I have done bios many times but always on mobo with code display led I am about to do this on an aorus b550 pro with not displays. I hadnt noticed the light next to the qflash button so thank you saves me an anxious time.
Gigabyte Aorus Pro AC B550 with Ryzen 5 5600x G.Skill 3600mhz CL16 Memory RTX2080ti. I did exactly as you instructed using the BIOS version that gave support to the motherboard for the new Ryzen 5000 CPUs from the manufacturer website. Q-Flash Plus light flashed for a couple minutes, then stopped entirely. I let it sit for 5minutes in total and checked that the PSU fan was off(not sure it ever came on as it's a Seasonic 850W that seems to not spin the fan unless it needs to for heat reasons). Anyway, I powered it off, removed the USB stick, powered it back on and now it's just cycling through the POST lights going through CPU quickly, onto DRAM for a little bit, then onto VGA and it hangs there. I never get a video output at all. It just keeps cycling like this endlessly. I know the GPU works as I've removed it repeatedly and placed it in my old 8700k machine with no issues. I'm at a loss as to what it could be at this point. I may try some other sticks of memory if I can find some. Any tips would be appreciated though. Thanks.
So the mobo needs the flash in order to do this, thats the only way correct? I'm looking at building a pc from scratch with Zen 3, so this is imperative to me.
@@samuelvallecabrera8286 Hey bro, the mobo I'm looking at is a Gigabyte Auros Pro which has "Q-Flash" its an X570 board. With a USB you can flash the bios without ram, cpu or gpu. I confirmed this, gl.
That's a great feature. I hope to see more manufacturers start adding in a way to be able to update the BIOS without certain main components included. After all a fair few mobos had to be updated when some Ryzen CPUs came out requiring users to use/borrow or even buy an older supported CPU just to be able to access the BIOS to start the upgrade in the first place.
Perfect, thank you so much! Worked with Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master. Renamed the file to GIGABYTE.bin and removed all other ones from the flash drive. I did remove the graphics card, RAM, SATA drives but kept CPU and NVMe drive installed. After the flashing of the BIOS LED the power supply fan did not stopped spinning. In the end, I switched off the power supply. On first boot the POST was followed by an 3-5 minutes BIOS installation process. Afterwards, I was able to access the BIOS and boot the system. 👍👍
Hey man I have my pc fully build. Is it safe to do this with the cpu and my cooler installed?! I’ll unplug the cooler power but leave it on top of the cpu so I don’t have to do the thermal paste again
@@PhilonPrim CPU and fan was installed, GPU, RAM and storage was not installed. No issues on my side with the beforementioned configuration. Good luck!
Yeah it baffles me that most MB don’t have this feature. If anyone bought a Ryzen 3 series and a motherboard that was designed 1 or 2 years earlier they’re pretty much screwed if they don’t have a compatible CPU for the update. I hear AMD has a service where they send you a kit to update your bios but I don’t know the details and will find out tomorrow when I call them up. Hopefully their customer service is good.
It took me a month to figure this out. Thank you so very much! Everyone else explained how to get the files on the USB, but they did not tell you that the button flashing and the fans whirring was the flashing process. I thought it had to show the screen for it to count the flashing. I am happy I found this video. I am eternally grateful. Now to plug everything else into the motherboard, and I should be good.
New to pc building and doing my first build I thought I would have to buy a whole separate cou just to have a B550 be compatible with zen 3 amazing video really clears things up
You should explain it more generally, tell people that they should read the (readme) file to know what to name the file exactly. each brand has their special name. also indicate that some boards have Flashback button on the board not on the IO
Best guide out there. I wondered about this as I am playing with the idea to purchase a MSI B550 A Pro and make it ready for Ryzen 5xxx. All the guides out there don't show wether you need to use a jumper cable to boot the board or not. So, the answer is... nope... only power on the PSU. not booting the board. Thank you for that. Straight forward explanation!
@@ettoref2712 Not yet. I only purchased the PSU, a new case and NVME for now. I will probably go with the MSI B550 Gaming Plus now because according to some benchmarks, it has slightly colder VRM but otherwise it's basically the same board, except that it looks slightly better too. But I'm waiting with the purchase as I wait for G.Skill to update their Reverse QVL list. I want to be very sure that the RAM is tested to work with the board and CPU, especially with 3600Mhz XMP profile. As soon as I find tested 2x16gb CL16 RAM, I gonna buy the board. They haven't tested the kit I am looking for yet. I want a 5600x and it's sold out in Germany, so I can wait anyway. My personal plan is to finish the rig before February... I am patient and do it step by step.
And what about the power supply fan? Does that have to be rotating during the BIOS updating process? The LED associated with the BIOS button (after the button was depressed) began to pulsate indicating it was getting power, but the power supply fan wasn't whirling, indicating maybe no power from the ps was being generated. I panicked, and pulled the plug to the ps. Maybe the power used by the BIOS upgrade process was so small that insufficient heat was generated to signal the fan to turn on? Need more clarification on this point before trying a second attempt at BIOS upgrading.
