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Taichi X470: Not able to Flash any BIOS

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Topic: Taichi X470: Not able to Flash any BIOS
Posted By: d3x84
Subject: Taichi X470: Not able to Flash any BIOS
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2019 at 10:23pm
I Recently patched to BIOS 3.1 which contained new AGESA Microcode.
As far as i remeber i used a Windows Tool to flash the Bios.
(There is no Windows tool download anymore)

Now i have a sh*t ton of problems:
a) in games my frames got cut in half (because of the microcode)
b) i cant flash any bios version anymore even the newest 3.2
instant flash tells me "invalid file".
i use the file provided by asrock on their homepage.
the zip file says its a "rom" but the file itself doesnt so im confused.
do i need to convert it to a rom file first?

how can i upgrade my bios to 3.2?

PS:
i hope amd fixes the microcode problem because a ton of people are reporting that the new agesa microcode causes a sh*t ton of problems



Replies:
Posted By: d3x84
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2019 at 10:25pm
PS2:
Even AMIs own tool "AFUWIN" / "AFUDOS" does nto allow me to flash


Posted By: XmanSE
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2019 at 9:55am
I just did it from 3.10 to 3.20 with instant flash without problems. Just extract the file, copy to a usb 2 with fat32 format and use instant flash, i always use a back usb port for do it and 0 problems.

With bios 3.10 my system random hang with a black screen with a post code 00, this never happend with 2.0, so i updated to 3.20.

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X470 Taichi | Ryzen 9 3900X | 8x2 GSkill Trident Z RGB | Asus Strix RTX 2080ti | Samsung 970 Evo+ | EVGA 750 GQ


Posted By: d3x84
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2019 at 10:40am
the problem was my usb stick. some sectors are defective, and the file was saved on them.


Posted By: d3x84
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2019 at 10:43am
You shouldnt have updated. the new bios version cuts your cpu power by about 30-50% because of the new agesa version. its beta.
theres already a ton of threads about this on reddit but it looks like amd doesnt care that much before zen 2 launch so i have to deal with a sh*tty system and buy intel next time again.



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