Gigabyte AM5 Motherboards Also Pull More Than 1.3V On The SoC Even With New BIOS

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Following ASUS's controversial BIOS firmware handling for its AMD AM5 motherboards, it looks like Gigabyte might be in the same boat.

Despite releasing two BIOS Firmware for its AM5 motherboards, ASUS was called out for not actually having fixed the issue by GamersNexus. The company's overall handling of the situation wasn't necessarily great and led to many problems. ASUS even had a disclaimer on the firmware page that using a BETA BIOS will result in the warranty being void which the company removed after facing major backlash.

“Warning” has been removed. https://t.co/N2nPRWZdyO pic.twitter.com/Et8hoKcrOT

— HXL (@9550pro) May 13, 2023

All of this started when ASUS rushed out to roll two BETA BIOS updates following the AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU and motherboard burnout issues. While AMD had root caused the issue and asked the motherboard vendors to release a preliminary BIOS update to limit the SoC voltage to 1.3V, most new BIOS failed to hit that limit.

The limit was exceeded when running EXPO memory which meant for 100% burn-free operations, users either had to make sure that the new BIOS worked as intended or not use EXPO at all.

Not just that, there were some other restrictions and thermal updates coming in a new AM5 BIOS firmware however it was noticed internally that these BIOS's had various bugs ranging from EXPO to memory compatibility issues (just to name a few). ASUS had two BIOS which had the same issue. There were also reports of CPUs and motherboards very recently despite the new BIOS being out.

Now, a new report has emerged based on testing by Hardware Busters who have found out that ASUS isn't the only one who has misled customers. In testing done by the tech outlet using the Gigabyte AORUS Master X670E motherboard, it