Am I able to do this if I have my CPU installed or do I need to take it out? I've been trying for a day or two, took everything apart but kept my CPU in, BIOS never actually started flashing
Cheers for this video, never flashed a bios until a couple of days ago after i realised the mobo i'd bought wasn't compatible with my cpu without flashing the bios. Worked a treat though thanks
Your video helps me a lot. I am planning to buy a motherboard which has a q-flash feature and so I search on how to use q-flash and I've found out this video of yours....
Thanks for the information, never knew that this feature existed for Q flash where you just need power and a USB drive, what will they think of next. Always flashed mine the old fashioned way.
hi before this issue was ur pc running just monitor was no signal ?? because i’m trying to figure if that’s y my display isn’t showing i need to update bios
@@v4adriana i have exact same thing. No display and not keyboard lights, the MOBO was damaged before so maybe it made short circuit and damaged the CPU. Tomorrow I'm sending the CPU for claim
@@AggBaddieI paid 199 CAD (U$152) on mine (AORUS B550 Pro AC version, with Wifi). Unfortunately, I still have to wait for my 5600x, I placed a back order today at Canada Computers
Just watched this and wow, I am amazed with it. I plan on building my first PC soon, and I would like to know is would this method work on a ITX motherboard? I have my CPU but I'm saving up to buy the motherboard.
If this doesn’t work for you: ExFAT is not the same as FAT32. You must use a 32gb drive or less. Anything over normally can not be formatted to exFAT. It will not work. You may need to install the RAM, CPU and GPU. Mine did not work with just the power supply connected like in this video. I needed to have everything installed. You may need to try this 3 times. Mine did not flash until the 3rd try.
Thanks for a good detailed video Of course I noticed that you transferred more files than just the BIOS file I have seen/read elsewhere that ONLY the bios file (in your case: A520MH.F10) must be on the newly formatted usb drive? You have the Bios file + Autoexec.bat + Efiflash.Exe + Readme.txt on your USB flash drive I am going to flash the bios myself in the same way as you show in the video, but I am in doubt as to whether ONLY the bios file should be there, or there must be the other 3: Autoexec.bat + Efiflash.Exe + Readme.txt
No. Not all. I just bought a Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H revision 2. That does'nt have the switch/button on the back. So I can't update the bios that way. It was a complete waste of money because now I have to buy 2 processors, 1 so I can update the bios and the other is the one I want to use. Should have checked first.
ok i have a question i got a new cpu because my old one dropped and pins broke i installed the new one but i get no display and the motherboard orange light is just on what do i do i get no display i think its cuz i have to update the bios but i cant without the screen please help
Thank you! I plan to build a pc with zen3 but I bought my motherboard before they added the bios version to support zen3 so this video definitely helped me out
Thanks so much, I was going to build a computer from scratch up, following instructions from a magazine but they Never told you properly has to flash the BIOS nut no have seen your video I will have another. again thank you so much for showing this. 😀😊😊✨✨✨✨✨ your a star
@@GonexW First of all, I did not flash the Motherboard as I said before didn't understand how to, as it was not explained thoroughly in the magazine. Second there might be problem with the power supply as I could not detect if that was working or not but as far as I was concerned at the time it did not work. Third the Mobo I tried was the ASUS version this one. I going to look at again the PSU now I have power tester, then I will what happens from there
Bros... my Gigabyte x570 Master manual said “do not have CPU/GPU etc installed” when doing Q-Flash Plus, but I was able to update the BIOS just fine with everything installed. 1. Follow instructions for FAT 32 format on flash drive 2. Follow instructions on extraction of BIOS and rename BIOS update to GIGABYTE.bin 3. Power Supply switch on - but Power to PC off. 4. Stick USB flash drive in. 5. Press the Q-Flash button and wait for it to power up the PC. You should see “00” on LED indicator on mobo. 6. Wait a few minutes - the Q-Flash LED should be blinking the whole time - along with USB stick LED. 7. Eventually, you’ll see monitor for to a Gigabyte BIOS update screen where it tells you the progress and warns you not to turn off the PC, etc. 8. BIOS update will complete and reboot. The monitor and GPU plugged in was great because it will take you to a BIOS UPDATE screen so you can see the progress of the BIOS update as it’s applied. Why you would not want this available and be completely in the dark is beyond me - and I find it stupid.
I just brought a B550 E gaming motherboard from Asus and have everything but a cpu. Is there a way to tel what bios version it came with out of the box ? Or should I just update the bios anyways ? New builder aha I’m wanting to buy a 5600x.
Excellent easy to follow video. Nice idea from Gigabyte to allow it to be done on a bare board. Any idea if I can update the BIOS on this board in a similar way, there's no button on the back of it. Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H (rev. 2.0)
So... I did exactly this on a B550 Aorus Pro, after pressing the q flash plus button the orange led started blinking rapidly as in the video, but after a minute or so it stopped for a second and then started blinking again but very slowly, and the red dram led turned on, and both stayed like that. So I turned off the psu and re-did the whole thing again, but the exact same thing happened. I'm not sure if it is an error during the bios flash, but I suspect that what is happening is that when the bios finishes flashing the system is trying to power on and the dram led turns on because no ram is installed. I hope this is the case, I'll test if my 5800x works as soon as I receive my gpu...
