Im officially encouraging everyone who sees this thread from the gigashite forums to throw this shit in the bin this includes their shitty intel boards too, and buy asrock, yes asrock the once budget brand are now number 1 for quality in every respect, with kets post i have now seen once again vrm problems twice this week from the gaming 3 and gaming 5, the k7 is not immune either by the way its just as bad. vrms dont just blow, something has caused it, and its the resistors. i hope gigabyte come back with some rock solid boards but that looks highly unlikely im afraid. this is the beginning of the end for this company unless they sort themselves out. Guys pay the extra £20 and buy a quality board forget all this gigabyte shite.

Gaming K5 F22b modded firmware is up

EDIT: Let me know how these firmwares are doing folks, details, screenshots, etc. Can you get better performance with these vs. stock firmware, that kinda thing.

ket, I tried flashing your K7 F22b firmware but I get an "Invalid BIOS image" error in Q-Flash. Since you didn't include a DOS based flashing utility as part of the download this time, I think most people are going to get stuck and unable to flash.

I could go back to an older firmware download of yours and get the flashing utility from there, but I think I'll wait until you look into this.

Zitat von redrain85 im Beitrag #543

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ket, I tried flashing your K7 F22b firmware but I get an "Invalid BIOS image" error in Q-Flash. Since you didn't include a DOS based flashing utility as part of the download this time, I think most people are going to get stuck and unable to flash.

I could go back to an older firmware download of yours and get the flashing utility from there, but I think I'll wait until you look into this.

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Zitat von redrain85 im Beitrag #543

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ket, I tried flashing your K7 F22b firmware but I get an "Invalid BIOS image" error in Q-Flash. Since you didn't include a DOS based flashing utility as part of the download this time, I think most people are going to get stuck and unable to flash.

I could go back to an older firmware download of yours and get the flashing utility from there, but I think I'll wait until you look into this.

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Zitat von ket im Beitrag #539

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That is a weird issue.. you might want to flash to a very old firmware then flash up to F21, doing so will force a complete erase and reprogramming rather than just an "upgrade". Migh iron out a few things for you.

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Hi Ket do you think the Bios for my MOBO can be modded

its a Gigabyte GA-AB350M-D3H.

Zitat von anito9999 im Beitrag #547

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Hi Ket do you think the Bios for my MOBO can be modded

its a Gigabyte GA-AB350M-D3H.

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Zitat von @JSebastian im Beitrag #546

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Zitat von ket im Beitrag #539

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That is a weird issue.. you might want to flash to a very old firmware then flash up to F21, doing so will force a complete erase and reprogramming rather than just an "upgrade". Migh iron out a few things for you.

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It's beyond weird!!! How is it posible for RAM Memory to be mistaken for NVM Hybrid or Unknown form factor... RAM is not the same as vNAND or other types of memory device that has nothing to do with SDRAM??? Have a look...



I've tried countless flashbacks to the stock F3 Firmware as it was out of the box... Without any success in restoring the SPD... Typhoon Burner also detects a CRC Error for both modules... I'm gonna try erasing the Main UEFI/BIOS & reprogramming it clean using AFU command line method... Which should do away with any and all residual kinks from Upgrading Firmware... Downgrading firmware... Back and forth... As well as a few soft-bricked flashes... GB is such a pain in the ass when it come down to consistency in following up with their products... They literally just launch a motherboard... with outdated drivers, bloatware, etc... on their support site... And lets not forget their Update Servers are a freaking JOKE... Which rarely ever actually updates according to the Support Site downloads... GB is really falling behind and its a real joke and insult to their "Users/Consumers/GB owners/Etc...

Sorry about going off subject a bit... Now... I've been running your F21 Firmware these few days... My hats off to you ket!!! AMD GOP works (Fast Boot & OS Options work as well... UEFI Boot Screen works... Much more stable RAM OC @3400 MHz @1.390V... Ryzen OC stable @3700 MHz @1.296V, SoC @1.114V... Thus a noticeable overall Temp drop... I also clean-installed the latest AMD Chipset Drivers followed by clean-installing my AMD RX-580 with lates WHQL v18.2.1 Adrenalin... And all is quite peachy!!! Awesome work ket!!! I forced the AMD SATA AHCI drivers for both Controllers and I got it back on the spot which fixed the incredibly POOR SSD Performance since AMD doesnt really ever had much interest in developing AHCI Drivers... Either way I'm not exactly sure of the underlying factor that KILLS SSD Performance mainly & SATA-III AHCI Controllers in general... Now though its back to wher its ment to have performed from the start...


