Gigabyte BIOS update flash

[waltgallus]

Hi

I am not only new in this forum but also a beginner especially in DOS.

Gigabyte EX58UD3R BIOS version FI. I would like to update to FJ18 (in order tu use USB disks > 3TB). What I have done until now:

- I have downloaded motherboard_bios_ga-ex58-ud3r_1.x_fj18 from Gigabyte website.
On the download page it says in Red and Bold "Please use the latest @BIOS or FLASHPI.EXE to reflash BIOS" (I do not want to flash under Windows, so no @BIOS and they do not recommend QFlash I used until now).
I hae extracted the downloaded file. It contains:
. autoexec.bat
. EX58UD3R.J18
. FLASHPI.EXE
In the autoexec.bat I see flashspi /Z EX58UD3R.J18
- I have created a bootable USB stick with the tool RUFUS.
- I have put the 3 extracted files above in the root directory of the USB stick.
- The USB stick now looks as follows:
. LOCATE (Folder)
. autorun.ico
. autorun.inf
. autoexec.bat
. EX58UD3R.J18
. FLASHPI.EXE
- I have bootet the PC with the USB stick and got into DOS:

- I have tried:
. C:\> autoexec.bat + Enter ? nothing happens
. C:\> EX58UD3R.J18 + Enter ? wrong command or file

I have tried tofollow these instructions:
PDF

Thanks in advance for help!

Walt Gallus

 

[Schakara]

Hey Walt Gallus,

first of all, welcome to the forums. It's a bit unusual here to have English speakers but I guess we'll do our best, heh.

Since this system is a bit older already, I gotta admit, that I don't exactly know how the BIOS-flashes worked on older legacy systems.

I'll mark 2 people here who in my knowledge do more often have to do with older systems / dos and might eventually be able to help you out on your problem.

@Phuindrad @TheSupercomputer

Kind regards
Schakara

 

[waltgallus]

Hi Schakara

Vielen Dank für die Antwort. Deutsch geht natürlich auch, zwar auch nicht meine Muttersprache, aber ok. Ic werde die zwei von dir erwähnten Mitglieder kontaktieren.

Walt Gallus

 

[Jacobus]

Hi Walt, some basics: in a CMD, only a handful of program types can be executed - just as in Windows. One of them is .EXE, others are .CMD and .BAT. Writing in UPPER or lowercase doesn't matter.

The autoexec.bat is started automatically, if the medium is a dos boot device, as well as a config.sys if it exists. The config.sys is used for device drivers, the autoexec.bat for programs that should be run on startup . The file name says it somehow - autoexec = automatic execution.

I think that "!!!No BIOS File Specified!!!" at the top of your screenshot is the error message from the flashspi tha's started by the autoexec, and there's something wrong with the command. You will have to run FLASHSPI (can be lowercase as well, and the .exe can be typed or not, and it needs the correct BIOS image as a parameter - don't know with which switch though. Maybe you can see all switches if you run the flashspi without parameters.

You could also try
flashspi /z EX58UD3R.J18
as it's in the autoexec.bat, or maybe
flashspi /z .\EX58UD3R.J18
or just
flashspi EX58UD3R.J18

 

[Phuindrad]

Hallo.
Ich habe zwar ein wenig Erfahrung mit X58 - Betonung auf ein wenig - mit BIOS Updates kenne ich mich aber leider nicht aus, da das BIOS auf meinem X58 Board bereits das neueste war. Versuche mal was @Jacobus vorgeschlagen hat.

 

[waltgallus]

Hi Walt, some basics: in a CMD, only a handful of program types can be executed - just as in Windows. One of them is .EXE, others are .CMD and .BAT. Writing in UPPER or lowercase doesn't matter.

The autoexec.bat is started automatically, if the medium is a dos boot device, as well as a config.sys if it exists. The config.sys is used for device drivers, the autoexec.bat for programs that should be run on startup . The file name says it somehow - autoexec = automatic execution.

I think that "!!!No BIOS File Specified!!!" at the top of your screenshot is the error message from the flashspi tha's started by the autoexec, and there's something wrong with the command. You will have to run FLASHSPI (can be lowercase as well, and the .exe can be typed or not, and it needs the correct BIOS image as a parameter - don't know with which switch though. Maybe you can see all switches if you run the flashspi without parameters.

You could also try
flashspi /z EX58UD3R.J18
as it's in the autoexec.bat, or maybe
flashspi /z .\EX58UD3R.J18
or just
flashspi EX58UD3R.J18

Vielen Dank für den ausführlichen Support. Ich habe alle Varianten versucht, leider funktioniert keine. Ich vermute, dass die Betaversion FJ18 nich oder nicht mehr funkioniert → "Bad BIOS Image". Aber auch die neuese Version FK führt zum selben Ergebnis. Ich bin am Ende meines Lateins.

Nochmals vielen Dank

Walt