@@arnoldlopez4917 Received my gpu some days early so I already completed my build. I DID THE BIOS FLASH WRONG. After installing everything the system didn't post, it got stuck on the vga red led. At first I tried different things that didn't work, and then thought maybe it was bios, so I watched some more guides about it and discovered I did it wrong, I managed to actually make it work: 1. I actually had all the pc built and connected, even the monitor and peripherals. 2. Rename the bios file to "GIGABYTE.bin". Put it in a FAT32 flash drive. 3. Shut down the system (but leave the power supply ON). 4. Put the flash drive in the white usb port. 5. Press and hold the q flash plus button until the orange led next to it starts blinking. 6. After some time of blinking rapidly, the orange led will stop for a second and then start blinking again but slowly, some red leds on the mobo may also light up. You have to keep waiting! (this was my error). The slow blinking means that it's still flashing, and it can take long (~10 min). 7. After some time, when the bios flashing actually finishes, the system will power up normally by itself, you'll see the whole orange led stripe on the mobo light up, and if you have a monitor connected you can go into bios etc...
Got a Zen 3 CPU and an Aorus Elite B550m coming. I'm assuming the motherboard won't properly recognize the CPU without a BIOS update? Should I just Q flash it for safety or will it power properly with the CPU already installed?
Omg, I can't believe it! It's THAT easy?! I bought a gigabyte aorus elite. Does it also have that button? I want to run it with a new ryzen 5000 cpu. It's correct that I can't before I flash it?
I'm excited with my first ever pc build. All my parts r ready with d x570 crsshair impact mobo and 5900x. I've seen from known reviewer that jumping straight to the latest version update of the board affects performance (not an asus board though), and should have done series of updates in order. should i jump to flashing the bios update with v3003 or start from v2206 (or older versions than that depending on the mobo manufactured date)? if i start from v2206 (or older), should i do same flashing steps without cpu for every versions until i reach v3003? or i can do those with ez flash (from v2311). thanks and happy holidays everyone!
hey i am trying to upgrade my cpu and motherboard but from what I see the motherboard I chose does not have this button, I wanted to buy the Gigabyte A520 AORUS ELITE. Does it have the button? if not how do I do this anyways since I heard you need to with amd.
I bought a new CPU (i7 9700k) and my motherboard is MSI Z370 Tomahawk. I have never upgraded my BIOS since i bought my motherboard. Should i upgrade the BIOS before installing the new CPU or after installing it?
Are you able to flash the bios with the CPU (5900X) installed, w/ ram etc? Ive got it all built ready to go I dont really want to take it apart again.. :)
Is it safe to do this with all of the other hardware installed? Basically I set everything up only to encounter this issue, and I would rather not uninstall everything.
Great tutorial! With your help I seemed to have updated my MSI B550 Gaming Carbon Wifi to the latest bios, but im still getting the same issue i had before bios update where the hardware looks on but won't boot to input to my monitor and my keyboard/mouse are not working either. The mouse rgb will flick on for a second then turn off so I don't think the usb ports are the issue. Thanks for the help!
I'm struggling with the SAME issue! I've tried different CPUs (Ryzen 5 1500x AND 5600g) and still yet no POST, no beep from the onboard speaker I bought. It's been a blank for 3 months now. HELP!!
I had a great deal of trouble at first. The problem was every single NEW System Board I tried FAILED! I tried 3 or 4 new boards;yet, none of them worked. Not Until I bought a USED board--a Gigabyte B550m--did the BIOS update work. My PC's working fine now. @@Skyrimography
@@mr9oh939 nope. I installed everything else and am now realizing that none of my USB’s have power either. And I don’t have a graphics card so I can’t see if the system boots or not. I’ll let you know if I figure it out.
@@mr9oh939 solved it! The solition was pretty specific to my situation though. I was trying to download the update from a chromebook, and it wouldn’t let me change it from a .ZIP file to a .CAP file. Then I did it on a windows computer and it updated first try
X570 pro aorus. I had CPU gpu in Added latest gigabyte.bin in root of USB fat 32 Pressed the flash even pressed few times don't start. Do I need to hold it in till it starts it do I need CPU and gpu ram out
Not that anyone will see this but what if I had the flash drive in it had power and was flashing, I didn’t have the cpu plugged in. I turned it off but flipping the switch on the psu, plugged the cpu cable in flipped the power back on and flashed the bios again. Did it brick my mobo?
If I bought a b500 motherboard (Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX) after zen 3 was released will I need to do this or can I just expect that the updated bios is already installed?
if it failed do u just pull it out or turn on the system and then off to unplug?? the manual says "reset the system" as since i didnt push the on button but power is still going thru i am unsure what it means. Did i brick my mb?! i left the exe on the flash did i run things? It's in another folder though...
Final test will be when the new pc is booting for the first time. When things go wrong it is a good idea to have a recovery plan. If your flash utility offers it, make a backup of your existing BIOS code. If this option is not available, download a copy of your current BIOS version or find a utility that will back up your current BIOS code. The original BIOS file should be on a bootable floppy with the flash utility and ready to install.
