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  1. 06-26-2012 #11
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    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    Making a Bootable USB Flash Drive:
    BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"

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    8. Place FLASHEFI.exe and the BIOS .Uxx file onto the USB stick

9. Plug in your USB drive and reboot to enter bios.

10. Load Optimized Defaults, set the ram voltage to the specified Voltage for your ram

11. Go into the Hard Disk Boot Priority Option In Advanced BIOS Features Page and select your USB drive as the first bootable drive.

12. Reboot.

13. Once it boots to the USB, you will see a Windows 98 screen, and then the DOS prompt. 

14.After this run flash utility by typing "FLASHEFI Z68APD32.UA5" without the quotes at the DOS prompt.
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    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    +1^^
    Making a Bootable USB Flash Drive is located at the end of the 1st post in BIOS Flashing - A "How To ~ Qflash Guide"
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  3. 06-26-2012 #13
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    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    sorry about poor advise,i havnt used gigabyte since x58,i thought it was the same still,why cant you flash in uefi? its easy for me no having to making bootable usb's
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    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    Quote Originally Posted by wazza300 View Post
    sorry about poor advise,i havnt used gigabyte since x58,i thought it was the same still,why cant you flash in uefi? its easy for me no having to making bootable usb's
    No He is tring to update to a UEFI bios from a EFI old school bios. So there is no easy just flash it method, well it is easy just cant use q-flash or @bios. Once he is flashed to the new bios he should be able to use q-flash afterwards to flash newer UEFI bios's.
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  5. 06-27-2012 #15
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    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    Ok, I was successfully able to flash the new UEFI bios in dos. Thanks everyone!
    Unfortunately, I have found this new UEFI bios to be less stable than the older bios, version FD...
    It does not seem to boot with my previous undervolt settings... How can I revert back?

    I already tried flash in dos by typing in "FLASHSPI Z68APD32.FD" but it says "bios does not support flash interface"
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    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    I don't know if there is a way to flash back to a non-UEFI bios.
    With any new bios version, some bios tweaks are often required to run at your previous speed.
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    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    Quote Originally Posted by good223 View Post
    Ok, I was successfully able to flash the new UEFI bios in dos. Thanks everyone!
    Unfortunately, I have found this new UEFI bios to be less stable than the older bios, version FD...
    It does not seem to boot with my previous undervolt settings... How can I revert back?

    I already tried flash in dos by typing in "FLASHSPI Z68APD32.FD" but it says "bios does not support flash interface"
    Here is flashing utilities to flash back from UEFI to Award:
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    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    Wow it worked! Thanks for all the help everyone!
    It's back to the good old bios and my old settings work! LLC and cpu pll overvoltage are back too!
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