Gigabyte motherboard BIOS corrupted & recovered from backup BIOS

tapankunu

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Getting this message everytime i power on the system and after the backup process completed from the backup bios pc runs as normal. It is very frustrating to wait for the process to get complete everytime i power on the pc. As gigabyte have dual bios setup in motherboards if main bios get corrupted it will be recovered from the backup bios but why after recovery the process still going again and again for each and every time it reboot?
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Motherboard model ?
 
Check if an update is available for this model on official website that would probably fix this error
 
Last update of Bios was back in 2014 so it should be a stable BIOS.
Few suggestions.
1. Reset the CMOS (Remove battery for like 5-10 secs and reinsert it back)
2. Let it turn on and complete the backup bios to main bios copy.
3. Install @bios Utility from Gigabyte website https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z87N-WIFI-rev-1x/support#support-dl-utility
4. Download manual of your motherboard. Page 78

5. Check if you get the option to update the BIOS to latest F6 version (Aug 13, 2014).
6. If you can do the update process (Keep most applications off)

Another method you can try
1. Switch off the PC
2. Hold power and reset (If reset is not available on your cabinet) Open the pc and short the reset and power together for 10 secs.

3. Release after 10 secs. It should boot up or hit power to boot. Should boot in backup bios now.
4. Get into bios and check the bios version or login to windows with @bios utility and check BIOS of main chip again.

Few trouble shooting steps only. Not sure what has happened maybe the main bios chip is damaged somehow. You could also use the Qflash to update the BIOS if it allows to boot but if its defaulting to main corrupted bios you cant avoid this screen.
 
ronnie_gogs said:
Last update of Bios was back in 2014 so it should be a stable BIOS.
Few suggestions.
1. Reset the CMOS (Remove battery for like 5-10 secs and reinsert it back)
2. Let it turn on and complete the backup bios to main bios copy.
3. Install @bios Utility from Gigabyte website https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z87N-WIFI-rev-1x/support#support-dl-utility
4. Download manual of your motherboard. Page 78
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5. Check if you get the option to update the BIOS to latest F6 version (Aug 13, 2014).
6. If you can do the update process (Keep most applications off)

Another method you can try
1. Switch off the PC
2. Hold power and reset (If reset is not available on your cabinet) Open the pc and short the reset and power together for 10 secs.
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3. Release after 10 secs. It should boot up or hit power to boot. Should boot in backup bios now.
4. Get into bios and check the bios version or login to windows with @bios utility and check BIOS of main chip again.

Few trouble shooting steps only. Not sure what has happened maybe the main bios chip is damaged somehow. You could also use the Qflash to update the BIOS if it allows to boot but if its defaulting to main corrupted bios you cant avoid this screen.
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Already replaced cmos battery and all and updated the bios to F6 version using USB. Will try the power and reset button method. If nothing works i ll do the usb bios programmer to completely erase the bios and rewrite it.
 
If new board under warranty go with RMA