Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H "Bios ID Check Error"

[phb07jm]

Ok So this has been driving me nuts all day,

I am trying to update the BIOS for my mobo which is

GA-Z77-D3H (rev 1.0)

I am 100% sure of the model and revision , I can see them printed on the mobo. According to system info the current version is:

BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. F5, 09/03/2012

I am trying to update it to F18 using:

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4140#bios

But when I try using the q-flash utillity I just get "Bios ID Check Error" back. This is so frustrating, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

 

[abekl]

Not sure if this will help, but try using the @BIOS utility to flash the FW. It might work.
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Utility/mb_utility_atbios.exe

 

[phb07jm]

Thanks for the reply,

I tried using the @BIOS utility to install the BIOS File I had already downloaded (F18) and got the same error as before. I told it to carry on and update anyway but system wouldn't boot so I restored it to the original BIOS and tried the "update from Gigabyte Server" option. For some reason the most recent version it could find was F9, when I tried to upgrade to that I got a warning: "This is not a regular file name" I ignored it and upgraded anyway and again it wouldn't boot.

Thanks again for getting back to me, any other suggestions would be appreciated. I'm totally stumped...

 

[phb07jm]

Update:

I've now managed to update to F9. I got the same boot error as before

"'Remove disks or other media. Press any key to restart"

So I entered the BIOS and looked at the boot options. For some reason my internal SSD was showing up as a flash drive and was not a boot option, I set this to boot first and the system seems fine. Curiously I still can't upgrade to F18 as the Gigabyte servers only have F9 and the BIOS files I used before now just give the error "BIOS Partnumber is not correct" with no option to override.

 

[phb07jm]

Oh Dear.... This is deeply embarrassing!

Turns out my mobo is the z77x. At least everything makes sense now I know it was just me being a numpty.

Thanks again for your help abekl

 

[phb07jm]

Best answer selected by phb07jm.

 

[abekl]

No problem. At least you got it sorted

 

[hadi suliman]

is that possible to update a different bios version than your original version ? i mean i have gigabyte f2 version and in the website there is different other versions which is more recent than the current update for the f2 in the website so should i try other version or this is risky ?

 

[ashark]

I was trying to update my gigabyte motherboard and failed with the same issue: when choosing file in Q-Flash, it always said "BIOS ID check error". Also I tried to make update via dos, by launching autoexec.bat, which then calls for EfiFlash.exe. And it gave me the following:

GIGABYTE SPI Flash BIOS Update Utility v0.65

Checking BIOS Information....
Flash Type : MXIC 25L/U Series
Loading BIOS image : B150MD3H.F64
!!! BIOS ID Mismatch !!!

I also was 100% sure that I was using correct update file, but actually it was not!
My motherboard was GA-B150M-D3H DDR3 rev 1.0. I have found this product page: http://www.gigabyte.ru/products/page/mb/ga-b150m-d3hrev_10
Actually it is different motherboard. Who can guess that this "DDR3" means completely different product? Here is correct one page: http://www.gigabyte.ru/products/page/mb/ga-b150m-d3h_ddr3rev_10 And I needed file B15MD3H3.20g

So for anybody who will step the same rake: check that you are using corresponding product again. Hope helped somebody.