anyone know if gigabyte x58s can be flashed to different models bios?

[Fitseries3]

we've done this with many boards in the past i know. the maximus x38 to rampage x48 flash and many others.

has anyone tried with the new(er) gigabyte x58s?

they all seem identical with exception of a few very minor details such as 2nd lan and different mobo cooling.

wonder if i can flash my x58a-ud3r to the ud5 bios.

anyone know?

 

[mlee49]

You would definately want to know the revision numbers and if they use the same BIOS chip. Have you tried Ketxxx? He would probably know more since he wrote a couple custom bios's.

 

[Fitseries3]

ketxxx doesnt like me. you could ask him though haha!

 

[erocker]

Are the bios chips removeable on these boards?




*I wouldn't even bother with Ketxxx...

 

[Fitseries3]

Are the bios chips removeable on these boards?




*I wouldn't even bother with Ketxxx...

dual bios.. non removable.

 

[mudkip]

we've done this with many boards in the past i know. the maximus x38 to rampage x48 flash and many others.

has anyone tried with the new(er) gigabyte x58s?

they all seem identical with exception of a few very minor details such as 2nd lan and different mobo cooling.

wonder if i can flash my x58a-ud3r to the ud5 bios.

anyone know?

No you can't flash the UD3R to a UD5 since the UD3R uses different hardware. However you can flash the UD4P / UD5 to a ''Extreme'' because these boards are basically the same.

 

[Fitseries3]

No you can't flash the UD3R to a UD5 since the UD3R uses different hardware. However you can flash the UD4P / UD5 to a ''Extreme'' because these boards are basically the same.

im talking the new x58a boards. not the old ones.

i have both the x58a-ud5 and x58a-ud3r here. both are nearly identical with exception that the ud3r has one less lan and a different heatsink... it doesnt cool the other sata controllers like th ud5s cooler.

 

[mudkip]

im talking the new x58a boards. not the old ones.

i have both the x58a-ud5 and x58a-ud3r here. both are nearly identical with exception that the ud3r has one less lan and a different heatsink... it doesnt cool the other sata controllers like th ud5s cooler.

Same rules apply. Try to use setFSB to overclock both boards, if they both have the same clockgen then it should be possible.

Also try to ask this question at tweaktown gigabyte support forum.

 

[Fitseries3]

can i use afudos to flash? i get checksum error with Qflash

 

[mudkip]

can i use afudos to flash? i get checksum error with Qflash

Use spiflash , and don't forget to backup your old bios.

I've read that you can flash let's say an UD5 to an Extreme but once your UD5 is flashed to an Extreme you can't flash it back anymore.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=249999
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=4301407&postcount=4341
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=4301524&postcount=4342

 

[mudkip]

Again: Use SetFSB to find out if they have the same clockgen , that's the most important thing, and let us know if the flash was succesfully!

 

[Fitseries3]

same clockgens but

flashed and now it turns off after 2seconds.

wonder how i get the backup bios to boot the board?

 

[Fitseries3]

oh.... booting now

 

[Fitseries3]

Success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mlee49]

proof? pics or it didn't happen

 

[Fitseries3]

 

[(FIH) The Don]

what was the reason for flashing it?

 

[Fitseries3]

1. selectable usb3 port mode(which isnt working for some reason even though both boards have same usb3 chip)

2. to get lan working(same chip as ud5 but still not working)

this is a hackintosh build. the ud5 works great but the ud3r's lan and usb3 doesnt work. on the ud5 you can select usb2 mode for the usb3 ports and they work. lan works in osx on the ud5 but not on the ud3r. doesnt make any sense.

 

[mudkip]

Success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay another problem solved