Help apriciated

[boxrr]

Sort of newbie here seeking help..

I got myself a hand-me-down motherboard and figured i should build a pc onto it. Ordered one Rx580 and a 3570K with 16 ram.

So the question part: My mobo is a Gigabyte GA-H61-DS2 rev 2.0 currently on BIOS version F3.

The official page shows tha latest version is a Beta F10a which adds higher end Gpu better support. Should i trust the beta BIOS  and update it (It's my first time ever doing such thing) or pick the F9 since that seems more sure to work.

[Lorant]

It's a Beta BIOS from 5 years ago, should be solid

[boxrr]

Just now, Lorant said:

It's a Beta BIOS from 5 years ago, should be solid

Figured so, just making sure ^^

[boxrr]

1 minute ago, Lorant said:

It's a Beta BIOS from 5 years ago, should be solid

One more, do i install the F10a from the beginning or do i need to install each and every one after one?

[Whiro]

3 minutes ago, boxrr said:

One more, do i install the F10a from the beginning or do i need to install each and every one after one?

I would advise not to get that beta bios. In many websites it’ll tell you that you basically flashing the board at your own risk, for instance this is beta bios for my board

 

[boxrr]

8 minutes ago, Caroline said:

Try it with your current BIOS, if it works don't touch it, if it doesn't then get F9

Righto, the components will arive in two days. I'll try it with the one installed then try F9 if it doesn't work.. will update

 

[Guest]

Clear the cmos when you recieve the board.

 

After you update the bios, Clear the cmos again.

[boxrr]

1 minute ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Clear the cmos when you recieve the board.

 

After you update the bios, Clear the cmos again.

How do i clear the CMOS?

[Guest]

Jump the pins circled in red for 10 seconds.

 

Here is the manual for that board. 

https://download1.gigabyte.com/Files/Manual/mb_manual_ga-h61m-ds2_v2.0_e.pdf

[boxrr]

2 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Jump the pins circled in red for 10 seconds.

 

Here is the manual for that board. 

https://download1.gigabyte.com/Files/Manual/mb_manual_ga-h61m-ds2_v2.0_e.pdf

While the pc is off i presume

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, boxrr said:

While the pc is off i presume

 

Yes of course.

[mormoloc1986]

h61 chipset only gives 6 lanes for the cpu instead of 8 as it should. not the best choice of a motherboard.

[boxrr]

Here for the update, had the force flash the BIOS update via bootable DOS USB. Everything works fine, thanks for all the help

[boxrr]

15 hours ago, mormoloc1986 said:

h61 chipset only gives 6 lanes for the cpu instead of 8 as it should. not the best choice of a motherboard.

I said it was a Hand-me-down board