SOLVED Gigabyte G1 Sniper M3 bios issue

[Nebulous]

Not sure how many ppl here have the M3, but I've been having the strangest issue ever.

When I select DEL to get into the bios, I can navigate through the Basic mode (3D) of the UEFI, but once I select Advanced Mode it locks up. To get out of the lock I have to do a hard reset or unplug power from psu, wait a few minutes, reboot and select defaults. From there I'm able to regain access to the Basic mode (3D) of the bios, but not Advanced Mode.

Tried:

Clearing cmos (remove battery & CLR jumper) on the board
Flashing different bios files
Checked CPU socket pins (all fine)
Tried using just 1 stick of ram
Swapped out Power supplies


Nothing seems to clear the issue. Anybody with a Giga board or other board experienced this? Anyway to fix it/clear it?

As long as I don't go into the bios to tweak anything the board runs flawlessly otherwise.

I'm stumped

 

[Archer0915]

Not sure how many ppl here have the M3, but I've been having the strangest issue ever.

When I select DEL to get into the bios, I can navigate through the Basic mode (3D) of the UEFI, but once I select Advanced Mode it locks up. To get out of the lock I have to do a hard reset or unplug power from psu, wait a few minutes, reboot and select defaults. From there I'm able to regain access to the Basic mode (3D) of the bios, but not Advanced Mode.

Tried:

Clearing cmos (remove battery & CLR jumper) on the board
Flashing different bios files
Checked CPU socket pins (all fine)
Tried using just 1 stick of ram
Swapped out Power supplies


Nothing seems to clear the issue. Anybody with a Giga board or other board experienced this? Anyway to fix it/clear it?

As long as I don't go into the bios to tweak anything the board runs flawlessly otherwise.

I'm stumped

Had the same type of issue with a UD5 and a BIOS update fixed mine on the UD5. Have you tried using a different KB/Mouse in the 2.0 ports?

 

[redduc900]

Have you tried reverting to the backup BIOS, and did you use Q-Flash or @BioS to flash the main BIOS?

 

[Nebulous]

Nope. Been using the same kb/mouse. I'll try using different ports and see.

Also using the last official bios release (F9). I tried the beta F10c but that didn't do anything. Same problem.

Noway of reverting to the back-up bios. It switches automatically upon bios failure of the main bios. Used Q-Flash to update bios. Never used @BioS.

 

[redduc900]

The board doesn't have a SW4 switch for switching BIOSs?

 

[Nebulous]

Nope, does not.

 

[Ajay57]

Have a look through this post Neb maybe some use, its worth a look. AJ.

1, http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/327836-30-gigabyte-sniper-bios-issue

2, http://www.overclock.net/t/1259334/official-gigabyte-g1-sniper-3-m3-owners-thread-club/140

I just Google your Mobo and your problem and came up with these 2 posts.

 

[Nebulous]

I've already took a look at those, no joy Thx AJ

 

[MattNo5ss]

I have the same board, and I'm not having any issues. When I press Delete to go into the BIOS, it loads Advanced Mode by default. I'm using the F9 BIOS as well.

 

[Nebulous]

Switching my kb/mouse to different USB ports finally fixed the issue

 

[Ajay57]

Very glad to here you sorted that, so no RMA now, at least Neb hopefully back to normal as they say lol. AJ.