Gigabyte MA790FX DQ6

[keithlm]

Another issue i could use some advise on is how to keep the bios from reverting back to F2 anytime there is a checksum error and the backup bios wrights to the primary? This is a massive pain in the arss! have to put in a old dual core to post then update back to F4.

Read the notes for the BIOS. For BIOS "F3" the last change was:
"Added bootblock checksum support (The back up bios will be updated)"

SO if your board had F2 when you got it... and you immediately put F4 onto it... anytime there is a flashback it will go back to F2.

But if you flash F3... and THEN you flash F4... if there is a need to revert... hopefully it will go back to F3. (I'm assuming when they say "back up bios" they mean the "Dual BIOS". But I have never seen the BIOS revert... so I can't say either way.)



EDIT: Just got another answer from Gigabyte. Apparently since Prime95 wasn't written for Vista... they don't seem to consider instability of that application a problem; they want to know what else has problems. Okay... how about the Vista OS itself. It reboots itself with nothing else running while using the Gigabyte DS5 motherboard at default settings. I'd say that was a "slightly bad" thing.

I am SO getting fed up with their responses.