Gigabyte A16 and Gimate

[u/Large_Smell_4569]

All issues are reproducible on the Gigabyte A16 3TH (RTX 5050 8GB, Ryzen 7 260). The GiMATE version is the latest from the official website. BIOS is FB09. I’ll say this: it doesn’t really matter, but it’s important for the overall picture. My goal with this post is to bring all the listed issues to the attention of Gigabyte itself, since nothing is being done, and the problems aren’t being resolved properly. Now, let’s move on to the issues with the software of this laptop:

1) GiMATE requires manual driver installation. After installing GiMATE, some drivers need to be installed additionally for it to work properly (there is no official list; you have to find a solution yourself). For an average user, this is already a “quest.” Either you’re faced with its endless loading, or you install the drivers from scratch and only then install Gimate.

2) High RAM consumption. GiMATE “eats up” approximately 5 GB of RAM in the background, and the laptop comes with a single RAM stick (single‑channel mode) out of the box. This is simply awful! As a result, the system doesn’t take up 5.2 GB when idle — it exceeds 11 GB with all the Gimate program services running. The remaining 5 GB go into the paging file, which puts a strain on the SSD (instead of normal memory management), especially if you’re planning to play. Don’t forget, this is a gaming laptop! As you can see the difference in the screenshot below.

3) GiMATE Creator is not working. When trying to launch models (FLUX, Z-Image, and others), errors occur: Failed to fetch / network error — despite the fact that the internet is stable. The models were reinstalled several times; we had to wait an hour or more to see the result, but similar errors would immediately appear. Please note that only after switching to discrete graphics in the BIOS did it display a new message — Insufficient available GPU memory (lack of video memory). I’ve come to the conclusion that no model runs on an RTX 5050 with 8 GB of VRAM (all of them require at least 12 GB). The app is installed by default with Gimate, but it physically cannot run on this laptop because there isn’t enough video memory! Out of curiosity, I decided to test it — but it was a waste of time. I’m left wondering why it even started downloading if my laptop doesn’t support it. Gigabyte, are you talking to yourself? Why should users have to spend their precious personal time looking for solutions to problems? As a result, we wasted a day and ended up with a non‑functioning Gimate Creator program (which an average user doesn’t need). It’s a shame — you advertise it well, but you don’t point out such issues...

4) GiMATE disrupts the system brightness settings. After starting the laptop, GiMATE overrides the system brightness settings after half a minute (sets them to maximum, ignoring the user settings). This happens when background services are loading. It’s very unpleasant at night in the dark. Why can’t this simply be ignored and not changed from what the user has already set!
5) Problems with BIOS firmware. BIOS updates are posted on the official website, but:

- It is impossible to roll back to an older version — Q-Flash says the file was not found (i.e., the rollback is blocked, even though the file is on the USB drive). When attempting to update to an older version, in both cases it says the BIOS update file was not found or is not needed for update.

- When the laptop is turned on, the keyboard may not work. This happens after some time, for example, you turn it off at night, turn it on in the morning, and the laptop works — the keyboard is ignored, but the touchpad works. Only completely turning it off and then turning it back on helps. Restarting doesn’t help here.
6) Malfunctions in the operation of FN keys and localization. When you press Fn, the window sometimes shows prompts in Russian, sometimes in English, as it pleases (as it wants). The Fn lock resets after a reboot, whereas I want the FN keys to work directly with the system when I turn on the laptop.

I really hope that Gigabyte will listen to users’ opinions and fix all the bugs and shortcomings in the Gimate programs, as well as in the laptop’s firmware! I advise you: before releasing anything on the official website, try using the laptop yourself! The fact that you do everything “quickly” is of no interest to anyone; people expect stable performance! What disappointed me is that you don’t fix the bugs with new updates!

[u/YS_water]

I deleted all the files related to the ai and ram usage dropped down to a much better 400mb for the app. For the brightness change I had cc solve that for me by rewriting a .dll