mitch_de Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 HINT: AHCIBios-part (1.06 out of 2006! vs V1.20E ) within the Gigabyte BIOS is very old (2006)- so it takes long to boot (10 sec more AHCI than IDE Mode). Since past weeks GA started to include an much newer AHCI BIOS-part in their BIOSes (also in Betas). Here is an special Site with all that newest beta BIOSes included AHCI V1.20E. Check Board type excat - dont load + flash for wrong board. http://forum.gigabyte.de/forumdownload/bet...s/betabios2.htm This beta bios list get updated much more often then the orig. BIOS DL site from ga - so you can check it every week. Lots of bioses got updated in the past 2 weeks. I would use always the buildin GA QFLASH bios flashing (enter BIOS and use F-Key shown for QDOS. Before that copy the new BIOS to an USB Stick (FAT) and in the QFLASH Menue select HD and then the USB-HD is shown. (EDIT: Added an link to an step by step how to in pictures for QFLASH using some postings below. My GA-EP35_DS3 boots much much faster now using AHCI native. Before it takes at least 10 Sec longer. AHCI itself is working as before (sure, there are some bugfixes also within that newer AHCI BIOS-part). A MUST !! (really): Do an "Load optimized defaults.." after the BIOS update. If not some RAM Timings may be wrong / other as shown. System may get instable / OC didnt work anymore.../ Ram Timings getting slow Nothing to do with AHCI, do always that with GA Bios updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaksauce12 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Wow, awesome. Gigabytes have had the slowest boots of any computer I've ever owned lol. Can't wait for these to get out of beta and for them to add the UD3P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 GA will, for my knowledge not update at least older BIOSes to an "final". So P35/P48 Boards can use that "beta" with no problem, because there will be no more finals for those boards. Beta it for them final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfker Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I get an ID error when trying to flash my P35 DS3 (3.3) with 14e. Currently running on 14d so I must be doing something wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMF Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Can any german speakers/readers tell me what the note associated with the P35-DQ6 bios says exactly? From online translation it seems to say that it still includes the 1.07 code because the 1.2 code causes some errors with removable drives but it's not crystal clear. Thanks, SMF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Thanks, mitch_de, it works fine (faster) in my system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinstonAce Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Where can I find update for EP45-UD3R? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 Where can I find update for EP45-UD3R? If not in this list, stay tuned. The AHCI BIOS part updates come for all - time after time. Some newest Mainboards (P45/X48/X58) with newest "normal" BETA (the Betas from GA Main BIOS DL site) have already 1.20E AHCI ! You dont need it then. Simple check if you have the AHCI BIOS Version shown 1.20E (=new) or 1.06 / 1.07 (=OLD) at boottime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMF Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Loaded version 9C for my P35-DQ6 and it still contains version 1.07. Hoping it will get updated but not holding my breath.... Thanks, SMF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeplover Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 The actual Beta for the GA-EP45-DQ6 doesn't contain any new AHCI-BIOS. Still very long boot time. :-( EDIT: A mod in the german GA-Forums announced that GA will Update all mainboard with P45 chipset and up, starting with the newest ones. Thread is from march: click for thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vis Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Anyone tried flashing their p35-ds3l yet to see if the new achi is included? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbg Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Upgraded GA-P35-DS3P v2.0 to 12c. No problems. AHCI is at 1.20 now, booting faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Anyone tried flashing their p35-ds3l yet to see if the new achi is included? As in the beta list for P35-DS3L "Wichtiger Hinweis (ger) = Information (eng)" shown, AHCI 1.20E (new and fast booting) is included in the F9D BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 IF you use the buildin (in BIOS) QFLASH, then you can see here the steps (pictures explain all, text in german). http://www.jzelectronic.de/jz2/html/bios-q-flash209.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyaRandom Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Why haven't Gigabyte release these on their official site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted June 7, 2009 Author Share Posted June 7, 2009 Why haven't Gigabyte release these on their official site? For my knowledge they started to undate that AHCI Part only by pressure of users complaining the slow AHCI boot process (old AHCI bios drivers) . And because they have do a lot of work (lots of bioses to update). So GA will update their main DL site later, when they get more bioses updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleIIGuy Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 For my knowledge they started to undate that AHCI Part only by pressure of users complaining the slow AHCI boot process (old AHCI bios drivers) . And because they have do a lot of work (lots of bioses to update). So GA will update their main DL site later, when they get more bioses updated. Bummer no EX58-UD3R drivers... am using the latest and AHCI is 1.07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 This new board gets biosupdates for "normal" fixes also. So maybe they must fix urgent things first before AHCI 1.20E will be included. I think in the next 2-4 weeks near all boards will have 1.20E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Parker Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 GA-EP45-DS3R Bios mod http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=170131 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milanca Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I updated my EP35-DS3 to new F4b bios and there is big improvement. Not sure if they improved anything else but i noticed no bugs so far and booting is so much faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubhead Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 updated P35-DS3P Bios all ok and works fine ..thx for the Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMF Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Well color me surprised! Just checked again and there is a new version of my bios - P35-DQ6 (9D) - so it does look like they are making their way through updates. As of a day or so ago the latest was version 9C without AHCI 1.20. I'll load it tonight and report back. UPDATE: Installed and I've joined the it boots amazingly fast club - no lag waiting for AHCI BIOS now. SMF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 HI, in the past 2 days lots of new Beta BIOSes (with AHCI 1.20E ) for perhaps also YOUR mb type came up and also a few of them (before beta AHCI) got FINAL (with AHCI 1.20E) and are available. In case of finals you can also check the main GA BIOS site. But first take a look on the newest BIOS Link (that gigabyte.forum...) Site from my post #1. Have fun - and join the fast booting AHCI club ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunibert Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 updated P35-DS3R Bios to F13, all ok and works fine ..thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMF Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 mitch_de, Just wanted to say thanks for keeping an eye on this. I'm surprised and pleased that my P35-DQ6 was updated. It makes an amazing difference in boot time. Regards, SMF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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