Gigabyte X48T DQ6 Living Review - Page 52

supershanks · #**511** 19-07-2008, 15:34

Quote:

it killed my system too spent 1 hour with tech support have to RMA the board. THIS SUCK GIGABYTE !!!! seemed they released a bad bios flash

Ouch. How did you flash PaPa SuMrF??

PaPa SuMrF · #**512** 19-07-2008, 16:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by supershanks

Ouch. How did you flash PaPa SuMrF??

i used q flash and a floppy disk all went fine till reset and would not post at all. try everthing with tech its a no go

PaPa SuMrF · #**513** 19-07-2008, 16:07

tech said they are going to RE-FLASH the bios and turn it a round should not take more then a week... right !!!! ill guess i have no choice ...

supershanks · #**514** 19-07-2008, 16:56

Pretty poor though as you said. A week without pc plus the hassle of strip & build again.

You'd think it would be part of the Technical process , test flash before you make it available to download.

PaPa SuMrF · #**515** 19-07-2008, 17:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by supershanks

Pretty poor though as you said. A week without pc plus the hassle of strip & build again.

You'd think it would be part of the Technical process , test flash before you make it available to download.

well i have 3 more pc just not my high end gaming system so not all that bad but im sure there's many out there who only own one, and that really hurts . There are tons of post all over the web of people who flashed the F5 Final and it killed there system. I dont think anyone was able to fix it or to get the qbios to kick in.

This is really going to give gigabyte some bad press as its there fault not the end user for the bad flash

supershanks · #**516** 19-07-2008, 17:31

Yes your right just looked across on Ace's Official Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 Info Thread there's another victim.

I Hope you don't mind I'll edit your Download link to Do'nt use

Ace-a-Rue · #**517** 19-07-2008, 17:55

i am glad that i have the board put back into the box..most likely i would be experiencing the same thing....you would think Q-Flash would see the corruption...now...that is a point that the flashing EXE would check the bios out before flashing...i did use the flashing EXE one time...if i remember correctly, it went through at least one or two quality checks before flashing to the bios i presented.

PaPa SuMrF · #**518** 19-07-2008, 18:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by supershanks

Yes your right just looked across on Ace's Official Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 Info Thread there's another victim.

I Hope you don't mind I'll edit your Download link to Do'nt use

thanks and good ideal no reason to trash another MB with a bad flash.

got my rma number this am so im going to fedex next day air, tech said if i e-mail him the tracking number he would track and expedite the repair.

supershanks · #**519** 19-07-2008, 18:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue

....you would think Q-Flash would see the corruption...now...that is a point that the flashing EXE would check the bios out before flashing...i did use the flashing EXE one time...if i remember correctly, it went through at least one or two quality checks before flashing to the bios i presented.

That's right you see the verifying & checksum checks. Also unlike other boards it's got dual bios, so you'd think it should be bomb proof.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaPa SuMrF

thanks and good ideal no reason to trash another MB with a bad flash

can't see anyone being desperate enough to try even in a week a so's time , assuming gigabyte put a proper one up. Might be easier if they just make the replacement F6

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaPa SuMrF

tech said if i e-mail him the tracking number he would track and expedite the repair.

Be nice if they reimburse you the postage.