Help! I'm having the same issue but mine is a Asus Tuf A520M and theres no button or any usb ports that has the word bios on it, where should I plug it?
My motherboard doesnt support my cpu without the bios update but i can only update my bios through my bios and i cant access my bios without a cpu? Why should i do???
Thank you so much for the help. I am currently saving my money to build a good gaming pc in the future and I found out that there is something called Bios update and I was like wtf? Hope this will help
I have a GIGABYTE Aorus Pro AC, what should I rename the file? The same GIGABYTE.bin? Also can I flash to BIOS F11d or should I first flash it to F10? Thanks
it does not，the rrason u have ntfs is you have a too big drive. The thumb drive which is bigger than 32gb will be NTFS！ so make sure u have a 32gb one or less
I screwed up and bought a ryzen 7 and paired it with the b450 tomahawk and didn't think of this so I'll have to do the bios as well, if I take these steps would I be able to continue to use the ryzen 7 without having to get another cpu just for the purpose of updating the bios to run with my ryzen 7?
Smash the thumbs up button 👍 Let me know do you flash your BIOS?
obviously I have done this but most of time I done it in windows and it works and or I had a bad flash that renders computer unusable
No I smash my bios 😂 and I flash the like button
Updating the BIOS is tricky enough, why would you do this?!
I have done bios many times but always on mobo with code display led I am about to do this on an aorus b550 pro with not displays. I hadnt noticed the light next to the qflash button so thank you saves me an anxious time.
Gigabyte Aorus Pro AC B550 with Ryzen 5 5600x G.Skill 3600mhz CL16 Memory RTX2080ti. I did exactly as you instructed using the BIOS version that gave support to the motherboard for the new Ryzen 5000 CPUs from the manufacturer website. Q-Flash Plus light flashed for a couple minutes, then stopped entirely. I let it sit for 5minutes in total and checked that the PSU fan was off(not sure it ever came on as it's a Seasonic 850W that seems to not spin the fan unless it needs to for heat reasons).
Anyway, I powered it off, removed the USB stick, powered it back on and now it's just cycling through the POST lights going through CPU quickly, onto DRAM for a little bit, then onto VGA and it hangs there. I never get a video output at all. It just keeps cycling like this endlessly. I know the GPU works as I've removed it repeatedly and placed it in my old 8700k machine with no issues.
I'm at a loss as to what it could be at this point. I may try some other sticks of memory if I can find some. Any tips would be appreciated though. Thanks.
Thanks for addressing the issue for everyone planning to build a new system with Zen 3 CPUs on current motherboards. Liked and subscribed.
Glad to help!
So the mobo needs the flash in order to do this, thats the only way correct? I'm looking at building a pc from scratch with Zen 3, so this is imperative to me.
Came for the exact same reason, praise the lord :D
@@samuelvallecabrera8286 Hey bro, the mobo I'm looking at is a Gigabyte Auros Pro which has "Q-Flash" its an X570 board. With a USB you can flash the bios without ram, cpu or gpu. I confirmed this, gl.
Zen 3 is the latest Ryzen 5000 series.
That's a great feature. I hope to see more manufacturers start adding in a way to be able to update the BIOS without certain main components included. After all a fair few mobos had to be updated when some Ryzen CPUs came out requiring users to use/borrow or even buy an older supported CPU just to be able to access the BIOS to start the upgrade in the first place.
yeah it works well, bit more risk involved because of no process bar on monitor, but as long as you don't shut pc down, it wont matter.
Perfect, thank you so much!
Worked with Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master. Renamed the file to GIGABYTE.bin and removed all other ones from the flash drive.
I did remove the graphics card, RAM, SATA drives but kept CPU and NVMe drive installed. After the flashing of the BIOS LED the power supply fan did not stopped spinning. In the end, I switched off the power supply.
On first boot the POST was followed by an 3-5 minutes BIOS installation process. Afterwards, I was able to access the BIOS and boot the system. 👍👍
Hey man I have my pc fully build. Is it safe to do this with the cpu and my cooler installed?! I’ll unplug the cooler power but leave it on top of the cpu so I don’t have to do the thermal paste again
@@PhilonPrim CPU and fan was installed, GPU, RAM and storage was not installed. No issues on my side with the beforementioned configuration. Good luck!
This man's voice is so reassuring that you know everything is going to be alright.
Lol :(
So true
All motherboards need this feature. That's all I have to say on the matter haha.
Yeah, it can come in handy.
Was the deciding factor on what mobo I bought to be honest.
Asus has this for years.
@@OXyGeNe8DJ I know. Just saying all of them need it
Yeah it baffles me that most MB don’t have this feature. If anyone bought a Ryzen 3 series and a motherboard that was designed 1 or 2 years earlier they’re pretty much screwed if they don’t have a compatible CPU for the update. I hear AMD has a service where they send you a kit to update your bios but I don’t know the details and will find out tomorrow when I call them up. Hopefully their customer service is good.
It took me a month to figure this out. Thank you so very much! Everyone else explained how to get the files on the USB, but they did not tell you that the button flashing and the fans whirring was the flashing process. I thought it had to show the screen for it to count the flashing. I am happy I found this video. I am eternally grateful. Now to plug everything else into the motherboard, and I should be good.
