Updated BIOS and Windows 7 Won't Boot (Gigabyte Motherboard)

[ByteWolf]

Hello, I have a Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 (Socket 1155) motherboard. Today I updated to the most recent BIOS version , using @BIOS. @BIOS downloaded the most recent version and installed it successfully. I rebooted the system but once it passed the BIOS splash screen and detected the attached drives it flashed a blue-screen for a fraction of a second before restarting the boot process.
Now whenever I reboot, it becomes stuck on the screen that reads Loading Operating System... I have tried switching the hard-drive to be AHCI instead of IDE but that didn't change anything.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. My current system specs are below.

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40GHz 40 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model Z68AP-D3 (Socket 1155)
Chipset Vendor: Intel
Chipset Model: Sandy Bridge
Chipset Revision: 09
Southbridge Vendor: Intel
Southbridge Model: Z68
Southbridge Revision: B3
System Temperature: 39 °C
BIOS
Brand: Award Software International, Inc.
Version: FD
Date: 3/20/2012
Graphics
Acer P236H (1920x1080@60Hz)
S230HL (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Gigabyte)
1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (ATI AIB) 58 °C
Storage
931GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN162 ATA Device (SATA) 29 °C
3726GB HitachiG ST USB Device (USB (SATA)) 47 °C
58GB SDXC Card (USB)
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHAS124 C ATA Device
Audio
Logitech G35 Headset

 

[spooky2th]

See if you can boot into BIOS. Tap the "delete" key when boot starts. The first thing you should do after a BIOS upgrade or even a BIOS reset is boot to BIOS and set up everything like it should be. If your BIOS was set to AHCI mode, it might be in GPT mode and etc. Also, set the memory to advertized timings and speed again. And whatever else needs to be set.

 

[ByteWolf]

I have solved the problem. After reading the stickyed post about Gigabyte motherboards, I realized that I shouldn't have used @BIOS to flash the update. I also realized that I have the revision 2.0 board so I was trying to flash the wrong version. I downloaded the correct update to a flash-drive and re-flashed with the latest stable update, version FD, using Q-Flash. Everything is working as expected now!

 

[spooky2th]

Nice to hear that. Now set it all up for performance.

 

[Patriotoflife]

I have the same motherboard as you, can you link me the BIOS update because im having the hardest time finding it.

 

[spooky2th]

Go here: www.gigabyte.us

Enter Z68AP-D3, in the search at the top-right of the page and pick your MB and go to the page and click on "CPU memory support & downloads." Choose "download type" for BIOS, pick the latest FD bios and download it from the closest location to you.