UBU update option rom modules in gigabyte ga-990fxa ud3

BIOS/UEFI Modding BIOS Modding Guides and Problems
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Hi
I have a ga-990fxa ud3 version 3 and its bios and modules are a little older than the latest versions

I have opened up the tool ubu and it tells me there are updates basically and i have went through and done them

I believe my mother board has AMI Aptio 4 bios.

this is my original bios:

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1 AMD OROM and EFI Nodules
     OROM AMD RAID MISC 4392    - 3.2.1540.6
     OROM AMD RAID MISC 4393    - 3.3.1540.17
     EFI AMD RAID               - 1.0.0.45
     EFI AMD Utility            - 1.0.0.45
3 LAN OROM PXE and EFI UNDI - Intel, Realtek, BCM, QCA
     OROM Realtek Boot Agent    - 2.60
     EFI Realtek UNDI           - 2.027
     EFI Broadcom UNDI          - 14.0.6
5 Marvell SATA Option ROM and EFI
     OROM Marvell 88SE9192      - 1.0.0.0034
  AMD AGESA CPU Support
     EFI AMD AGESA OrochiPI     - 1.5.0.2
 
 


I have updated them and this is now what is listed :

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1 AMD OROM and EFI Nodules
     OROM AMD RAID MISC 4392    - 3.3.1540.19
     OROM AMD RAID MISC 4393    - 3.3.1540.19
     EFI AMD RAID               - 1.0.0.49
     EFI AMD Utility            - 1.0.0.49
3 LAN OROM PXE and EFI UNDI - Intel, Realtek, BCM, QCA
     OROM Realtek Boot Agent    - 2.63
     EFI Realtek UNDI           - 2.035
     OROM Broadcom Boot Agent   - 16.8.0
     EFI Broadcom UNDI          - 16.8.5
5 Marvell SATA Option ROM and EFI
     OROM Marvell 88SE9192      - 1.0.0.0034
  AMD AGESA CPU Support
     EFI AMD AGESA OrochiPI     - 1.5.0.2
 
 


I assume I have done everything correct and now I just flash the resulting bios file?

But I do have a few questions:

how come there is now OROM Broadcom Boot Agent - 16.8.0 added into the image it safe to flash or not I'm guessing not?
I'm guessing something has gone amuck?

how come there is Broadcom listed in there as I have a realtec lan chipset?

how come the efi amd agesa did not have an option to update ?
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Probably yes, but nevertheless you should prepare the latest original BIOS for the case of a failure.

The update of the Broadcom LAN ROM module will be safe, but probably not needed.

You should better ask Gigabyte, why they have added a BIOS module for a not present device.

Maybe there is no newer/better AMD Agesa BIOS module available.

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thanks I just wanted to be sure as there is now an extra module in there now.

from this links below it looks like there is a microcode update version 1.5.0.4 and 1.5.0.6 from my embedded version of 1.5.0.2 that includes vishera and zambeisi ucode patches…

in the msi970a-g45 motherboard the below site lists 1.5.0.4 update.
http://hwbot.org/newsflash/2124_amd_user…agesa_microcode

I also found this listed on a dell site that said there is a version 1.5.0.6 version out I the wild that says it has vishera bug fixes and updated the patches to 6000832:
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/1…?driverId=JF8YH

how do I/ can I rip this some how and embed it into my motherboard’s bios?

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I recommend to wait until the UBU tool offers new CPU Microcode modules.

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ok i updated the bios and it seems to be working but this is what I got when I just re checked the bios:
--------- ME Analyzer v1.3.8 ---------
Found unidentifiable Intel Engine Firmware

→ Please report this issue!

Press any key to continue . . .

edit: fixed now I re ran the tool and it all seems good and flashed from dos this time not from the q-flash in bios

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can you explain in detail how did you update the code from 1.5.0.2 to 1.5.0.6 step by step? i’m interested too, and i’m sure others are as well

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I would not bother the code is designed to fix a bug in a server chip that has no effect on a retail setups.