Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD5 Discussion Thread

[Lsdmeasap]

Ya, I posted it several places and then someone started saying "already posted" (No offense taken - you know who you be ), so I stopped posting about it and hoped everyone would spread the news internally via PM or other threads.

Thanks, I'm updating that thread now too!

[C-N]

Little rollup I used to flash the Intel ME firmware without flashing the BIOS

http://www.mediafire.com/?7jybasd47q1va6m

You will find the commands & option switches from about page 112 onward in the system tools user guide.

[Lsdmeasap]

Nice one! So can users download ME updates anytime, and does Intel update those anywhere for the public regularly?

I wonder if this is something we should update on our own on a regular basis, or if some of the updates cause instabilities so Gigabyte only updates when an update passes their testing?

[C-N]

Not to the best of my knowledge firmware wise although you can get the ME driver/software from intel's download centre easy enough

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...Z68ZV&lang=eng

Maybe worth thinking about if you have problems but as the likes of GB include the firmware update as part of there BIOS updates I would think it probably best just to leave it alone. The full ME software package c/w firmware were available months ago on the GB website which was only 2 ~ 3 month after Intel released them so not that bad a delay.

I only realy checked & flashed my UD5 firmware because I could, was 1/2 bored & I didnt want to flash the new F8 BIOS.

[Lsdmeasap]

For anyone with startup boot loop or other issues, here's another official update guys. I sent in a report on a few users still seeming to have these issues over the past two weeks, so here is there testing results and full reply.

Please pass this info along to your fellow Gigabyte users, thanks!

Test 3 models of Z68 boards with the following BIOS:

1.) Z68X-UD7 with BIOS F10

2.) Z68XP-UD3 with BIOS F9g

3.) Z68AP-DS3 with BIOS FB

Our test results:

1.) Press CTRL + ALT + DEL keys when during boot up or in DOS mode >> Cannot see “continuous reboot loop”, nor “Waiting for ME ready”, nor “system overclocking failure” message. The system just reboot fine.


2.) Press the Reset button

A.) Press the button quickly and release immediately >> Cannot see any issue.

B.) Press the reset button for one second or so (This is not normal behavior.) >> System will shut down, and then power on by itself. Then the “Waiting for ME ready” message appears and then system will shut down and power on by itself again. Sometimes, it will show “System overclock failure” message.

Moreover…

According our testing before,
the issue of “continuous reboot loop” can be fixed by flashing the Backup BIOS with the same version as the main BIOS (latest one).
We Flash the Backup BIOS with the same BIOS version for the main BIOS version before test.

So be careful with that reset button and it should also work properly now too! But I still say avoid if/when possible

And always keep backup BIOS up to date matching with the main BIOS.

[C-N]

YAY

One year on from the last time I was playing Super PI on the UD5, 1x E-Bay special UD7 & 3 hours with my work rigs 2600K & I finally managed to break the 32m 6 min mark!!!

1M



32M

[flesheatinvirus]

Nice Pi score there C-N, nice chip as well.

[C-N]

Cheers mate, It took a while to get round to it but that was a goal I was aiming for a year ago & just couldn’t quite make it.

[AMD_Freak]

Looks good C-N gratz

[C-N]

Thanks mate