blakeb
@vlada unless my system blows up i dont think i will be upgrading either. However i LOVE the visual bios for the Z87. would be awesome if there was a way to bring that to us z77 users!

 
That is not possible. 

Been having problems with intel sata ports so I tried updating bios but everytime I enter Capital Y fallowed by an enter.... the bios will close then a small window will pop up saying your computer will shut down with in less than 1min.  any idea whats wrong?

Undermoose  
6/4/2013
I thought I'd follow up on this because I found out what was causing the 111c CPU issue for me...

BIOS 1.22: I was UEFI booting Windows 8, it was very unstable as the motherboard would forget it's association with the UEFI boot disk, Doctor Debug would be stuck on A0, and often the CPU sensor would stick on 111c requiring I power off my PSU (not just a system shut down) and back on again to clear it. The Windows 8 UEFI boot is simply not functional on this mobo with this BIOS.

I bought an SSD and moved my OS to it and boot legacy MBR style (not UEFI), and all my issues went away. No more CPU sensor stuck in the last two weeks, no Doctor Debug stuck at A0, no system issues what so ever.

Happy with my Z77 FTW!

I have the same issue on my Z77 Stinger and cycling the power on the power supply fixes it too.
Did you change Windows 8 to a legacy style? How did you do that?

Where is 1.23 release ? 

11.4MB 

looks like these unresolved issues with this motherboard from day one isnt going to get resolved. its a pitty cause this has left a bad taste.

And you are from Europe???
Z77 FTW is my first EVGA board too.
They lose confidence in motherboard section of people in Europe completely.
Small number probably with SR-2 have real good experience.
And people who never had EVGA motherboards are scary of stories. 
I read over net they comment how look good and escape.
 
Update: But for graphic cards no one can tell me nothing. 
People are satisfied in graphic cards and they look fantastic same as motherboards.
I though except graphic cards I can count and on EVGA motherboard somehow for 100% working, not best of best but without problems.
Because that is real experience when both is from EVGA.
 

Usually enthusiast go on EVGA graphic card if they are NVIDIA fans and because they are best and on ASUS motherboards. Most of people say that is best combination. 
Many people from Europe like I say try first X79 and Z77 FTW motherboard and finished with their motherboards but for graphic cards really no reason to worry. 
EVGA made best possible hardware only that BIOS is crap and I think motherboards destroy EVGA name.
I only think how they will manage with X99, new chipset, Extreme, customers expect lot, DDR4....
I was really really happy because I stop with ASUS and ...
You decide Z87, for me that can't bring nothing except maybe better motherboard and hotter CPU with less score when OC to the MAX.
I wait that X99. Because no money for X79 and than again for X99 and Haswell E is important to me.
 
 

I don't expect nothing more. Now when my graphic card came from USA first I need to see what to do with motherboard if problem starts. It's very very stupid thing If I need to change something new day before DDR4. I mean for me is that day, because 3770K is so strong for gaming and only thinking on spend money on something because of that is stupid. But I have no confidence in this mobo at all. But now is first graphic in plan than everything else.
We are forgotten story and they I think want to forget on Z77 soon as possible.

When you have restarts?
In some special applications or in idle, games, ... when?
Yea we choose wrong time to cross on EVGA.
It's not problem in future I have confidence to buy again EVGA but I feel bad because I choose wrong time and now need to wait some better moment.
In this moment is priority GPU after that I will sit and think what is best decision for me.
 
Every motherboard after at least 3-6 months you know what she can exactly. 
And everything else depend of hardware you choose and specification of other things.
This I don't know, always can make some surprise, as she have own decisions.
I still do not know she. I did not meet her after more than year.
 
Like I say before only try of different RAM, example 2x4GB can push you in half hour of problems and fight for boot even with old working RAM.  After some time and sometimes install BIOS again, or necessary press CMOS button few times she boot and than you are happy because and something work and I think Huh don' touch anything now everything work.
I didn't want that. For me is Intel symbol of investment in something stable, expensive and at least 3 years.
 
But some symptoms show up in last 6 months.
Not before that. 
 
Off course graphic card only EVGA, that problem only can be my bad luck and that is not reason to think bad about manufacturer.
When people over world are super satisfied  with EVGA GPU.
If products are excellent and other people are satisfied I have no problems even if I had bad luck with every peace of hardware.
That is simply bad karma not reason to change something what you like.
 

No help for that except cross on other platform.
And that is somehow not right time for choose something for people with 3770K.
I would rather to spend 350-400 on motherboard if she support 6 core Intel and DDR4 than now.

I wait graphic card because my ATI5870 is dead.
I mean she is dead for 3D application and I prey that is graphic card problem.
When I start any game,I mean any 3D application, Ungine Heaven, game immediately after max 1min I lose picture and PC restart. 
In idle everything work and I test in Prime95 on 4.8GHz that work. But how I touch games PC restart. I saw once only picture freeze and resolution was as 640x480.
I can look movies and surf now...and wait new graphic card.
It's OK when hardware work 3 years and more that is absolutely OK for me. 
I mean no reason for bad feeling because gamers use that few hours every day... 
 
After that I must decide. IB-E or waiting Haswell or I don't know... 
If you look SSD I suggest Neutron GTX, Force GS, and Intel launch new series 530.
 
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Bad thing is because I can't use Internal Graphic cards now because problem with black screen from beginning until new came.
At least for some games. I will try more to start that somehow.

I had the same problem . all I did was disable UAC and it installed fine...

I think it's better for all of us to forget on this sad story with
Z77 FTW.
 

Yes now no point to upgrade really. 
Only I would like to our board work as X79 Dark.
I hope next time than. 
Yes I agree, it's hard to forget when you pay lot of money do everything to find exactly that board and probably worse board over 100$ on market.
I will not stay 2 year. I will stay until next Extreme generation.
I don't plan something super expensive on memory field 4X4 would be enough, but motherboard fully capable to read almost every XMP, better synchronization and same distance to memory controller for every memory module. That deserve high end system with i7, both, extreme or mainstream. 
Nothing else. This can and AMD.
I plan to sell than this i7-3770k and Z77 FTW and invest in new motherboard.
And upgrade would be new CPU with DDR4 support.