u/D1amondweave

X470 Ultra Gaming freezes in post after updating bios

So, I recently got a pc with a Ryzen 7 2700x, an Nvidia 1070ti, and an X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming motherboard.

The motherboard was on bios version F3, so after installing windows 10 I updated my chipset, then updated the bios version to F31 using a usb and the Q-Flash function in the bios. My computer restarted, and now it freezes on the boot screen and throws the VGA light on the motherboard.

I don't know, apparently, what I'm doing. The 7 2700x does not have integrated graphics, so I cannot remove the graphics card and use the motherboard port; I attempted to clear the cmos by removing the battery for 20 minutes (didn't work) and by jumping the clr_cmos (also did nothing).

The only conclusion that I can draw is that I should have updated the drivers on my graphics card before updating bios?

Regardless, is there any way to fix this? Do I need to rollback the bios somehow (I don't know how to do that when it's not posting or accepting input)?

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u/D1amondweave — 1 day ago
▲ 4 r/gigabytegaming+1 crossposts

X470 Ultra Gaming freezes in post after updating bios

So, I recently got a pc with a Ryzen 7 2700x, an Nvidia 1070ti, and an X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming motherboard.

The motherboard was on bios version F3, so after installing windows 10 I began the update process from @rod6700's comment in this post (https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabytegaming/s/KUmgUw7goz). I updated my chipset, then updated the bios version to F31 using a usb and the Q-Flash function in the bios. My computer restarted, and now it freezes on the boot screen and throws the VGA light on the motherboard.

I don't know, apparently, what I'm doing. The 7 2700x does not have integrated graphics, so I cannot remove the graphics card and use the motherboard port; I attempted to clear the cmos by removing the battery for 20 minutes (didn't work) and by jumping the clr_cmos (also did nothing).

The only conclusion that I can draw is that I should have updated the drivers on my graphics card before updating bios?

Regardless, is there any way to fix this? Do I need to rollback the bios somehow (I don't know how to do that when it's not posting)?

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u/D1amondweave — 3 days ago

EDIT** I broke the pin DX I'm not tooooo upset about it I guess, just wish that I had the bios info so that I know whether I can get a 5000 series or if I need to update first.


Hey, so I bought this pc off of ebay (I know, I know) and when it arrived everything looked great except the cpu cooler wasn't mounted properly. When I pulled it off, there was a bunch of fresh thermal paste and the cpu wasn't even socketed.

I now see why he sold it.

Most of the pins looked fine under a 10x magnification, except for one. It's bent in almost an 's' shape, and I don't know if that's even fixable. Pic attached.

Should I take it in to a shop? A repair like that seems like it would cost over $100, and for a ryzen 7 2700x it doesn't seem worth it; I can get the 5 5500 for less (or the 5 5600 for a little more) and get better performance.

Just looking for second opinions at this point, I guess.

u/D1amondweave — 9 days ago