BIOS update taking far too long?
I’ve got the new Gigabyte X670 Aorus Elite motherboard. The BIOS version was F4, and I am updating to F5.
I downloaded the BIOS file, plugged in the thumb drive and copied it over, then I started the update in the actual BIOS itself about 30 minutes ago. The screen went dark after a minute or so and the PC has just been sitting and idling since then. The fans are all spinning and the RGB is on but nothing else is happening. I don’t think it’s reset itself or anything.
I should probably add that prior to this, the PC wouldn’t wake up from sleep mode. When I’d try to wake it up, it would do this exact same thing. Fans spinning, but no actual boot. I’d have to hard reset it to get it to boot.
What should I do? I know you’re not supposed to interrupt a BIOS update, but part of me thinks the update is complete and for some reason its having an issue resetting back into Windows. Should I give it a shot or wait?
EDIT: Solved! So I went ahead and did a hard reset. The bios never updated. After some troubleshooting, I found out that the XMP/EXPO profile was to blame. I guess the system doesn’t like it. After disabling it, I was able to update the bios no problem, and the computer now wakes from sleep with no issues.
Posted Oct 10, 2022, 6:22 PM UTC · edited