16. Although my steps were a bit different this tutorial gave me a good idea of what to do. Thanks!

[@UEGParagon]

Thanks I built my computer on a few days before christmas updated the BIOS and it has been working great since.

[@deepumon.d3148]

You know. This video is still useful!!

[@syafiqhaikal9608]

Agree

[@namagerasu]

After 8 years I followed this tutorial and I'm proud to say that I survived this delicate operation.

[@MSI6728]

Not the Letter F and the Number 8 -- priceless... ;DDD

[@johnnythegeek]

I might look into doing that for the UEFI BIOS. It is the new BIOS that will be on most all new machines soon. It's just difficult to do because many motherboard manufacturers have so many different features and sometimes will name the features differently from one another. So if I make a video for one mother mother it would not apply to all or many. It might only apply to a few models. I will need to do more research. Thanks for the suggestion and for watching!

[@johnnythegeek]

Glad it helped. Thanks for watching!

[@FV4030]

Used this video to assist in the update of my Z77-D3H. Thanks ever so much for uploading.

[@shnrbtlle18]

Well, I feel kinda goofy, lol The power supply that I use had a bad plug on it and when I connected a laptop hard drive to another plug it recognized the HDD and took the operating system so all is well now, Thank you very much for getting back to me and trying to help me. Again thank you for the BIOS explanation, It worked perfect and running smoothly.

[@johnnythegeek]

I suggest going to the website and looking at what the updated bios does in the newest version. Honestly I don't recommend updating unless something like an upgrade is not working at all. Bios updates do not usually increase performance or adds new features like turning usb 2.0 into usb 3.0. The old saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Thanks for watching!

[@johnnythegeek]

I don't know that information. Look at the BIOS release notes to see what the updates will do to your cpu. You can find that info on the gigabyte website.

[@johnnythegeek]

Dang 4.6? That is awesome. I can't say it will be updated for the fx series cpu but you should check to see what the oldest bios version is and if that supports fx. Good luck and thanks for watching!

[@4000Wiggins]

Could you please make an updated video showing how to Update newer Gigabyte mother borads with the new BIOS?

[@zacktam]

thanks man. reviving an old school pc. followed your instructions to update the bios. thanks!

[@FeverDev64]

same bios.. only here fof one question ,,, while tweaking i changed a setting unknowingly n nothing displays on my screen .. but i can hear sound from windows startup...

[@johnnythegeek]

I think it will but I can't say for sure. It would not hurt your system if you update it.

[@johnnythegeek]

Most likely it is a BIOS update for the FX series CPU's. That is the issues with some of the games on steam is the CPU. So the BIOS update is what will fix this CPU issue. I would say get the latest update and you use the dates or number sequence. Thanks for watching!

[@skiipia2]

Thanks for the video! It seems to be working well. The problem was occurred because the flash drive's format was NTFS instead of FAT.

[@celt67]

I'm doing something pretty similiar to UEGparagon ,...brand new system, GA-970A-DS3 with a AMD FX 6300,,,a CPU which I'm told will only work with the latest bios.. So what you're saying is 'use the BIOS from the disk..some things may not work properly..then follow the above video to update' ? My worry is that if it wont work straight away, and a "windowless" system wont recognise a USB drive and I'll be stuck. Brilliant video, by the way.

[@bigkaki000]

Im trying to update my EP35 DS3L bios to f6 and when i get to q flash it says there are no files recognised in my disk on key

[@MrHairfire]

when I installed other 2 rams on my remaining slots I get blue page and restarting windows, does BIOS updating helps or not ?

[@ilkerdemir2121]

thank you so much, the best video ever .

[@3RAN7ON]

2:32 couldn't you run the auto updater in safe mode?

[@johnnythegeek]

No but you will need to remember the settings of your old BIOS because when you update it you wipe out the old settings. It could prevent your computer from booting Windows. For example the AHCI SATA controller. You have to see if you are using AHCI or IDE for that setting.

[@razo198]

worked like a charm even though i have a different Gigabyte motherboard. I had to check the bios version with cpu-z

[@Trig242]

Thanks so much for posting this, I just built my first system and I'm going to need to update my Gigabyte mobo [GA-990FX-UD3]. I thought it may be daunting but your instructions are simple and concise. Cheers!

[@mrnevernice]

Thanks for the video! I followed it step by step and updated my bios, no problems.

[@woxel98]

Hi i Have problem My computer video card found the “quick boot” setting is off no keyboard found cant go on Windows or bios

[@MontageReflex]

I was wondering if you could do a bios specific video? Explaining not all, but most of the essential bios settings and what they do. I'm building my first hackintosh soon and i will be using a gigabyte motherboard. No overclocking though. But i'd like to have some more background knowledge on bios settings to tweak my system. I figured you could explain in great detail about different settings. Looks complicated! Great video.

