I just replaced my older Gigabyte board with this newer one. Because I had heard there were issues with the original BIOS of this board, once I had everything installed I waited to see that it posted and started up Windows OK - then I reset it and flashed the BIOS.
I flashed it to the F4 version of the BIOS. I did it from Q-Flash, using my USB flash drive. It started flashing, and I didn't touch a thing until it finished. Then is said, "BIOS Update Failure!" Uh-oh.
I don't know why it failed. But without rebooting (just letting it sit in the Q-Flash menu) I tried re-downloading the BIOS from a different location. In fact I tried 3 different BIOS versions, but it kept saying "Failure." So I cringed and reset the PC.
To my surprise, it still posted, and I entered the BIOS right away. I went to Q-Flash again, and tried flashing the BIOS again. This time, it was successful.
HOWEVER, now, every time it boots up, it says MAIN BIOS CHECKSUM ERROR! and goes into auto-recovery. It says it is recovering from the "Backup BIOS", it takes a minute or so, then reboots. Then it will always do the same thing, MAIN BIOS CHECKSUM ERROR, recover from backup.
The strange thing is, I can still hit Del and enter the BIOS every time it boots up, as long as I'm quick. But even if I re-flash the BIOS and it says "Successful!", once I reboot, it does the same thing again. I have tried shorting the CMOS pins, and it doesn't seem to change anything.
Gaaaahhh...any help appreciated.
I flashed it to the F4 version of the BIOS. I did it from Q-Flash, using my USB flash drive. It started flashing, and I didn't touch a thing until it finished. Then is said, "BIOS Update Failure!" Uh-oh.
I don't know why it failed. But without rebooting (just letting it sit in the Q-Flash menu) I tried re-downloading the BIOS from a different location. In fact I tried 3 different BIOS versions, but it kept saying "Failure." So I cringed and reset the PC.
To my surprise, it still posted, and I entered the BIOS right away. I went to Q-Flash again, and tried flashing the BIOS again. This time, it was successful.
HOWEVER, now, every time it boots up, it says MAIN BIOS CHECKSUM ERROR! and goes into auto-recovery. It says it is recovering from the "Backup BIOS", it takes a minute or so, then reboots. Then it will always do the same thing, MAIN BIOS CHECKSUM ERROR, recover from backup.
The strange thing is, I can still hit Del and enter the BIOS every time it boots up, as long as I'm quick. But even if I re-flash the BIOS and it says "Successful!", once I reboot, it does the same thing again. I have tried shorting the CMOS pins, and it doesn't seem to change anything.
Gaaaahhh...any help appreciated.