GA-X79-UD3 rev 1.0 BIOS Update Issues

[MOBOed]

Hello,

I am upgrading my GTX 680 to a GTX 980 ti.

When I swapped the cards and restarted the computer, GIGABYTE's menu screen appears, but I am not able to enter any of the utilities, it does not boot into Windows (10, 64 bit) - and it then moves onto a black screen with a blinking cursor. Eventually, it shuts down.

I plugged back the old video card and went to GIGABYTE's site and downloaded BIOS versions F16 and F20, for rev 1.0 of the motherboard (http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4050#bios). The motherboard is currently on BIOS F10.

Saved the files on a USB drive, went into the BIOS flash utility options. The USB drive, with the files appear, but when I select them, I am told that these files are out of date and to go to the manufacturer's site to get the latest versions.

I initially tried to update the BIOS from Win 10, but an error message appeared stating that files are 16 bit and required 64 bit versions to run properly.

I contacted GIGABYTE support a few hours ago, no reply yet - so, I figured I'd reach out to some online communities to get some direction.

Thank you in advance.

 

[vailr]

F21e is the latest version for that board.
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/28441-gigabyte-latest-beta-bios.html
I prefer using Gigabyte's Windows "@Bios" utility to flash the bios firmware.
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyt...system-info-benchmarking-stability-tools.html
Version @BIOS B13.0902.1 seems to be the correct version for series 7 boards.
I've never had a problem using the @BIOS utility. And then there's always the secondary backup bios if some kind of problem with the primary bios were to occur.

Note: double-check that the 980 Ti video card's power connectors are as they're supposed to be.

 

[MOBOed]

F21e is the latest version for that board.
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/28441-gigabyte-latest-beta-bios.html
I prefer using Gigabyte's Windows "@Bios" utility to flash the bios firmware.
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyt...system-info-benchmarking-stability-tools.html
Version @BIOS B13.0902.1 seems to be the correct version for series 7 boards.
I've never had a problem using the @BIOS utility. And then there's always the secondary backup bios if some kind of problem with the primary bios were to occur.

Note: double-check that the 980 Ti video card's power connectors are as they're supposed to be.

Whoa... this solved it!! Thank you very very much!

You beat out all the other forums I hit up with this as well! They were telling me how I need a new copy of Win 10, because it's new hardware, etc. etc.

Clowns.

You helped me out tons - thank you once again!