Question Can't Update Bios Past F11 on Gigabyte X670 Motherboard

[braxus]

I bought myself a Ryzen 9950X CPU to replace the 7950X in my motherboard, as my old CPU also needs warranty on it (fried GPU). I've tried updating the bios before with this issue. My 7950X is still installed at the moment, but I cant update the bios in the motherboard to anything past F11. I updated it to F31d so I can put in the 9000 cpu, but once again it hangs on reboot. It doesnt boot. I cleared the CMOS by pressing the white button on the board for 10 seconds too. The computer just stays powered on for a long time with no boot. Why cant I go beyond F11 when running the 7950X? And what am I missing here? Do I need the newer cpus for it to just boot? My motherboard is in my signature (Aorus Elite AX).

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

Which motherboard do you have? Revison 1.1 or 1.3? They each have a different bios number.

 

[braxus]

Revision 1.0.

 

[braxus]

So I decided to just swap out the cpus putting the new 9950X in. I was hoping it would actually boot this time. Nope. I used the power button on the case and it turned on. No boot after so many minutes. I tried using the power button to shut it back off. Power button wouldnt power the system off. I had to throw the switch on the PSU to turn it all off. Flipped the switch and the stupid system turned back on again without using the case power on button. So I threw the PSU switch off again. I wonder if maybe there was a bit too much thermal paste on the CPU? So what would be causing the system now to not power off, or boot for that matter? Something has to be haywire with my motherboard.

 

[Apoc77]

Having the same issue mate cant even get it to post. 9950x and gigabyte x670 gaming X AX v2 1.0 tried all the bios updates from the website and stuff suggested here but still nothing. you or anyone have a fix for it ?

cheers

 

[braxus]

Nope. I ended up sending my board in to Gigabyte to fix the bios issue, and my board got damaged in shipping it to them. They didnt take pictures of the box packaging, but just the board itself. So the postal company wont honor my insurance claim, because Gigabyte didnt take proper pictures for my claim. Board is basically a write off. Im waiting for the X870e boards to be released Monday so I can get my computer running again. Its been down for 2 months now.