GIGABYTE AMD Motherboard Adopt the Latest AGESA Microcode to Solve the SMM Callout issue

Plea­se down­load the latest BIOS from GIGABYTE’s offi­ci­al web­site for rela­ti­ve secu­ri­ty issues, enhan­ced per­for­mance, and opti­mi­zed stability

 

Tai­pei, Tai­wan, July 8th 2020 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a lea­ding manu­fac­tu­rer of mother­boards, gra­phics cards, and hard­ware solu­ti­ons, announ­ced today the latest BIOS update just recent­ly for AMD plat­form mother­boards. It not only sup­ports 3rd Gen. AMD Ryzen™ XT desk­top pro­ces­sors, but also pro­vi­des effec­ti­ve solu­ti­ons for some of the hid­den SMM Call­out rela­ted secu­ri­ty issues on the AMD APU.

GIGABYTE has been working clo­se­ly with AMD to pro­vi­de the best per­for­mance, enhan­ced user expe­ri­ence, and the reco­very of secu­ri­ty issues. After the pre­vious release of new BIOS for Ryzen™ XT pro­ces­sors, GIGABYTE is also awa­re of the pos­si­bi­li­ty of SMM Call­out rela­ted secu­ri­ty issues on AMD APU pro­ces­sors released from 2016 to 2019. The issue enables atta­ckers to exe­cu­te any coding and con­trol the who­le sys­tem through the sys­tem mana­ge mode of AMD AGESA microcode.

At the time recei­ved the new AMD AGESA micro­code, GIGABYTE RD con­firm­ed that GIGABYTE BIOS with AMD AGESA Com­bo V2 1.0.0.2 and Com­bo V1 1.0.0.6 micro­code, not only sup­ports 3rd Gen. AMD Ryzen™ XT desk­top pro­ces­sors, but also pro­vi­des an effec­ti­ve solu­ti­on for the pos­si­ble SMM Call­out rela­ted secu­ri­ty issues on part of the AMD APU. Users can update the latest BIOS to mother­boards through mul­ti­ple ways such as GIGABYTE @BIOS, Q‑Flash. With Q‑Flash Plus on the X570 and B550 series mother­boards, users can easi­ly update BIOS wit­hout even instal­ling a pro­ces­sor, memo­ry, gra­phics cards, so they can enjoy the new BIOS easi­ly and take full advan­ta­ge of the new processors.

The latest Beta BIOS for GIGABYTE AMD X570, B550 mother­boards has been uploa­ded to the offi­ci­al web­site. The latest BIOS for X470, B450, and other chip­sets will be con­ti­nu­al­ly uploa­ded after the midd­le of July. Users can down­load to opti­mi­ze their sys­tems. Plea­se visit the GIGABYTE offi­ci­al web­site for the latest BIOS update.

AMD Plat­form Mother­board BIOS update List:

Chip­set

BIOS Ver­si­on

Beta BIOS Release Date

For­mal BIOS Release Date

X570

F20 and after

Mid. of June, 2020
(rea­dy for download)

Mid. of July, 2020

B550

F2 and after *

Mid. of June, 2020
(rea­dy for download)

Mid. of July, 2020

X470

F51 and after

Mid. of July, 2020

End. of July, 2020

B450

F51 and after *

Mid. of July, 2020

End. of July, 2020

X370

F50 and after

Mid. of July, 2020

End. of July, 2020

B350

F50 and after

Mid. of July, 2020

End. of July, 2020

A320

F50 and after *

Mid. of July, 2020

End. of July, 2020

 

*Note:Please update BIOS to F4 ver­si­on on B550 AORUS MASTER;to F3 ver­si­on on B450M AORUS ELITE;to F2 ver­si­on on B450M H;to F2 Ver­si­on on A320M HD3.

For more infor­ma­ti­on and news on GIGABYTE pro­ducts, plea­se visit the offi­ci­al GIGABYTE web­site: http://www.gigabyte.com

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