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tomharrison, I don't have your board and didn't have to install the EC FW tool, but I helped others successfully to walk through it. One of the gurus on this site told me the tool figures out if it is needed and then installs itself. It's not needed on your system until you get your 3700x.
If I was doing this. I would hold off until the installation of the 3700x, then install the tool, and then upgrade the BIOS.
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Hi, ive got my 3700x now so thats why im wanting to do this xD. The thing is with that on auros it says to install this ECFW tool before I install the next bios update which supports the 3rd gen series so im a bit stuck. Might just have to say f*ck it and just try it lol.
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tomharrison, Installing the 3700 with your board as is shouldn't be a problem if you are below the BIOS that requires the firmware tool. Then try the tool again move up the BIOS tree from there, or have you already moved your BIOS up ? If you have, Yeah, stuff it. l-)
hi, it says on auros to only update the bios to f40 (the one compatible with 3rd gen) when you have installed the ecfw updater. However i just went for it haha, im on my 3700x now on f50 bios and can only assume the flash must've worked or ive somehow got lucky because all my ram still working (4x4gb sticks) and i havent had any sound issues or other issues as of yet and all wokring fine. Touch wood xD. Thanks for the help tho!
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I'm looking at getting the B450 AORUS PRO WIFI (rev. 1.0) can anyone tell me if the bios on those are up to date and if no have they fixed the issue with the EC FW Update Tool or is that just an issue with the x470 board?
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I have ab350 gaming 3 and until yesterday it had ryzen 7 1700x CPU. I had previously upgraded to bios f50a when i installed an m.2 drive.
I never noticed the note in the bios upgrade instructions about EC FW tool (or because i run Linux i interpreted that the EC FW Tool didn't apply to me). But as i was readying to install a 37600x i saw that note and then ended up reading this thread and some others. But here's the thing...
i installed a Ryzen 7 3700x yesterday and when i booted it back up, it looked like it was starting normal - then stopped and restarted itself - it did this about three times all with no screen activity - it was like the monitor was off.
Then it booted. Ubuntu reports that it has the Ryzen 3700x CPU and dmesg shows that the bios is running F50a as before. And the system shows 32Gig of RAM (i have 4 sticks of Ballistix 8GB ram - DDR4 2400 - BLS2C8G4D240FSB). And it continues to reboot just fine.
So, my question is why is it working? or is it not really working as i think? And if i have to go back and install the EC FW tool - how to do that - must i reinstall the old CPU and get a copy of windows just to do this? seems like it'd be cheaper to go buy a new board then buy windows just for this...
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3 attempts to boot is normal. That is the ram training process.
as far as the ecfw update, if it is working for you then you may be fine. The biggest issue was people running high density double sided sticks of ram. Some people with 4x8 also had issues. If you want to do the ecfw update you can do it at any point without needing to flash back to an older bios. Just be aware that the system will appear to crash and then its going to boot on the backup bios. Right now your backup bios probably hasnt been flashed to a version that supports a newer cpu. Don't freak out when your system doesn't boot after that. Unplug power from the power supply, press and hold the power button for a few seconds to discharge and then power it back up and it should boot back on the main bios chip and work just fine.
Since you are in linux you would need to either use the dos utility to update the ecfw or boot into a windows install to do it through the windows utility. I have no clue if the dos utility functions the same way and will result in the system booting on the backup bios so it could be a non issue for you.
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rgarrison wrote: Sept 14, 2021 22:20:10 GMT -8 When you go to BIOS, does it show any media connected at all? Try and plug USB drives in, SD cards, whatever you can, and see if the BIOS can recognize any device. If it can, then try and get a bootable image on that device.
kshipper wrote: Sept 14, 2021 17:38:33 GMT -8 You could make a bootable USB key with Windows on it..just Google Windows Media Creator
scooterdooder wrote: Sept 13, 2021 15:33:37 GMT -8 Be tried to start the pc up with another hdd and it won’t boot either goes straight to bios but I am able to see it, tells me no bootable device
kshipper wrote: Sept 13, 2021 8:18:19 GMT -8 Sounds like a failed HDD....
scooterdooder wrote: Sept 12, 2021 17:51:46 GMT -8 hwving trouble getting into Windows I have a z97-hd3, I’m getting no bootable device detected. Reset the cmos battery on mobo, checked all SATA ports and tested another hdd still no boot
scooterdooder wrote: Sept 12, 2021 17:50:25 GMT -8 Hey having issues booting into windows I have z97-hd3 mobo. I’m getting no bootable device tetected
bamainark wrote: Sept 11, 2021 8:18:04 GMT -8 @starfighter......what motherboard/cpu are you using? If it's a later model TPM support will probably be built in. A TPM module itself is a separate option you must purchase yourself. Most motherboards also has a TPM header for this TPM module.
starfighterj wrote: Sept 10, 2021 7:28:36 GMT -8 What is Gigabyte going to do about windows 11 TPM 2.0 Support where is this Module and does it even work? GC-TPM2.0
kshipper wrote: Sept 9, 2021 21:13:34 GMT -8 gearjamer: Does holding down the shift button and clicking restart still bring you to the Troubleshoot menu like it did in Win10? When I used UEFI I could dig through the options there and boot directly into BIOS from there*
gearjamer wrote: Sept 9, 2021 12:30:14 GMT -8 hello can someone help me i just updated to windows 11 i have the z390 motherboard and after i turned off csm and turn on secure boot and turned on ptt i was able to install windows 11 but i cant get back in the biso anymore no matter what buttons
bamainark wrote: Sept 8, 2021 7:24:46 GMT -8 ehs83....best place to look is at TechPowerUP. They have quite the collection of VGA Bioses.
ehs83 wrote: Sept 7, 2021 9:12:50 GMT -8 Hello guys I need a default bios for 2080 super gaming OC Rev 2.0 . Can someone help me please ?
shakilurahmed wrote: Sept 5, 2021 8:19:18 GMT -8 Hi everyone! I have a Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2PH with 2 DDR4 sticks. first one is 2133 MHz and another one is 2400 MHz. when I insert 2 RAM together. My PC doesn't run when I insert. I tried so many ways but there is no solution I found. As I got to know, I
s2h wrote: Sept 5, 2021 8:01:29 GMT -8 MBIST crashes the notherboard on Picasso APU !
kshipper wrote: Sept 4, 2021 23:15:05 GMT -8 phoenix ...the underscore type slash is the detection phase of the board.
phoenix wrote: Sept 4, 2021 14:38:54 GMT -8 Anyone know why brand new Gigabyte boot comes up with a _ before the BIOS screen please. It is B560 Aurous Pro Ax. Thank you.
greggg wrote: Sept 3, 2021 8:29:56 GMT -8 About X470s 5 pin wrgb header. I can just snip off the 'w' pin or use 5 Pin Splitter Cable 1 To 2/3/4 Female Connector Extend For 5050 LED RGBW RGBWW combined with 4 pin male adapter.
kshipper wrote: Aug 29, 2021 22:43:00 GMT -8 Glad you got it sorted out danb62 =)
danb62 wrote: Aug 29, 2021 13:35:16 GMT -8 Case solved, thanks kshipper. So bad this issue is so poorly documented. That Q-flash button works like a charm.
