I'm preceding this post with 'Noob' as i have built many PC's in the past but I'm now trying to help my son upgrade his and I feel like a &*&($ dinosaur! He has a Gigabite A320 and wants to flash upgrade the BIOS so he can run his new processor (Ryzen 7 3700X). Easy, I thought - just press F12 on boot go to Q Flash and job done. Sadly Windows has other ideas and I can't get anywhere near the BIOS! What I have tried so far:
Turned off FastBoot in Windows settings
Changed Keyboard for an old USB one, still no luck with DEL or F2
Looked for the CMOS battery, couldn't find it to remove.
Downloaded F32 from the gigabyte website and tried installing using the Gigabyte App Centre/Bios App - I got an error msg 'BIOS Part number is incorrect'.........
Removed HDD to try and get to the BIOS boot up - the boot message I got didn't give me any access to the BIOS, just asked for another boot device.
I'm confident about flashing the BIOS, I just wish I could get to it!
Any suggestions gratefuly received.
Turned off FastBoot in Windows settings
Changed Keyboard for an old USB one, still no luck with DEL or F2
Looked for the CMOS battery, couldn't find it to remove.
Downloaded F32 from the gigabyte website and tried installing using the Gigabyte App Centre/Bios App - I got an error msg 'BIOS Part number is incorrect'.........
Removed HDD to try and get to the BIOS boot up - the boot message I got didn't give me any access to the BIOS, just asked for another boot device.
I'm confident about flashing the BIOS, I just wish I could get to it!
Any suggestions gratefuly received.