New to pc building and doing my first build I thought I would have to buy a whole separate cou just to have a B550 be compatible with zen 3 amazing video really clears things up
What B550 board did you go with? I just picked up the Asus B550 E gaming for my first build👌🏼
@@kanethomo2483 I’m going with the rog b550-a. Tryna go for that clean white build
You should explain it more generally, tell people that they should read the (readme) file to know what to name the file exactly. each brand has their special name. also indicate that some boards have Flashback button on the board not on the IO
Best guide out there. I wondered about this as I am playing with the idea to purchase a MSI B550 A Pro and make it ready for Ryzen 5xxx. All the guides out there don't show wether you need to use a jumper cable to boot the board or not. So, the answer is... nope... only power on the PSU. not booting the board. Thank you for that. Straight forward explanation!
Have you already done it? I'm going to buy the same
@@ettoref2712 Not yet. I only purchased the PSU, a new case and NVME for now. I will probably go with the MSI B550 Gaming Plus now because according to some benchmarks, it has slightly colder VRM but otherwise it's basically the same board, except that it looks slightly better too. But I'm waiting with the purchase as I wait for G.Skill to update their Reverse QVL list. I want to be very sure that the RAM is tested to work with the board and CPU, especially with 3600Mhz XMP profile. As soon as I find tested 2x16gb CL16 RAM, I gonna buy the board. They haven't tested the kit I am looking for yet. I want a 5600x and it's sold out in Germany, so I can wait anyway. My personal plan is to finish the rig before February... I am patient and do it step by step.
And what about the power supply fan? Does that have to be rotating during the BIOS updating process? The LED associated with the BIOS button (after the button was depressed) began to pulsate indicating it was getting power, but the power supply fan wasn't whirling, indicating maybe no power from the ps was being generated. I panicked, and pulled the plug to the ps. Maybe the power used by the BIOS upgrade process was so small that insufficient heat was generated to signal the fan to turn on? Need more clarification on this point before trying a second attempt at BIOS upgrading.
I can confirm this works and should be advised to everyone with the new Zen 3 CPUs on current motherboards.
Am I able to do this if I have my CPU installed or do I need to take it out? I've been trying for a day or two, took everything apart but kept my CPU in, BIOS never actually started flashing
@@bigal5760 hold the button for 3 seconds with power in but not on. No need to remove CPU
fine tutorial on updating the system Bios version.
Thanks
Cheers for this video, never flashed a bios until a couple of days ago after i realised the mobo i'd bought wasn't compatible with my cpu without flashing the bios.
Worked a treat though thanks
Your video helps me a lot. I am planning to buy a motherboard which has a q-flash feature and so I search on how to use q-flash and I've found out this video of yours....
I love how there's never a mention of the motherboard type in the description. ...as if any motherboard can accomplish this feat.
Thanks for the information, never knew that this feature existed for Q flash where you just need power and a USB drive, what will they think of next. Always flashed mine the old fashioned way.
its safer to flash bios where you can see the flashing process, this can be more risky in my opinion
@@Britec09 This would come in handy, especially now, for when you need to flash the bios to get support for new AMD CPU.
I'm like a noob being carried by a God. Thank you! The most precise and accurate tutorial I found. Would recommend to my peers. :)
hi before this issue was ur pc running just monitor was no signal ?? because i’m trying to figure if that’s y my display isn’t showing i need to update bios
@@v4adriana i have exact same thing. No display and not keyboard lights, the MOBO was damaged before so maybe it made short circuit and damaged the CPU. Tomorrow I'm sending the CPU for claim
0:35 how i wish every bios update download area is this simple
Following along with this just worked on my GIGABYTE B550I AORUS PRO AX. Thanks!
this is exactly what I am looking for, thanks a lot for this excellent video!!
I haven't upgraded since 2600k. I bought the 5800x and I guess I'ma have to do this. Thanks man.
Me too, upgrading from 2500k to 5600x. One of the main reasons that I decided to get the AORUS B550 Pro was this Q-Flash Plus feature.
@@williamzu I haven't decided on a motherboard just yet. I gotta start looking at some with that Flash feature. How much did you get the B550 Pro for?
@@AggBaddieI paid 199 CAD (U$152) on mine (AORUS B550 Pro AC version, with Wifi).
Unfortunately, I still have to wait for my 5600x, I placed a back order today at Canada Computers
Just watched this and wow, I am amazed with it.
I plan on building my first PC soon, and I would like to know is would this method work on a ITX motherboard?
I have my CPU but I'm saving up to buy the motherboard.
This is great for new motherboards that don't have updated bios and have compatibility issues with ssd or other on a new build.
Thanks for the video. How to know if the BIOS did NOT flash because of some error?
This was an amazing guide, this helped tremendously
Thank you for this, worked great for my R7 5800x & GIGABYTE X570 Aorus Elite Wifi.
If this doesn’t work for you:
ExFAT is not the same as FAT32. You must use a 32gb drive or less. Anything over normally can not be formatted to exFAT. It will not work.
You may need to install the RAM, CPU and GPU. Mine did not work with just the power supply connected like in this video. I needed to have everything installed.
