GA-B85-D3V (rev. 1.1)

BIOS .rar 2.82 MB Shared

Firmware for the Gigabyte GA-B85-D3V motherboard at revision 1.1, distributed as a RAR archive. A separate revision 2.0 file also exists, and Gigabyte treats revisions as distinct hardware, so read the silkscreened revision on the PCB before choosing this one. Technicians write such an image to the SPI flash using a programmer and clip when recovery via the board's own dual BIOS mechanism fails. Back up the current chip contents first and compare the image size with the chip capacity to avoid a mismatched write.

The button opens the matching file on RM Schematics, or a source page if it is not catalogued there yet. The original attachment is from @biosarchive. Enginerys does not host this file.

How to open a .rar file

Compressed archive — the usual wrapper for a schematic + boardview pair or a BIOS + EC set.

7-ZipWinRARThe Unarchiver (macOS)

More about .rar files

Back up your own chip before writing any dump, and match the full board number and revision. Flashing guide →