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I recently released a new YouTube video, called How to Flash the Gigabyte B550 AORUS MASTER BIOS with Q-Flash Plus. This video walks though and demonstrates all of the steps required to use the Q-Flash Plus feature on this motherboard.
Q-Flash Plus is a special feature that lets you flash the BIOS without having a CPU, RAM, or video card installed. The most common reason you would want/need to do this is if you had a new CPU that was not supported by the existing BIOS version on the motherboard.
This situation is happening to a number of people with new Ryzen 5000 Series processors that require a newer BIOS version than was available when the motherboard was manufactured. This feature can also be useful if a more traditional BIOS update (using the Q-Flash BIOS utility or the @BIOS Windows utility) failed.
I think this is a useful video right now because the documentation on the product web site and in the motherboard manual is a pretty sparse. Gigabyte also has their own YouTube video showing how to do this, but it uses a different motherboard.
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i think you made this tutorial not very god, the suposed file schould be named at GIGABYTE. bin and not gigabyte.bin, you got to write it in big lethers and not small like you wrote on your tutorial, please rewrite it so the people dont do the same mistake as i did, the file schould be named GIGABYTE.bin
You need to check your facts before you start making incorrect statements and accusations. Renaming the file to gigabyte.bin (all lower case) is what Gigabyte specifies on the web site. Here is the exact text:
More importantly, renaming it to gigabyte.bin actually works. I have done it multiple times for all of my Gigabyte motherboards, and it works every single time. Thousands of people have followed the directions in my videos and it has worked just fine for them.
as you cann see at the Auros homepage here -to-Update-Your-BIOS-Part-2.php they say the bios should be named as GIGABYTE.bin. at the end of the month im gonna buy a Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO AC and i will see witch einther gigabite.bin or GIGABYTE.bin schould be writen. best regards Claudio Santos
You are probably correct. Q-Flash Plus is very literal and simple-minded. It looks for a file with a particular name in the root of a flash drive that was formatted with FAT32. The flash drive has to be in the correct USB port. If it finds what it is looking for it tries to read the file and then proceed with flashing the BIOS. Otherwise, it just stops.
I know this is an old post, but since no one responded to it with more technical information, there are some very common mistakes that can happen. A common mistake is to forget to plug in the supplemental 8 pin at the top of the motherboard when trying to boot. Flashback will work without it, but making sure that you plug in the 24 plus the 8, or even the 8+4 or 8+8 power will make sure the CPU gets enough power.
I have no idea what might be wrong based on the symptoms you describe. It could be many different things. What CPU are you using? Do you have a discrete GPU? What video port are you using (is it on the GPU or from the motherboard)?
BIOS flashback can help in many cases where things have become corrupted. Make sure to use a USB 2.0 flash drive for flashback, not a 3.0 drive. USB 3.0 flash drives can sometimes seem like they are working, but then fail. Next, check your RAM. Shut down, take out all RAM(computer memory) from the system, then power up. Look for the LED indicators on the motherboard to see that the motherboard itself is trying to POST. Then, shut down, and try a single memory module. Try in slot 2(counting from the CPU, 1, 2, 3, 4), then power on, and see if the BIOS lights indicate it is actually trying to cycle up. You can then try a different memory module in slot 4, see if it comes up or not.
There is probably a problem with your flash drive or how you prepared the BIOS flash file. It has to be renamed; it has to be in the root of the USB flash drive. The drive has to be formatted with FAT32 and plugged into the correct USB port.
Well, you will need to borrow a Ryzen 3000 series processor (or any processor that is compatible with your motherboard) to temporarily install so you can flash the BIOS to a new enough version to support your CPU.
AMD used to have a program where they would send you an older, low-end CPU that you could use for this. Another possibility is the shop where you bought it might be able to flash the BIOS for you. Finally, you might consider just returning the motherboard and getting one that has the Q-Flash Plus feature
I am grateful to you for making this information available to those of us that experience the frustrations that stem from lacking information put forth by manufacturers on important processes such as the one detailed in your video.
There is probably a problem with your flash drive or how you prepared the BIOS flash file. It has to be renamed; it has to be in the root of the USB flash drive. The drive has to be formatted with FAT32 and plugged into the correct USB port. Are you 100% sure you downloaded the BIOS file for your exact motherboard rather than a different model?
I have no idea why that would have happened. Flashing the BIOS does not put any stress on the system and is fully supported by the motherboard vendor. If a capacitor blew, you have a warranty issue with them.
1. Download the correct file for your exact motherboard model
2. Rename the file to the correct name
3. Copy the renamed file to the root of your USB drive
4. USB drive must be formatted with FAT32
5. USB drive in correct USB port