You may need to try this 3 times. Mine did not flash until the 3rd try.
Thank you bud. It was very helpful like your other videos.
To the point, clear and precise as always. Thanks Brian. Stellar.
Thanks for a good detailed video
Of course I noticed that you transferred more files than just the BIOS file
I have seen/read elsewhere that ONLY the bios file (in your case: A520MH.F10) must be on the newly formatted usb drive?
You have the Bios file + Autoexec.bat + Efiflash.Exe + Readme.txt on your USB flash drive
I am going to flash the bios myself in the same way as you show in the video, but I am in doubt as to whether ONLY the bios file should be there,
or there must be the other 3: Autoexec.bat + Efiflash.Exe + Readme.txt
Thanks mate - Excellent video.
It worked my friend. Thank you so much
Nice one! Does all Mobos have that button for flashing? Is there another way if not?
Asus, MSI and Gigabyte have the ability to do this.
I have an MSI and never bothered looking there 😂
Keep on the good work
No. Not all. I just bought a Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H revision 2. That does'nt have the switch/button on the back. So I can't update the bios that way. It was a complete waste of money because now I have to buy 2 processors, 1 so I can update the bios and the other is the one I want to use. Should have checked first.
ok i have a question
i got a new cpu because my old one dropped and pins broke
i installed the new one but i get no display and the motherboard orange light is just on
what do i do i get no display i think its cuz i have to update the bios but i cant without the screen please help
Thank you! I plan to build a pc with zen3 but I bought my motherboard before they added the bios version to support zen3 so this video definitely helped me out
Thanks so much man this really helped, so much bull on the internet this was the only useful thing👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Great vid, very helpful! 👍🏼
Thanks so much, I was going to build a computer from scratch up, following instructions from a magazine but they Never told you properly has to flash the BIOS nut no have seen your video I will have another. again thank you so much for showing this. 😀😊😊✨✨✨✨✨ your a star
@@GonexW First of all, I did not flash the Motherboard as I said before didn't understand how to, as it was not explained thoroughly in the magazine. Second there might be problem with the power supply as I could not detect if that was working or not but as far as I was concerned at the time it did not work. Third the Mobo I tried was the ASUS version this one. I going to look at again the PSU now I have power tester, then I will what happens from there
The title caught my eye, got me wondering what you were up to. Ok , I was wrong
Yes I've updated BIOS many times over the years..
I don't update like this, bit more of a risk involved
Thanks for the vid. Explained very well and easy to understand for all levels of computer builders.
Pretty useful, THANKS!
Thanks to you I can buy my B550 motherboard with no issues so I can flash the new BIOS for my 5600X correctly
The led just doesn’t turn on or do anythingggg, I have the flash drive on fat32 and I’ve renamed my file but doesn’t works :(
Look at the manual of your motherboard, do what it says, maybe yours doesn't need rename or needs something else to do
Someone said you need to read the readme.txt
Superb bro ...love it
I assume these are the same steps to follow if I am looking to buy a ryzen 5000 cpu?
Yes
Bros... my Gigabyte x570 Master manual said “do not have CPU/GPU etc installed” when doing Q-Flash Plus, but I was able to update the BIOS just fine with everything installed.
1. Follow instructions for FAT 32 format on flash drive
2. Follow instructions on extraction of BIOS and rename BIOS update to GIGABYTE.bin
3. Power Supply switch on - but Power to PC off.
4. Stick USB flash drive in.
5. Press the Q-Flash button and wait for it to power up the PC. You should see “00” on LED indicator on mobo.
6. Wait a few minutes - the Q-Flash LED should be blinking the whole time - along with USB stick LED.
7. Eventually, you’ll see monitor for to a Gigabyte BIOS update screen where it tells you the progress and warns you not to turn off the PC, etc.
8. BIOS update will complete and reboot.
The monitor and GPU plugged in was great because it will take you to a BIOS UPDATE screen so you can see the progress of the BIOS update as it’s applied. Why you would not want this available and be completely in the dark is beyond me - and I find it stupid.
How do you know what to rename your file, I can’t find it anywhere. My motherboard is an B550I Aorus Pro Ax.
thanks a lot for the tutorial!
weldone britec,what about asus rog strix b450 boards?
I just brought a B550 E gaming motherboard from Asus and have everything but a cpu. Is there a way to tel what bios version it came with out of the box ? Or should I just update the bios anyways ? New builder aha I’m wanting to buy a 5600x.
I too want to know this
Excellent easy to follow video. Nice idea from Gigabyte to allow it to be done on a bare board.
Any idea if I can update the BIOS on this board in a similar way, there's no button on the back of it.
Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H (rev. 2.0)
So... I did exactly this on a B550 Aorus Pro, after pressing the q flash plus button the orange led started blinking rapidly as in the video, but after a minute or so it stopped for a second and then started blinking again but very slowly, and the red dram led turned on, and both stayed like that. So I turned off the psu and re-did the whole thing again, but the exact same thing happened. I'm not sure if it is an error during the bios flash, but I suspect that what is happening is that when the bios finishes flashing the system is trying to power on and the dram led turns on because no ram is installed. I hope this is the case, I'll test if my 5800x works as soon as I receive my gpu...
