Bios Update! do i install all of them or just latest please?

truewraith · 9 Jun 2020 at 19:24

hi,

im updating an old board GA-H61MA-D3V (rev. 2.0) that the bios says its F1. but theres 4 bios updates on site https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Motherboard/GA-H61MA-D3V-rev-20/support#support-dl-bios
Do i just download the latest or install all of them from start to latest please. Only asking because ive never updated a MB before and dont want ruin it. And i guess its just put on a memory stick and installed after rebooting pc!

thank you for any help on this

Armageus · 9 Jun 2020 at 19:36

Just the latest unless the release notes say you need a specific version first

truewraith · 9 Jun 2020 at 21:00

k thanks,

on the site it says

Beta BIOS
Improve High-End Display card compatibility

thought it wasnt a good idea to get beta bios! but i think i need part 2 for gpu's but i guess theres no choice?

Armageus · 9 Jun 2020 at 21:18

Have you got an issue with a Graphics card e.g. not booting?

If you have then try F6 first (which also includes all previous fixes, including F5's "Improve PCIEx16 graphic card compatibility") as it's non-beta so will be better tested.

If still an issue then try the beta bios.

If no issue at all, then I wouldn't bother updated - leave well alone!

truewraith · 9 Jun 2020 at 21:37

Armageus said:
Have you got an issue with a Graphics card e.g. not booting?

If you have then try F6 first (which also includes all previous fixes, including F5's "Improve PCIEx16 graphic card compatibility") as it's non-beta so will be better tested.

If still an issue then try the beta bios.

If no issue at all, then I wouldn't bother updated - leave well alone!

ok much appreciated thank you. i was advised to update it with putting a gpu in old machine but i havent seen any issues yet so i may take your advice for now unless anything changes. thanks

truewraith · 13 Jun 2020 at 00:36

guess i might need to update bios, i plugged the gpu in and no signal on 2 monitors i tried not even a beep from pc and then put old card back in and it all loaded up fine, so im not sure why it didnt load up unless its the bios that needs update!

Joxeon · 13 Jun 2020 at 01:17

Just grab the latest bios, I wouldn't worry about it being beta.

truewraith · 14 Jun 2020 at 22:11

i put all the F6 files on to a memory stick using the fat32 system and rebooted pc with stick in and the post screen just stays froze nothing will work until i take out the stick and reboot. not exactly sure what im doing wrong as its my first flashing of a mb.

megatron · 14 Jun 2020 at 22:27

If you have a Gigabyte you should be able to enter the bios and press F8 for q-flash. I just updated my X570 to F12h and I've spent a good while getting a decent 3600Mhz cl16 "overclock" out of my Patriot Viper steel 4400C19 (including stress testing with TM5 v3 & media coder x264 encoding).

If you get stuck on the post screen with the stick in - then only put the usb stick in once you're in the bios. Alternatively, there should be an autoexec.bat and corresponding flash.exe in the download package. I chose to only copy the bios file itself and use q-flash since its not a windows based tool.