Can anyone help me find my BIOS update?

[Jack Occleston]

Hello everyone,

I am 15 and i dont know much about motherboards but i do need to update them to be able to run certain steam games correctly.
Here is a BIOS scan i ran.

BIOS Type: Award
BIOS Date: August 26th, 2011
BIOS ID: FB
BIOS OEM: FB
Chipset: AMD 1600 rev 0
SuperIO: Unknown
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard: M68MT-S2

Thanks for reading and any help that you give.

PS i found I was sure was the correct one but it wasnt compatible with 64 bit
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3967#bios

 

[HopelessNoob]

do you know if it's an am3 or am3+ socket?

 

[Jack Occleston]

do you know if it's an am3 or am3+ socket?

How can i figure this out?

 

[HopelessNoob]

uhh what cpu are you using?

 

[Jack Occleston]

It is AM3+ I believe

 

[Jack Occleston]

AMD FX 4100 Quad Core

 

[getochkn]

Why do you need a BIOS update for some steam games? That doesn't really make sense.

As for flashing, that looks like the correct one. It is made to be flashed from a DOS disc or USB key but that motherboard supports Q-Flash, which will let you flash from a USB with the M68TS231.FC file on it. Your specs above show you are on FB bios and this would FC bios, one step up, but all it add's is support for newer processors.

http://www.gigabyte.us/webpage/20/HowToReflashBIOS.html Those are steps to flash it.

I don't see how it will affect steam games and if your CPU is detected, there is no sense in flashing.

 

[HopelessNoob]

but if the man wants to update his bios let him be

 

[Jack Occleston]

Why do you need a BIOS update for some steam games? That doesn't really make sense.

As for flashing, that looks like the correct one. It is made to be flashed from a DOS disc or USB key but that motherboard supports Q-Flash, which will let you flash from a USB with the M68TS231.FC file on it. Your specs above show you are on FB bios and this would FC bios, one step up, but all it add's is support for newer processors.

http://www.gigabyte.us/webpage/20/HowToReflashBIOS.html Those are steps to flash it.

I don't see how it will affect steam games and if your CPU is detected, there is no sense in flashing.

AMD FX Bulldozer processer causes tears and choppy game play in multiple steam games. (Shogun 2,CFGO,SaintsRow 3)

 

[getochkn]

but if the man wants to update his bios let him be

Because every time you flash your BIOS, you risk bricking your motherboard, flashing a BIOS for the same motherboard but wrong revision and brick it.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Just tell this guy, update it if you want for no reason........ http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1735716/bios-updated-toshiba-laptop-boot.html

 

[Jack Occleston]

It worked running new BIos ty guys