I have the same B550 and I'm waiting for my processor too, is a 5600X. I hope your update work well, please reply when you try.
@@arnoldlopez4917 Received my gpu some days early so I already completed my build. I DID THE BIOS FLASH WRONG. After installing everything the system didn't post, it got stuck on the vga red led. At first I tried different things that didn't work, and then thought maybe it was bios, so I watched some more guides about it and discovered I did it wrong, I managed to actually make it work:
1. I actually had all the pc built and connected, even the monitor and peripherals.
2. Rename the bios file to "GIGABYTE.bin". Put it in a FAT32 flash drive.
3. Shut down the system (but leave the power supply ON).
4. Put the flash drive in the white usb port.
5. Press and hold the q flash plus button until the orange led next to it starts blinking.
6. After some time of blinking rapidly, the orange led will stop for a second and then start blinking again but slowly, some red leds on the mobo may also light up. You have to keep waiting! (this was my error). The slow blinking means that it's still flashing, and it can take long (~10 min).
7. After some time, when the bios flashing actually finishes, the system will power up normally by itself, you'll see the whole orange led stripe on the mobo light up, and if you have a monitor connected you can go into bios etc...
Did you already have a CPU like 3700 in the system when you did this or everything brand new and no windows installed yet?
@@PhilonPrim Everything was brand new, no windows installed yet or anything.
Thank you man!!! 🙌🏼
Very helpful, thank you!
Got a Zen 3 CPU and an Aorus Elite B550m coming. I'm assuming the motherboard won't properly recognize the CPU without a BIOS update? Should I just Q flash it for safety or will it power properly with the CPU already installed?
Omg, I can't believe it! It's THAT easy?! I bought a gigabyte aorus elite. Does it also have that button? I want to run it with a new ryzen 5000 cpu. It's correct that I can't before I flash it?
U have discord, I’ll help u see if u want?
@@elitesym1778 I did the flash by myself with this guidance. It worked pretty well and all is set up now! Thanks for offering help 😀
I did this and updated the bios and it kept blinking and then everything just rebooted does this mean that your bios updated successfully?
very useful, thank you!
I'm excited with my first ever pc build. All my parts r ready with d x570 crsshair impact mobo and 5900x.
I've seen from known reviewer that jumping straight to the latest version update of the board affects performance (not an asus board though), and should have done series of updates in order.
should i jump to flashing the bios update with v3003 or start from v2206 (or older versions than that depending on the mobo manufactured date)?
if i start from v2206 (or older), should i do same flashing steps without cpu for every versions until i reach v3003? or i can do those with ez flash (from v2311).
thanks and happy holidays everyone!
hey i am trying to upgrade my cpu and motherboard but from what I see the motherboard I chose does not have this button, I wanted to buy the Gigabyte A520 AORUS ELITE. Does it have the button? if not how do I do this anyways since I heard you need to with amd.
I bought a new CPU (i7 9700k) and my motherboard is MSI Z370 Tomahawk. I have never upgraded my BIOS since i bought my motherboard. Should i upgrade the BIOS before installing the new CPU or after installing it?
hello question, what happens when u use a mobo (b450 as an example) with a 3rd gen, specifically will it boot? (troubleshooting my pc rn)
Are you able to flash the bios with the CPU (5900X) installed, w/ ram etc? Ive got it all built ready to go I dont really want to take it apart again.. :)
I have the same question
@@Finlandiiish I successfully flashed the bios today! Took out CPU, RAM and un plugged everything. Better safe than sorry!
Is it safe to do this with all of the other hardware installed? Basically I set everything up only to encounter this issue, and I would rather not uninstall everything.
Its been 10 minuters my fan is still spinning cpu light is still red but my flash bios has stopped flashing(i presume its done). can i power it off?
Did it work, im going to be doing this to my b550 f gaming wifi board for a 5000 series amd and I'm crapping myself.
@@darkghost5770 I have the same board and im gonna try it after work. Lets hope it'll work out for us!
Have any of you guys figured it out, same thing happening with me.
Great tutorial! With your help I seemed to have updated my MSI B550 Gaming Carbon Wifi to the latest bios, but im still getting the same issue i had before bios update where the hardware looks on but won't boot to input to my monitor and my keyboard/mouse are not working either. The mouse rgb will flick on for a second then turn off so I don't think the usb ports are the issue. Thanks for the help!
I'm struggling with the SAME issue! I've tried different CPUs (Ryzen 5 1500x AND 5600g) and still yet no POST, no beep from the onboard speaker I bought. It's been a blank for 3 months now. HELP!!
@@troybarnette8002dude did u fix this ?
I had a great deal of trouble at first. The problem was every single NEW System Board I tried FAILED! I tried 3 or 4 new boards;yet, none of them worked. Not Until I bought a USED board--a Gigabyte B550m--did the BIOS update work. My PC's working fine now. @@Skyrimography
I’m trying to do this with my asus b550 f but I’m just getting a solid light. Any thoughts? I’m really freaking out
I have the same board and same problem, did you figure it out?
