Upgrading my CPU

[isaackeem]

Today i'm upgrading my i3 to an i5 and I need to know if I have to do anything after upgrading my CPU like I had to do with my GPU. Will my computer be fine if I just switch CPUs and turn my system back on? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

just switch and your good.

[AvocadosGuac]

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

just switch and your good.

Hold on. Which platform? Going from say a 6100 or a 7500 will have issues.

[paddy-stone]

As above, just plug and play if that's the only thing you're changing.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Jrock said:

Hold on. Which platform? Going from say a 6100 or a 7500 will have issues.

well if it boots your fine, you may need a newer bios, but most all new 100 series boards will work fine with new kaby like chips as they have the newest bios out of the box.

[faziten]

5 hours ago, isaackeem said:

Today i'm upgrading my i3 to an i5 and I need to know if I have to do anything after upgrading my CPU like I had to do with my GPU. Will my computer be fine if I just switch CPUs and turn my system back on? 

Beforehand update your BIOS to the latest STABLE version available. Takes a few minutes. Then do the upgrade and be happy nothing else is required. 

[asand1]

1 hour ago, faziten said:

Beforehand update your BIOS to the latest STABLE version available. Takes a few minutes. Then do the upgrade and be happy nothing else is required. 

DO NOT do this. BIOS flash is not necessary for i3 to i5 swap. Furthermore, BIOS flashing always has a chance of bricking a motherboard and should never be done unless there is an issue with your existing hardware not working correctly.

[Guest]

From what CPU to what CPU? Need more details.

[Brooksie359]

On 6/25/2017 at 0:01 AM, asand1 said:

DO NOT do this. BIOS flash is not necessary for i3 to i5 swap. Furthermore, BIOS flashing always has a chance of bricking a motherboard and should never be done unless there is an issue with your existing hardware not working correctly.

It is if you are on a 100 series motherboard and you are upgrading to a kabylake i5. The 100 series motherboards came out before kabylake existed so they didn't come with bios that supports kabylake. Generally speaking yes you really shouldn't flash updated bios unless you really need to but in the specific case I stated above it would be necessary.

[asand1]

1 hour ago, Brooksie359 said:

if

Stop, just stop.

[Brooksie359]

3 minutes ago, asand1 said:

Stop, just stop.

No I'm not going to stop. You said something that isn't true 100% of the time so if OP happens to be one of those people upgrade from a skylake i3 to a kabylake i5 they need to know all the facts. You could have mislead op into think they didn't need a bios update when doing that type of upgrade and they would be quite upset when they install the new i5 only time find the system won't post. 

[asand1]

Just now, Brooksie359 said:

No I'm not going to stop. You said something that isn't true 100% of the time so if OP happens to be one of those people upgrade from a skylake i3 to a kabylake i5 they need to know all the facts. You could have mislead op into think they didn't need a bios update when doing that type of upgrade and they would be quite upset when they install the new i5 only time find the system won't post. 

He can flash if there's a problem, but simply saying you need to flash BIOS when switching from i3 to i7 is irresponsible. 99.9% of the time its is not necessary, and can often result in a dead motherboard due to a corrupted BIOS after a failed flash. Again, you are talkiing about the exception and in the case of a new PCer, we should try to steer them clear of things like killing their motherboard. I'm not saying your wrong in your statement, just that it doubtfully applies and my first statement is true.

 

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BIOS flashing always has a chance of bricking a motherboard and should never be done unless there is an issue with your existing hardware not working correctly

 

[Brooksie359]

3 minutes ago, asand1 said:

He can flash if there's a problem, but simply saying you need to flash BIOS when switching from i3 to i7 is irresponsible. 99.9% of the time its is not necessary, and can often result in a dead motherboard due to a corrupted BIOS after a failed flash. Again, you are talkiing about the exception and in the case of a new PCer, we should try to steer them clear of things like killing their motherboard. I'm not saying your wrong in your statement, just that it doubtfully applies and my first statement is true.

 

 

Yes but at the same time it is also always a good idea to make sure they are the exception of the rule. Nobody told them to update their bios always. They said to update the bios if it's a certain situation which is alot more common than you make it out to be. Also bricking a motherboard isn't as common as you make it out to be.