[@Neonagi]

thanks man, I'm reviving an old FX 8320 PC and needed a little help navigating the bios

[@boopscoop3920]

Do they not have an update for Win8.1?

[@johnnythegeek]

What revision do you have? If you go to the website, under the model name there are some words like rev 3.0 rev 1.4 rev 1.3 rev 1.2. You have to click on the correct rev you have on the motherboard. They printed your version on the lower left corner of the motherboard. Next the the words Designed in Taipei.

[@johnnythegeek]

Yes, you can go directly to F11 because every update is a complete wipe of the old one. So there is nothing it would be using from a previous BIOS version. Thanks for watching!

[@NelsonCartier]

I got windows 10 on this motherboard .. can I put clover on this with Yosemite?

[@GauravBhosleaavishkaar]

but i cant see the hdd option. it was show only flopy drive option

[@mkratos17]

Would this fix my blue screen of death problem?

[@Mihaylovich]

You used hdd to save and update from. Whats the point for fat usb drive then?

[@johnnythegeek]

You might have to go into the BIOS and turn off that secure boot feature. I have a new z77 mobo and will be looking into making a video on how to install it. Thanks for watching!

[@johnnythegeek]

Is it formatted in FAT or FAT32? Try using another USB port. Preferably USB 2.0 port and not the 3.0 port. Also, try using a small storage drive like a 2gb or 4gb. Good luck.

[@johnnythegeek]

it might work in your motherboard. I don't know of any other way than to put a compatible cpu in there to update it. You might be able to find a sempron for cheap and after you are done using it, return it. Thanks for watching!

[@skiipia2]

Also, when I go to MB Intelligent Tweaker, mine shows a completely different information from yours. It's all about CPU clock ratio, DRAM, and etc. Mine is gigabyte 970A-UD3.

[@ImFatalX]

Hey bro. I bought a gaming computer recently. It has an Gigabyte 970A-D3, Amd FX-6100 3.30Ghz, Radeon HD 6850, Corsair Vengeance 8GB. I bought four games for it. F.E.A.R 3 (doesn't work) Darkness II (doesn't work) Syndicate (works) Split/Second (works) Now the only issue I noticed is that both Darkness II and F.E.A.R 3 are Steam games. I read up on the internet that there is a fix for Steam games not working on AMD FX processors, it is a BIOS update. I just don't know which update to get.

[@TheAlpine46]

i can't access bios unless i use a ps/2 keyboard. is this a setting i can change? i'd rather the usb keyboard, if possible.

[@johnnythegeek]

@iPhonemod702 Unfortunately I do not have the Skyrocket anymore. I returned it and will be waiting for the SGS3 in April. By then, LTE for AT&T will be out and for now I want to use Windows Phone 7.

[@skiipia2]

I need a help... after I got to Q-Flash, I chose the option save BIOS to drive, but nothing shows up.. everything is empty, no drive (even when the flash drive is plugged in), and I can't even go back to the menu so I'm stuck... ESC, enter key, nothing works.

[@iromotnemem]

Your explanation is really kind and helpful. Thank you so much!

[@Zero21x]

I have a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 rev 2.0 and i'm guessing ._. Gigabyte wont send you REv upgrade/replacements? you have to buy the board all over again?

[@runespaze]

I bought a new processor and motherboard the other day, my processor says i need to update my motherboard before i put my processor in and i don't have a diff processor what should i do? MoBo is gigabyte 78MLT-S2P and processor is AMD FX-4100

[@ImFatalX]

All right well, I search for recent BIOS updates specifially for my 970A-D3 motherboard under the manufacturer website (Gigabyte), and only two results appeared. F10 and F11c. F11c seems to be a still in beta. So do you think the F10 BIOS will fix my CPU issue with Steam games?

[@patosuave]

When I download the F9 Bios for Gigabyte P35-DS3L, the zip extracts 3 files. Which file i have to put in the USB drive? Only one file or the three files?

[@XStreamBynke]

Thank you so much, i was in a shitty situation where i needed to Update my BIOS but dident now how to do it. Thanks again

[@Spacemonkie42]

My model is Gigabyte Ga-78LMT-USB3 (Socket M2) I have looked everwhere but can't find the right bios update.

[@mazzmb]

www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-78LMT-USB3-rev-50/support#support-dl-bios

[@aviastar2904]

In 2022??

[@FiremanJR02]

Currently, my MB has the F3 bios while F11 is out. I have the same motherboard. Should I flash my bios? Thanks in advance

[@ertancimen]

Could someone please help me? I followed all the steps in the video many times with different bios' (for the same motherboard of course) but when i select the option to update my motherboard via my flash drive it says Invalid bios image and so prevents me from updating the bios at all

[@marcinhoam7]

Minha placa mãe é GA-M68MT-S2P. Rev 3.1 está dando problema com a minha placa de vídeo, da tela preta e trava na inicialização do w10 acredito que seja a bios. Preciso atualizar?

