***Gigabyte Z68 Hybrid-EFI to UEFI Flashing***

you have to do a one off flash using @bios,i don't know if you can get into the os or not?

then once done you can go back to flashing with qflash

I don't know if that's what you meant,
 
Nope os just bios. It will not boot from anything it just reboots after displaying the loading operating system message.
 
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MOOGLEYS said:
Nope no so just bios. It will not boot from anything it just reboots after displaying the loading operating system message.
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same thing if you try a clean windows install? it wont load from dvd?

I can pass you on to stasio,he will know more about the bios's than me,if its a bug he can pass it on to the bios team
 
is it still in warranty? seemslike a board fault

even if its slightly out of warranty chances are they will fix for free

could be borked bios chip/chips idk

ohh sometimes it asks to clear dmi pool data,clear it if it asks,it did on x58 ,not sure on z68 gigabyte
 
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Fixed it.....

Used a fresh USB stick and the F3 bios using a rear USB port. Just flashed and loaded straight into windows.

Must have been either the USB stick or just lots of dodgy flashes....
 
it will prevent it loading if somethings plugged in that it throws a hissy fit at,atleast you sorted it tho
 
try reflashing again

could try

1.After I pressed the Power On switch …
2.I held the left ALT key and …
3.Continued to press the F12 key about three-times per second … and lo and behold …
4.The backup BIOS text appeared …
5.I followed the prompts I was able to flash the backup BIOS!

to flash backup bios with the main bios so both chips run the same version,might help with boot loop
 
Just managed to flash the uefi bios back on and it's working fine with that. I'm thinking something in the re flash back from uefi naffed up the bios. Will try again with fresh downloads and the official f7 bios.
 
if the uefi bios works fine id stick to that,does seemlike its messing up somewhere between flashes

id try the above though it could also be that,two different bios versions on each chip
 
Tried the above it just loads to the boot selection menu nothing comes up about backup bios.

The UEFI has now also done the same and is re setting again. It just seems random tbh and not dependent on bios.

I think the board is kaput tbh.
 
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I don't know what to suggest other than rma it and see what gigabyte say or pickup another cheap z68 board

seems too much hassle for what its worth
 
wazza300 said:
I don't know what to suggest other than rma it and see what gigabyte say or pickup another cheap z68 board

seems too much hassle for what its worth
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Agree it seems random which makes it a pain to diagnose.

I have ordered an MSI Z77 GD65 to replace the Gigabyte if it still does the same after fitting I'm getting a mac :)
 
was gonna say ive seen fair few issues with sb chips running well on giga z77 boards

hehe just find the nearest window for it,if it doesn't work with a new board
 
After getting the MSI Z77 board and it working fine for a while before constantly BOSD on me I have gone back to the Gigabyte Z68 and using a combination of bios files and flashing utils I have now got the board working again with a normal bios. I have no real idea what I did but everything is working perfect again now.

I will avoid the UEFI bios and stick with the award as apart from shorter load times loosing the overclocking was a pain.
 
Ok still have a weird issue.

If I use the F3 Bios everything works fine no problem. If I flash any other bios I'm getting restarts at the loading operating system message ?

I have tried just about everything I can think of tbh even removed everything form the board and left with the minimum required to run but still the same.

I can only think that flashing back from the UEFI to Normal has done something as all the bios's worked fine before inc the F7 which I had been using since release. F3 works ok but I used to get occasional boot loops which was a pain.

I have no idea what to try next tbh it's strange that the F3 bios works fine but every other causes it to restart ?

Don't suppose anyone has any ideas ?
 
I now have the Uefi (U1G) bios running perfect now. CPU overclocked to 4.6GHZ using offset voltage and it works perfect with the voltage dropping nicely at idle. Changing the CPU multi to 46x worked without an issue.

Not sure what has been wrong before but overclocking under this UEFI bios seems fine now.
 
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