Please report all spam threads and posts, and suspicious members. We receive the spam notifications by email and will take immediate action!
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 18

Thread: Unable to update bios?

  1. 06-26-2012 #1
    good223
    good223 is offline Junior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    United States
    Posts
    11

    Default Unable to update bios?

    Hi I'm try to update my bios to the "Ua5(UEFI BIOS)" recently released for my Z68AP-D3 motherboard. The description says "When updating from legacy to UEFI, use only the utility attached to your BIOS file."

    After extracting it, and clicking on the .exe it just says "the version of this file is not compatible with the version of windows you're running..."
    I'm running windows 7 pro 64bit. How can I update my bios
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 06-26-2012 #2
    wazza300's Avatar
    wazza300
    wazza300 is online now Sloth Fratelli-Moderator
    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Location
    Birmingham,Great Britain
    Posts
    8,405

    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    you have a usb memory stick formatted in fat32? in bios use qflash,put just the bios rom file onto the usb stick
    Gigabyte z77x UP4-TH F11a Bios
    Intel i7 3770k 24/7@4.8ghz 1.38v Turbo llc +0.165v dvid multithreading enabled
    Samsung Green(MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB @2133mhz 9-11-11-21-1t 1.55v
    Thermalright Silver Arrow Cpu Cooler
    1xSamsung 840 pro 256 Gb SSD windows 8 pro 64bit
    1xSamsung f4 HD204UI 2tb hard drive Storage
    Powercolor 7970 3gb V3 @1150mhz core/1700mhz mem,1.150v Accelero aftermarket air cooler 55c max
    Razer Lycosa Keyboard
    Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers
    Lite-On iHAS124-19 24x Sata DVDRW
    K-World Hybrid DVB-T 210SE Digital T.V Card
    L.G E2260V L.E.D 1920x1080 Monitor
    Xfx Pro 750w silver rated Psu 80+
    Fractal Arc Midi Case

    http://i38.tinypic.com/14myvfa.jpg x58 ud5 <=3.8ghz + 4.2ghz Overclock Template!!
    http://www.youtube.com/user/warren304#p/u Visit Me On Youtube

    Lots Of Gaming Videos With X58 Ud5 System And Gpu On My Youtube Channel!!
    Just Uploaded New Farcry3 Video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 06-26-2012 #3
    Chike
    Chike is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Location
    Israel
    Posts
    6,267

    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    This cannot run from within windows, you need to create a boorable DOS usb drive or a CD and run it from DOS.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 06-26-2012 #4
    good223
    good223 is offline Junior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    United States
    Posts
    11

    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    Quote Originally Posted by wazza300 View Post
    you have a usb memory stick formatted in fat32? in bios use qflash,put just the bios rom file onto the usb stick
    Is it safe to update it that way? It says to use the utility attached to the bios file.
    I've used @BIOS to update before. Can i use that?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 06-26-2012 #5
    Conners
    Conners is offline Banned
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    Earth
    Posts
    849

    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    No @Bios well I guess you can but your risk factor for failure is way higher. Look flashing the bios is simple process using qflash and the bestway. Barring a power failure or something really extreme it safe.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 06-26-2012 #6
    wazza300's Avatar
    wazza300
    wazza300 is online now Sloth Fratelli-Moderator
    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Location
    Birmingham,Great Britain
    Posts
    8,405

    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    it should be even easier on uefi boards with using qflash,if you have a rare usb not recognized then id use the latest version of @bios,but try and get used to using qflash,i flash my bios from within the bios/dos with ezflash on my z68 asus,its easy
    Gigabyte z77x UP4-TH F11a Bios
    Intel i7 3770k 24/7@4.8ghz 1.38v Turbo llc +0.165v dvid multithreading enabled
    Samsung Green(MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB @2133mhz 9-11-11-21-1t 1.55v
    Thermalright Silver Arrow Cpu Cooler
    1xSamsung 840 pro 256 Gb SSD windows 8 pro 64bit
    1xSamsung f4 HD204UI 2tb hard drive Storage
    Powercolor 7970 3gb V3 @1150mhz core/1700mhz mem,1.150v Accelero aftermarket air cooler 55c max
    Razer Lycosa Keyboard
    Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers
    Lite-On iHAS124-19 24x Sata DVDRW
    K-World Hybrid DVB-T 210SE Digital T.V Card
    L.G E2260V L.E.D 1920x1080 Monitor
    Xfx Pro 750w silver rated Psu 80+
    Fractal Arc Midi Case

