Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in system malfunction. And be noted that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 file system.īecause BIOS flashing is potentially risky, if you do not encounter problems using the current version of BIOS, it is recommended that you not flash the BIOS. Extract the file and save the new BIOS file to your floppy disk, USB flash drive, or hard drive. No need to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Windows first.īefore using Q-Flash utility, go to GIGABYTE website to download the latest compressed BIOS update file that matches your motherboard model. The drive should now be formatted as HPTOOLS with a Hewlett-Packard folder containing BIOS and BIOSUpdate folders. Select the option to create the HPTOOLS partition6. Select the option to install on a USB drive5. key during the POST or pressing the key in BIOS setup menu. Download and run the BIOS Update Utility (not the BIOS, yet) from the HP support drivers page.4. With this utility, you can access Q-Flash by either pressing (Not all motherboards support Q-Flash™, please use or DOS flash utility to update BIOS if your motherboard does not have Q-Flash™.)

With Q-Flash you can update the system BIOS without having to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Windows first.

Finally found on the download page under prerequisites ' Minimum 1GB USB 2.0 flash drive (maximum size is 32GB). Q-Flash is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. Re: HP USB Key Utility not work on Windows 10 Just ran into this issue with a 64 GB USB flash drive using 3.0 (latest currently).

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