I have an idea that might fix my FlareX SPD problem... First Flashback to Stock F3 Firmware... Set Optimized Defaults ***WITHOUT THE RAM STICKS... Disconnect PSU & CMOS Battery for a little while... Insert Memory to DIMM Slots 2 & 4 first... respectively Slots 1 & 3 too... see if that works... If not... AFU should do the trick all around...

Thanks again for your hard work @ket !!! BTW... The SOC Voltage still defaults @1.2495V !!! I do however change the AUTO to NORMAL (ONLY for SOC Voltage) With no problems at all... I'll let you know how F22 turns out and if i'm able to fix the SPD issue... AWESOME!!!

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Hi,

Also interested in the last AHCI Drivers and USB, most of them I found them here in this forum:

Recommended AHCI/RAID and NVMe Drivers
USB 3.0/3.1 Drivers (original and modded)

But if someone found new ones I will be happy! :)
P.S: Also tried the last package 18.1b but some of them revert to Microsoft drivers!!?!?!?!

Drivers that have been messed with can be a risky business, amd nvidia and microsoft are all in partnership together to provide WHQL drivers that have been thoroughly tested prior to release, if you do any important work on your machine i would strongly advise against installing them, if the driver gets reverted back to the microsoft versions they have problems, of course its your machine.

Yeah, but I am never sure what drivers to use, Microsoft or AMD ones, even from chipset 18.1b some of them do not install, I have to go directly to device manager and browse to the directory of the extraction "C:\AMD" so they can install and update properly. All AMD drivers look outdated compared to Microsoft ones, which is best? I have no clue.

Zitat von POE_UK im Beitrag #550

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Drivers that have been messed with can be a risky business, amd nvidia and microsoft are all in partnership together to provide WHQL drivers that have been thoroughly tested prior to release, if you do any important work on your machine i would strongly advise against installing them, if the driver gets reverted back to the microsoft versions they have problems, of course its your machine.

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Zitat von PickMeNow im Beitrag #551

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Yeah, but I am never sure what drivers to use, Microsoft or AMD ones, even from chipset 18.1b some of them do not install, I have to go directly to device manager and browse to the directory of the extraction "C:\AMD" so they can install and update properly. All AMD drivers look outdated compared to Microsoft ones, which is best? I have no clue.

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Hi ket,

I have been following this thread for a while now, but have not tried your modded BIOS yet on my Gaming 5. Unfortunately the one major issue I do have with it cannot be fixed by a BIOS fix. I am unlucky to have a Sound Blaster Z sound card, so I always have to discharge my motherboard every time I start up my PC. Other than that, the board has given me minimal issues, so I have stayed on BIOS version F9/F10 for now.

I'd like to ask your opinion on following the advice of several people here in getting an AsRock Taichi, given that it does not have dual BIOS. I am surprised that not every manufacturer has dual BIOS by now, and I am a bit concerned in getting it and then having to update the BIOS. Is there another way to recover from a failed BIOS update on a Taichi? I also see that the X470 Taichi can be found on the AsRock website, so I will wait until that is available. Would it be safe to assume that the new one would also be of the better quality compared to Gigabyte? I am also hoping the VRM quality and cooling will be better, as I had to mount a RAM cooler over my VRM heatsinks to maintain reasonable temperatures while overclocking.

Thanks for your time, and for the effort you have put into these modded BIOSes.

Zitat von Mach5 im Beitrag #553

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Hi ket,

I have been following this thread for a while now, but have not tried your modded BIOS yet on my Gaming 5. Unfortunately the one major issue I do have with it cannot be fixed by a BIOS fix. I am unlucky to have a Sound Blaster Z sound card, so I always have to discharge my motherboard every time I start up my PC. Other than that, the board has given me minimal issues, so I have stayed on BIOS version F9/F10 for now.

I'd like to ask your opinion on following the advice of several people here in getting an AsRock Taichi, given that it does not have dual BIOS. I am surprised that not every manufacturer has dual BIOS by now, and I am a bit concerned in getting it and then having to update the BIOS. Is there another way to recover from a failed BIOS update on a Taichi? I also see that the X470 Taichi can be found on the AsRock website, so I will wait until that is available. Would it be safe to assume that the new one would also be of the better quality compared to Gigabyte? I am also hoping the VRM quality and cooling will be better, as I had to mount a RAM cooler over my VRM heatsinks to maintain reasonable temperatures while overclocking.

Thanks for your time, and for the effort you have put into these modded BIOSes.

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Modded version of F22b is up for the X370 Gaming K3