Gigabyte Brix Issue

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Hi All,

Bit of a long shot but has anyone else got a Gigabyte Brix 1900,
I purchased one for Xmas and installed Windows 10, everything was working fine apart from an occasional hang on reboot forcing me to power off the system and back on. This started to get a bit annoying so installed the latest Bios from the Gigabyte website as it said this could fix power issues (Version F7).

Since then my HDMI audio no longer works no matter how many different drivers I try. Today I even removed Windows 10 and installed Windows 7 thinking it could be a software issue but I am getting the same result in Windows 7. I have tried swapping the HDMI cable and using a different port just incase but still no joy.

After doing some more reading it seems this is an issue with the new firmwares (F6 and F7) so I am looking to rollback to an older firmware (F3 or F5) but Gigabyte have removed them from their website. I have raised a support ticket with them but had no response yet.

The windows software you use to upgrade firmware gives you the option to backup your existing firmware so I was wondering if anyone with this model could check their firmware version in the bios and if F3 or F5, create a backup which I could use?

A bit of a long shot I know but its worth an ask.

Or any suggestions as to how I can get the HDMI audio working again?

Thanks, Sam
 
I would suggest as a temporary solution to use external audio cable (analog 3,5mm/RCA or digital S/PDIF (optical/coaxial)). And hope that Gigabyte manages to fix the bug in the future. They seem to update their firmwares quite a few times before EOL. Or at least they frequently upgraded the CPU compatibility on my previous motherboard.
 
Ive got one that I haven't used for some time. I'll boot it up and take a look in a bit.

EDIT: No, sorry, mine's F6.

Thanks for trying anyway,
I have contacted Amazon to arrange a return and have purchased the i3 model today which is fully running on windows 10 with no issues.

Thanks again.
 
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