Update backup BIOS

The whole point of the back up BIOS chip is to leave it alone in case the primary chip has a moment. If it ain't broke and all that
 
I was just wondering as I have an AMD FX 6100 cpu and the backup BIOS doesn't support it, however the current BIOS does. This means if the backup BIOS was used my computer won't boot.

I would then have to get hold of another cpu just to update the BIOS.
 
press alt and f12 at gigabyte splash screen it will flash and tell you its updating the backup bios chip
 
Sell it and get a 1055/1070/1075/1100T :p

I don't know sorry. Are you sure the system won't boot with the FX and an old BIOS? I've seen plenty of boards that will boot with an "unsupported" chip, they just won't know the name and feature set of it... The FX6100 is quite a departure from the Sempron/Athlon/Phenom line though. I'd still get an X6 myself
 
d_brennen said:
Sell it and get a 1055/1070/1075/1100T :p

I don't know sorry. Are you sure the system won't boot with the FX and an old BIOS? I've seen plenty of boards that will boot with an "unsupported" chip, they just won't know the name and feature set of it... The FX6100 is quite a departure from the Sempron/Athlon/Phenom line though. I'd still get an X6 myself
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I'm sure, I had the problem when I first bought the mobo and cpu. In the end I sent the mobo back to oc and they flashed it for me :D
 
If the BIOS chips are removable then you could swap them round, flash the backup BIOS and then swap them back. I had to do this on my board as the primary chip was buggered and it wouldn't let me flash it.
 
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