[@Over9000under9002]

Hey,i plan to buy fx 6300 with 970a-ud3 gigabyte mobo and amazon says is rev 1.0. How can i update bios prior boot?Will my pc open and just let me go to bios or it will not even start ?

[@CoDModzFTW]

I have the correct version of the BIOS downloaded, but I have the same error. I have the 3.1 Rev and the model number is GA-M68MT-S2, there's another one that is GA-M68MT-S2P, but I don't know if that is the same or if it'd work

[@mc88dx]

Hello great vid. Would you happen to know what settings need to be disabled/enabled before beginning to overclock for a 78lmt-usb3 rev. 5.0 BIOS? I'm looking everywhere but can't find anything.

[@supremeAFA]

ok i have a problem i bought my components. the cpu is compatible with the motherboard but its not direct compatible and i need to update the motherboard to support the cpu . so how do i update my bios . please hlep . i try to boot up and to update but i cant it wont go to bios

[@kanon0n]

i had an old motherboard, this video helped me

[@dmanno3]

What if you buy a New Comp from scratch and the Gigabyte motherboard you bought needs to be updated??? how do you do that!?

[@alvinjwong]

I would like to ask, my BIOS version is F2 and the latest update would be F11.. do I go directly install F11 or I have to install the previous version between F2 and F11?

[@rathalos247]

how important is updating your bios? im at F5 with the same type of motherboard as you. What will updating the bios actually do for me?

[@pegazuseloy1575]

Can this bios Turn from legacy to uefi ? and if we can plz show us how to do it ? Thanx

[@SkillerX4]

i need help, when i click that auto run.. it says i need to donwload the x64 version and i dont know where to? im running the PH67A-UD3-B3 version

[@Ramdompcgamer]

I am looking to update my 990fx bios but ever one is saying that it will throlt my amd 8120 when overclocking is that true plz reply if u can

[@deusrex]

My current BIOS states that it is F3. Am I safe to update the latest F8 (stable)? I'm afraid that doing so would mess my boot.

[@Levelord92]

What if I have latest Bios version right now (updated through @BIOS) and I want to setup one of the first versions from Gigabyte website?

[@Troll_Juice]

When it asked to use quick or normal flash i wasn't sure but i picked normal becaused it seemed like a more safe option and that seems to be the case because It worked.

[@admirjusovic5599]

Hello, how can I set the SYS FAN speed on this BIOS?

[@BoogeyMan828]

Im gonna solder my AMD chip to my Intel chip, what board should i buy?

[@SouravDuttaKolkata]

I have gigabyte ga 78 lmt usb3 mobo. Can i install windows 10 via usb drive (flashed by selecting TARGET SYSTEM as GPT disk) and boot it in uefi mode? Does it support uefi boot feature? Or does it support the same after updating the bios? NEED SOME INFO ON THIS. APPRECIATE SM HELP!

[@jbholland1987]

i need youre help... i cant exucute the normal way via windows because it says that my computer is x64. the program is ofcourse not 64 so can i just run it an other way?

[@demonoverlord7191]

if i have the uefi bios will i need to update it to go from a amd a4 6300 to a amd a8 6600k

[@lloydmaliakal6256]

Legendary. Already subscribed to your channel. Thank you heaps my bios is fully updated.

[@Hornetraaf]

hi i did what you did in the video to the letter but when i do the actual Update it comes up with removing Bios, updating Bios and the it finishes with this error"BIOS ROM Programing ERROR". when this happened i reinstalled my back up any idea what it means my PC Specs Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 8gig DDR3 RAM GTX 580 AMD FX -8150 Eight core processor

[@johnnythegeek]

Glad it worked. Thanks for watching!

[@malikibrahim-jz8yv]

hey dude, i dont know change secure boot enable to disable, where is it?

[@SumanakattaProject]

PLEASE HELP,. I have some issue on my motherboard GA-M61PME S2P rev 1.3 , if i plug vga card extrenal my display its glitch,. But my vga external its normal on another motherboard,. And I look gigabyte support , i find bios update and fix 'VGA onboard compabillity' But lastest version its.. Im really confused about that i wanna update but i scare thats have a bug.. So, what i should do, can you give me advice?

[@ps3isthething]

Hello there i really need your help! i want to play some games! (borderlands 2 and brink but they crash on startup so i read that i had to update my BIOS so i went looking for info and updates! so i want to update my GA-970A-UD3 Gigabyte F4 to F5-F7 windows 7 64bit i went to gigabytes site and to am3+ rev 1.1 (said 1.x) download F5-7 and when i start the exe files i must choose a place to extract to and there i get 3 files and when i start the flash?.exe file it says not compilitated!

[@macsonicss]

Hi Johnny! Let me ask you something! For precaution for reasons of a power break is better do the updating with a no-break? isn´t? Thanks!

[@Science_36014]

sir plz reply is it safe to update my gigabyte bios F7 to F8 beta version bios