- Nov 25, 2013
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Last night I attempted several times to update from BIOS version F4 to the newest BIOS version F6 for my Gigabyte Gaming 7 Z370 motherboard. I tried using both the @BIOS and Q-Flash utilities. In both instances, I reached a point where I fully expected it to update (it looked promising) as it appeared like it was going to be successful. However, I received failure errors using both methods.
I followed the steps from the motherboard manual for both @BIOS and Q-Flash. Like I alluded to, I reached the points where the BIOS file was loaded, ready to go, and for example while attempting the method using @BIOS, it recognized the BIOS file, yet failed during/after the "verifying" step and that's when the error occurred. I had the BIOS file on a FAT32 formatted flash drive with ONLY the BIOS file on the top-most directory - no subfolders or other folders at all.
I even attempted to use RUFUS and formatted the USB drive according to an older thread. It just didn't work. Nothing was changed or messed up though - it literally did nothing and failed so I rebooted afterwards and now I'm here writing this. In regard to everything else, the system is running great. The XMP RAM profile is good and running stable at 3200 and nothing else is out of place. I've only loaded utilities and drivers so far as well as Chrome. That's it in regard to programs.
I've read every resource I could possibly find about this issue and I don't know what else to do. In desperation, I even tried just the F5 version just in case the software didn't like the F6 update. The F5 experienced the same failures. I have submitted a ticket to Gigabyte and am awaiting their response. I am just hoping someone else has some experience with this. I really like the motherboard so far, and I was excited to do a full RGB build which I've started already. Nothing else has gone wrong and everything fired up the first time with no hiccups.
Please help me; thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
-RC
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System Setup:
CPU - Intel i7-8700K
RAM - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - 16GB @ 3200
Mobo - Gigabyte Gaming 7 Z370
PSU - EVGA G3 650W
Boot drive - Intel 760p M.2 NVMe
Gaming drive - Samsung Evo 960 M.2 NVMe
Misc. Storage - WD Black 2 TB HDD
Wireless - Asus AC68 PCIe card
Case - In Win 101c (black)
GPU - purchasing soon...
I followed the steps from the motherboard manual for both @BIOS and Q-Flash. Like I alluded to, I reached the points where the BIOS file was loaded, ready to go, and for example while attempting the method using @BIOS, it recognized the BIOS file, yet failed during/after the "verifying" step and that's when the error occurred. I had the BIOS file on a FAT32 formatted flash drive with ONLY the BIOS file on the top-most directory - no subfolders or other folders at all.
I even attempted to use RUFUS and formatted the USB drive according to an older thread. It just didn't work. Nothing was changed or messed up though - it literally did nothing and failed so I rebooted afterwards and now I'm here writing this. In regard to everything else, the system is running great. The XMP RAM profile is good and running stable at 3200 and nothing else is out of place. I've only loaded utilities and drivers so far as well as Chrome. That's it in regard to programs.
I've read every resource I could possibly find about this issue and I don't know what else to do. In desperation, I even tried just the F5 version just in case the software didn't like the F6 update. The F5 experienced the same failures. I have submitted a ticket to Gigabyte and am awaiting their response. I am just hoping someone else has some experience with this. I really like the motherboard so far, and I was excited to do a full RGB build which I've started already. Nothing else has gone wrong and everything fired up the first time with no hiccups.
Please help me; thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
-RC
__________________________________
System Setup:
CPU - Intel i7-8700K
RAM - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - 16GB @ 3200
Mobo - Gigabyte Gaming 7 Z370
PSU - EVGA G3 650W
Boot drive - Intel 760p M.2 NVMe
Gaming drive - Samsung Evo 960 M.2 NVMe
Misc. Storage - WD Black 2 TB HDD
Wireless - Asus AC68 PCIe card
Case - In Win 101c (black)
GPU - purchasing soon...
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