@@mr9oh939 nope. I installed everything else and am now realizing that none of my USB’s have power either. And I don’t have a graphics card so I can’t see if the system boots or not. I’ll let you know if I figure it out.
@@mr9oh939 solved it! The solition was pretty specific to my situation though. I was trying to download the update from a chromebook, and it wouldn’t let me change it from a .ZIP file to a .CAP file. Then I did it on a windows computer and it updated first try
I am using a Linux laptop to do the update, I will use a windows laptop and see if that helps, thanks!
@@mr9oh939 use windows laptop 😁👍
You keep all of those files on the drive?
does this work if i already have ram and cpu installed?
I'm also wondering this.
@@vincenteriksson5651 yep, tried it on a B550M DS3h with a 5 5600x, cooler, ram and ssd connected. It worked, now i m up and running
Thanks does that work on asRock motherboard as well ?
Hei, thanks for you video. Do you think that this will work on a A520 non M version? Thanks!!
Hey bro do you how to access advance settings in bios in hp laptop??
X570 pro aorus.
I had CPU gpu in
Added latest gigabyte.bin in root of USB fat 32
Pressed the flash even pressed few times don't start.
Do I need to hold it in till it starts it do I need CPU and gpu ram out
Not that anyone will see this but what if I had the flash drive in it had power and was flashing, I didn’t have the cpu plugged in. I turned it off but flipping the switch on the psu, plugged the cpu cable in flipped the power back on and flashed the bios again. Did it brick my mobo?
What do I do if I don’t have a bios flash
If I bought a b500 motherboard (Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX) after zen 3 was released will I need to do this or can I just expect that the updated bios is already installed?
if it failed do u just pull it out or turn on the system and then off to unplug?? the manual says "reset the system" as since i didnt push the on button but power is still going thru i am unsure what it means.
Did i brick my mb?!
i left the exe on the flash did i run things? It's in another folder though...
Hey know this was 2 years ago but can i still do bios flashback with everything already installed?
In this video ...which version pendrive used for Q-flash plus ?
2.0 or 3.0 ?
how i update the bios in asus tuf A520m-plus , i have ryzen 5 5600G, my screen is black, nothing show:
have you found a fix?
So this is going to be my first pc build, what does FAT32 mean? Does it mean 32gb?
is it works with any model and with any brand?
Final test will be when the new pc is booting for the first time. When things go wrong it is a good idea to have a recovery plan. If your flash utility offers it, make a backup of your existing BIOS code. If this option is not available, download a copy of your current BIOS version or find a utility that will back up your current BIOS code. The original BIOS file should be on a bootable floppy with the flash utility and ready to install.
bootable floppy? are they still a thing lol
@@Britec09 well, this was a joke, it is of course a flash drive
Thanks a lot, you saved my day
Thanks brother
Help! I'm having the same issue but mine is a Asus Tuf A520M and theres no button or any usb ports that has the word bios on it, where should I plug it?
Have you found a fix?
@@ellisonfloyd7775 Hi, here from future, so I just gave the pc to a service and they updates the BIOS somehow
@@kampfpanzer-703 thanks for the update
Question let’s say the light is no longer blinking but my fans still going ? Sorry I’m new to all of this just worried about bricking my mobo
Can you update bios this way with ram, cpu, and GPU?
Yes, I did it with everything installed.
My motherboard doesnt support my cpu without the bios update but i can only update my bios through my bios and i cant access my bios without a cpu? Why should i do???
Thank you so much for the help. I am currently saving my money to build a good gaming pc in the future and I found out that there is something called Bios update and I was like wtf? Hope this will help
I don’t have a q flash button. Would this not work for my motherboard?
I have a GIGABYTE Aorus Pro AC, what should I rename the file? The same GIGABYTE.bin? Also can I flash to BIOS F11d or should I first flash it to F10? Thanks
Did you find what to name it?
I went to format my usb and the only options are NTFS and exFAT. Will either of these work?
it does not，the rrason u have ntfs is you have a too big drive. The thumb drive which is bigger than 32gb will be NTFS！ so make sure u have a 32gb one or less
Very unique, can this be done on laptops motherboard?
No
I screwed up and bought a ryzen 7 and paired it with the b450 tomahawk and didn't think of this so I'll have to do the bios as well, if I take these steps would I be able to continue to use the ryzen 7 without having to get another cpu just for the purpose of updating the bios to run with my ryzen 7?
I bought the aorus elite x570 board and a Ryzen 7 5800X have tried this so many time but still won't post into the bios... WHYYYYYYYYYY
For anyone with a gigiabyte motherboard the bios flash button could be anywhere on the mobo
Does this work for MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4? I noticed it has that little button too. Can you please confirm?
I've only ever updated my BIOS once on my laptop for Spectre and Meltdown CPU vulnerabilities
You probably lost 10% of processing power by adding Spectre and Meltdown
@@Britec09 The laptop still feels snappy enough to me
Dose anyone know what to rename the asus strix b550 too? Plz help
The fans on my psu don’t spin when I press the flash button and there’s no light. The motherboard and psu both work so does anybody know what’s wrong
if anybody had the same problem as me then try updating drivers to older ones before the latest release