    http://i38.tinypic.com/14myvfa.jpg x58 ud5 <=3.8ghz + 4.2ghz Overclock Template!!
    http://www.youtube.com/user/warren304#p/u Visit Me On Youtube

    Lots Of Gaming Videos With X58 Ud5 System And Gpu On My Youtube Channel!!
    Just Uploaded New Farcry3 Video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 06-26-2012 #7
    Acebmxer's Avatar
    Acebmxer
    Acebmxer is offline Gigabyte Elite
    Join Date
    May 2009
    Location
    New Jersey, United States
    Posts
    2,644

    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    Guys when flashing a Z68 motherboard to the newer UEFI bios you have to boot from a bootable usb flash drive and run the special UEFI flasher to flash the bios from dos.


    Do not use q-flash or @bios!!!!!
    Main Rig

    Gigabyte z77x-UP5 TH Bios F11
    i7-3770K batch 3213B478 Costa Rica @ 4.8Ghz w/o HT 1.29v <- R.I.P
    i7-3770k batch L223B781 Malay @ 4.7ghz w/o HT 1.29v
    Samsung Green 8GB 2x4GB MV-3V4G3D/US DDR3 1.3v 30nn
    Sapphire ATI HD 7970 3GB clocked 1200MHz @ 1.181v.
    HiS ATI HD 6950
    Corsair Force GT 120 GB Sata3 SSD (boot drive) on Intel sata3 controller port0
    Samsung 320GB HD322GJ 7200 RPM 16M cache on Intel sata3 controller port1
    Sony Optiarc DVD-RW AD-7240S on Intel sata3 controller port4
    CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX PSU
    Swiftech MCP655-B Pump
    EK Suppreme HF Cpu Block
    Swiftech Mcres Micro Rev 2 Reservoir
    Black Ice GTX Xtreme 360 Radiator

    Server
    HAF 932
    Gigabyte z77x-UD3H F17
    i7-3770S batch 3212B621 supports VT-D and low power
    32GB 4x8gb Muskin Enhanced Blackline 10-10-10-27@1.65v
    Vmware vSphere ESXi 5.0u1
    4x500GB Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D Raid 10 on a IBM M1015 <- DataStore
    Sapphire HD 5850



    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 06-26-2012 #8
    stasio's Avatar
    stasio
    stasio is online now GIGABYTE Elite
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    My
    Posts
    2,975

    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    ^ +1.

    First of all is not Award BIOS anymore ,second is different size and third is different BIOS ID.

    Edit:
    GB will hopefully released special @BIOS soon.
    Last edited by stasio; 06-26-2012 at 01:07 PM.
    GA-Z77X-UP5 TH (F13a) , Core i7-3770K @ 4.9GHz
    Team Xtreem 2600C10 4x4GB @ 2666 (10-12-12-25-CR1)
    G.Skill F3-2600C10D-8GTXD @ 2666 (10-12-12-25-CR1)
    G.Skill F3-17000CL8D-4GBXMD @ 2400 (10-12-11-24-CR1)
    SSD Corsair Force GT 60, WD Caviar Black SATAIII 1TB HDD,
    Evga GTS 450 SC,Gigabyte Superb 720W
    XSPC RayStorm D5 EX240 (Liquid Ultra)
    Windows 7 SP1, Win 8 6.2.9200
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 06-26-2012 #9
    profJim's Avatar
    profJim
    profJim is online now Chief Munchkin + moderator
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    Tacoma, WA. [USA]
    Posts
    5,628

    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    I posted the following in the GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS thread, post #6167:
    The downloaded bios file contains 3 separate files:
    autoexec.bat
    FLASHEFI.EXE
    Z68XUD3H.U1H
    When you run the downloaded EXE file, it should extract all 3 files.

