******Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 Discussion Thread******

[Balb0wa]

i see, didnt know about the touch bios, just tried it, but a lot of the settings are greyed out, like overclock,do you have to use the latest bios for it? think im on f6a

Advanced cpu features?? blank

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I haven't heard, but I haven't asked for a while either

Probably not though, as they'll want to hold off for the main segment of users to jump on board with Z77 and that will be a selling point. Plus they already put all that work and effort into touch BIOS, so I kinda doubt it.

[Balb0wa]

ahhh, updated to f7a, touch bios works fine im so good, going to get a job on gigabyte tech support!

[Lsdmeasap]

Nice to see you got it!

I didn't know you could even use that on P67 yet, without special BIOS mod or flashing to a Z68 BIOS, but I've been gone for a while so they might have updated P67 compatibility while I was away.

[Balb0wa]

Very odd, first time i flashed the bios it worked , and i could change the multiplyer etc, rebooted a few times and no option there.

Nice to see you got it!

I didn't know you could even use that on P67 yet, without special BIOS mod or flashing to a Z68 BIOS, but I've been gone for a while so they might have updated P67 compatibility while I was away.

[Lsdmeasap]

I haven't checked, but last I looked and used the program it was for Z68 only or boards that had been crossflashed to Z68 BIOSes.

Does it say for P67 where you downloaded it, or is it listed on the downloads for your board? If not, then it's still as it was, for Z68 only.

[Balb0wa]

it was in the utility bit for my board, said p67

I haven't checked, but last I looked and used the program it was for Z68 only or boards that had been crossflashed to Z68 BIOSes.

Does it say for P67 where you downloaded it, or is it listed on the downloads for your board? If not, then it's still as it was, for Z68 only.

[stasio]

Be sure to install latest Intel INF and Intel Management Engine Interface from drivers page.
Restart required.

[Balb0wa]

They were upto date. installed them again and re booted, still same, is it meant to work on the ud4 p67a?

Advanced cpu core features is blank, nothing in there


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Be sure to install latest Intel INF and Intel Management Engine Interface from drivers page.
Restart required.

[bluestang]

What version of the Intel OROM is in this F7a BIOS? Thanks.

Edit: It has Intel Raid ROM v10.6.0.1091

[stasio]

They were upto date. installed them again and re booted, still same, is it meant to work on the ud4 p67a?

Advanced cpu core features is blank, nothing in there

Did you clear dmi pool data when you flash BIOS?

[bluestang]

Did you clear dmi pool data when you flash BIOS?

What's your recommendation .,.to clear or not with every new flash?

[acebmxer]

What's your recommendation .,.to clear or not with every new flash?

Should always clear DMI pool data when flashing along with load optimized defaults after flash. If not some times old settings wont get wiped and could cause problems.

[Balb0wa]

Did you clear dmi pool data when you flash BIOS?

I didnt no, but done it again clearing the dmi pool and sucess, thankyou

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[stasio]

I didnt no, but done it again clearing the dmi pool and sucess, thankyou

Nice.

[Lsdmeasap]

Great to hear you got it working Balb0wa!

[Balb0wa]

Great to hear you got it working Balb0wa!

HAHA, spoke to soon, seems to work after a bios flash, then on all the next reboots it doesnt, oh dear.

[Lsdmeasap]

Did you matchup your main and backup BIOS? I haven't played with this on P67 yet, at least not without a Z68 BIOS flashed into P67, and I just read after your posts that it was made P67 compatible.

Not sure why it would be working for you one second and not the next? Are you using the latest Intel MEI firmware update, if not here ya go

Intel® Management Engine Interface(MEI) Driver 8.0.0.1351
http://www.mediafire.com/?o360d2w7ax1m1q8

[C-N]

HAHA, spoke to soon, seems to work after a bios flash, then on all the next reboots it doesnt, oh dear.

Maybe its something to do with enabling the real time changes option in BIOS

I haven’t used Touch BIOS but even if you had the option to change multi wouldn’t you still need to reboot for it to apply anyway.... & if so why bother.... why not just do it in BIOS.

> Advanced CPU Core Features

CPU Clock Ratio .......................................[ 48
Internal CPU PLL Overvoltage...........................[ Enabled
Real Time Ratio Changes In OS .........................[ Disabled

[dejanbinladen]

stasio didnt post F7b bios so i will, this weekend i had little air session with new bios and performace and stability is really good.

BIOS F7b

[stasio]

Thanks,
as XS forum has been down,btw anytime can check on TT forum.

[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.

[Hondacity]

where is the reset button? :P

[Lsdmeasap]

I'm not sure man?

There isn't any over here, only a large pair of scissors to start the boards with or short CMOS's

[Hondacity]

screwdriver also works or a fork lol. the new mobos will have a reset button which is good for us

[NeoandGeo]

Looks like the beta BIOS has been taken off of Gigabytes website. Wonder why?

EDIT: To upload the final F7 BIOS apparently.