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Hi. I have an evga z370 motherboard and for some reason I forgot to do update both bios at first. I'm using an intel i5 9600k which isn't possible with original bios. I used an intel celeron g4900 to get the bios updated. I was wondering if I was to update my 2nd bios now would I need to put the celeron g4900 back in or would I be able to keep my 9600k in for it. I can't seem to find anything relevant on this. 
 

thanks for the help

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You should be able to boot into your updated BIOS, flip the BIOS selection switch and update from within the booted BIOS. Consult your manual for details.

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Pretty sure that isn't possible

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53 minutes ago, Greatestfoe said:

Hi. I have an evga z370 motherboard and for some reason I forgot to do update both bios at first. I'm using an intel i5 9600k which isn't possible with original bios. I used an intel celeron g4900 to get the bios updated. I was wondering if I was to update my 2nd bios now would I need to put the celeron g4900 back in or would I be able to keep my 9600k in for it. I can't seem to find anything relevant on this. 
 

thanks for the help

For most dual bios systems, the second BIOS is not updateable, so that it cannot be corrupted by an update. It is intended to be a failsafe to fix the primary BIOS.

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2 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

For most dual bios systems, the second BIOS is not updateable, so that it cannot be corrupted by an update. It is intended to be a failsafe to fix the primary BIOS.

Ok, I think I understand. So if for some reason my #1 bios got corrupted or stopped working I would have to switch to bios 2 and start from scratch basically, put in the celeron, update bios than I could switch to my 9600k. 

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