First time Updating a Bios

[bender1011]

I have a G1 sniper 5  https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/G1Sniper-5-rev-1x#ov that im trying to update the bios on so I can use NVM-e drive I bought. Is this even possible and if so why wont Q-flash recognize my Flashdrive in a fat32 format with all 3 files for the bios?

[Mathieu9836]

What is the file format on the thumbstick?

[Guest]

@Mathieu9836 is onto it, it's most likely a format issue on the thumbdrive. Try repartitioning (not just reformatting) it from scratch using diskpart or similar, then try again.

 

Also make sure that you don't have a BIOS setting that does a partial initialise of USB ports during POST (resetting the BIOS would clear this)

 

Alternatively, install the (hell that is) App Center, and @BIOS and update from Windows.

[Mathieu9836]

2 minutes ago, SiliconT said:

@Mathieu9836 is onto it, it's most likely a format issue on the thumbdrive. Try repartitioning (not just reformatting) it from scratch using diskpart or similar, then try again.

 

Also make sure that you don't have a BIOS setting that does a partial initialise of USB ports during POST (resetting the BIOS would clear this)

 

Alternatively, install the (hell that is) App Center, and @BIOS and update from Windows.

I would not use @BIOS to update, i only trust UEFI updates and Flashbios, Gigabyte's software is junk, don't brick your board for stupid reasons.

[Guest]

Yeah @BIOS is a last resort for sure (that's why I said it was hell), but that motherboard has DualBIOS, so it seems unlikely that he would brick it either way.