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Gigabyte Aorus X370 Gaming 5 AM4 Motherboard Full Review
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unseenmorbidity
Golden Member
That is a bit concerning to hear. Odd they have the best bios atm. I suppose that is could just be a coincidence.
UsandThem
Elite Member
I have been using Gigabyte boards for a long time, but in their recent history they will have a stable BIOS, but when they go to add features or fix issues, they will inadvertently jack something up.
In the example of my current motherboard, I am on BIOS version F5, which is 100% stable. Not long after they released that version, they released F6 and it has been in beta status since May 2016.
Then in November, they released version F20, which added support of fan control (like Asus) and added support of Kaby Lake CPUs. However, it states that you can't go back to an earlier BIOS version (you can, but it's more complicated). This version caused some people's CPUs to be over-volted, caused instability and boot problems, USB 3.1 problems, and other issues. They then released F21 to fix some previous issues that F20 caused.
When people contacted their tech support, they basically responded and told them "This version is only for Kaby Lake CPUs, you shouldn't have updated". I actually have a thread about it and their apps (like @Bios and SIV) not working after it was updated. Just an all around mess, in my opinion.
https://forums.anandtech.com/thread...ds-and-new-app-center-and-siv-issues.2483155/
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UsandThem
Elite Member
That's how my current board is. It's well built, and has every feature imaginable. The only thing I want to have is the ability to create fan profiles preferably in the BIOS, but if they got their SIV software working again, it would do. But I'm unwilling to give up my stability to gain that.
In my opinion, and only just a rough guess on what the problem is, I think a lot of the problem lies with the sheer number of boards they release for each chipset now. For example, back in the BX motherboard days each company would release around 5 different boards on a particular chipset. I think the last time I looked, Gigabyte had 40 different z170 boards. I imagine this makes it very difficult for whoever they have write their various BIOS versions. It also explains why some people have had no issues with the F20 BIOS, and for some people it essentially bricked their motherboards and they had to send them in to be reflashed to prior versions. Whatever the reason is, they need to improve it or they will lose sales to their competitors.
Just my .02
EXCellR8
Diamond Member
boards are so packed full of features these days that I'm surprised any of them actually work. programming of the BIOS on must be nightmarish.
i am all for idiot proof layouts but I don't think I've ever used a board where UEFI worked perfectly. they work good enough, but it seems like there's always something bugged... this goes for my experience with all brands that use AMI BIOS
i am all for idiot proof layouts but I don't think I've ever used a board where UEFI worked perfectly. they work good enough, but it seems like there's always something bugged... this goes for my experience with all brands that use AMI BIOS
Puffnstuff
Lifer
Funny you should mention that. My first UEFI board was an EVGA Z87 FTW that would inject its greenish bios tint over the output of my GTX 780 TI. Yes when my system would boot into windows everything was EVGA green, and I mean everything. I had to hard reset the bios to make it go away and it happened more than once. I made a youtube video of it so others could see it. My Asus Maximus VII Hero Z97 board has a strange random pause during boot that shows up randomly and you sit there staring at their ROG logo for a few extra seconds until it decides to go ahead and boot the system. I'm thinking that the next board I use will probably have Homie the clown telling me that he don't play that.😛
Does anyone have any idea why I cannot boot up with 2 gpus in my Gigabyte x370? Both cards boot independently in either slot but not together. All drivers installed, reset bios, updated bios and yes my psu is large enough 1300w evga with clean installation od windows 10 64bit.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
Puffnstuff
Lifer
That would be my first suspect when both work independently but not together.