I have a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 and I'm upgrading my GTX 760 and Phenom II x2 to a 980 ti and a FX 8350.
However, my BIOS version is F4 and according to http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2824383/cpu.html#xtor=EPR-8812 I need F9 or greater.
Now, when I went to http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3894#bios and tried to use their BIOS updating tool, I got an error saying that I needed a 64 bit version... which I can't seem to find on their website (at least, expressed).
I guess my question is if I'm looking in the wrong place or if this is something I'll need to contact the company for.
Also...at the top of that page, I see links saying "Rev 4.1, Rev 1.0 etc" and they each have their own BIOS versions... what are these for?
Also also... off topic, but... I don't really have a frame of reference for the motherboard I have. Is it old? If so, does it have compatibility problems with newer tech? (e.g., DDR3 Memory, newer graphics cards). If someone could give me a big picture on the quality of this motherboard, I'd be eternally grateful.
Any other tips would be appreciated as well.
Stuff like... "Don't use automatic BIOS updating tools... use a thumb drive instead"
or if there's some setup I need to do before using the updating tool. Perhaps I'm just not properly using it and that's why it keeps wanting to use a 32bit BIOS version.
However, my BIOS version is F4 and according to http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2824383/cpu.html#xtor=EPR-8812 I need F9 or greater.
Now, when I went to http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3894#bios and tried to use their BIOS updating tool, I got an error saying that I needed a 64 bit version... which I can't seem to find on their website (at least, expressed).
I guess my question is if I'm looking in the wrong place or if this is something I'll need to contact the company for.
Also...at the top of that page, I see links saying "Rev 4.1, Rev 1.0 etc" and they each have their own BIOS versions... what are these for?
Also also... off topic, but... I don't really have a frame of reference for the motherboard I have. Is it old? If so, does it have compatibility problems with newer tech? (e.g., DDR3 Memory, newer graphics cards). If someone could give me a big picture on the quality of this motherboard, I'd be eternally grateful.
Any other tips would be appreciated as well.
Stuff like... "Don't use automatic BIOS updating tools... use a thumb drive instead"
or if there's some setup I need to do before using the updating tool. Perhaps I'm just not properly using it and that's why it keeps wanting to use a 32bit BIOS version.
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