    You will need to create a bootable usb drive or cd/dvd with these files on the drive.

    The autoexec.bat file contains only 1 line:
    FLASHEFI Z68XUD3H.U1H

    This means that when you boot from your usb or optical drive, FLASHEFI will automatically run and flash using the Z68XUD3H.U1H file.
    Be sure to let the flashing process complete!!!

    It's safest to flash using optimized bios settings that are NOT overclocked.
    Note: Your extracted bios file might have a different name and the autoexec.bat file will have the correct bios file name.
    _/\ /\ /\ /\ guru in training (for life) /\ /\ /\ /\ ______~~ we get too soon old and too late smart ~~
    E6300 (R0)     @ 3.504GHz [8x438MHz] __ ________    Xigmatek Balder HDT 1283 cpu cooler
    P35-DS3L     [rev: 1.0] ~ Bios: F9    ._______________.Cooler Master CM 690 case (RC-690-KKN1-GP)
    4x2GB Kingston HyperX T1 PC2-8500     @4-4-4-10 _    ZM-MFC2 controller, watt meter & temp probes
    MSI     N460GTX Hawk (1GB) video card    .______ ____.Asus VH242H monitor [1920x1080]
    Seasonic     X650 80+ gold psu (650w    )     ____ ___ __     .Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Speakers
    WD     Caviar     Black WD6401AALS 640GB._____ ___ .win7 x64 sp1 Home Premium
    Samsung 830     128GB SSD     MZ-7PC128B/WW (boot)___HT|Omega Claro plus+ sound card
    ~~~~~ _______________________________________ U.P.S. -- CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD
    SLI --> MSI N460TTX Hawk + Hawk Talon Attack ~~ E6850 @ 3.30GHz ~~ Antec TP-750 New (750watts)
    N650SLI-DS4 (rev 1.0) ~~ Mushkin 996599 2x2GB Blackline @ 856MHz (4-4-4-12) ~~ win7-x64 SP1 HP
    OCZ Agility2 60GB SSD2-2AGTE60G 34nm_(boot) ~~ HT|Omega Striker sound card
    WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB (data) ~~ Antec Two Hundred case ~~ shared monitor & speakers
    <> compromise and do it my way <>     _ _++ I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong ++
    I love mankind, it's people I can't stand
    _#%@$&*+!~ el cheapo psu....
    Loading OPTIMIZED bios defaults is REQUIRED before you tweak your bios settings.
    This includes new system setups and immediately after flashing your bios!!!
    Prime95 Stress Testing How-To Tutorial from Playtool.com (link)
    MSI N460GTX Hawk (1GB) Overclocking Results     (thread)
    new SSD: OCZ Agility2 60GB (Extended Capacity) (thread)
    Asynchronous vs. Synchronous NAND Flash SSD Performance (links)
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 06-26-2012 #10
    good223
    good223 is offline Junior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    United States
    Posts
    11

    Default Re: Unable to update bios?

    Quote Originally Posted by profJim View Post
    I posted the following in the GIGABYTE Latest Beta BIOS thread, post #6167:Note: Your extracted bios file might have a different name and the autoexec.bat file will have the correct bios file name.
    How do I create a bootable usb flash drive?
    I've read I can use the HP usb format tool but I'm not sure how to use it. What are the DOS system files i have to locate?
    Last edited by good223; 06-26-2012 at 02:34 PM.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
« Z77X-UD5H : System fan headers - curious behavior | Gigabyte P67A-D3-B3 rev. 1.0 won't boot with i5 3570k »

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 10 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 10 guests)

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules