BIOS/UEFI update

[TheNiceGuy66]

So, im about to purchase a second hand Z170 motherboard, and the guy has said that he has updated the BIOS to the latest version. Ive asked him whether that version will support 6th or 7th Intel, however i thought id come on here and ask aswell. If i buy a CPU that doesnt fit the BIOS version, how will i know and how do iknow which bios version to change to, because the EVGA website is poo and doesnt say what gen intel CPU it supports. This might sound like a dumb few questions, however ive never done this and its part of a project im currently working on.

 

Thanks in advance

 

George

[RONOTHAN##]

Would probably help knowing what model of motherboard you are trying to buy to know what you could do about it. 

[-rascal-]

9 minutes ago, TheNiceGuy66 said:

So, im about to purchase a second hand Z170 motherboard, and the guy has said that he has updated the BIOS to the latest version. Ive asked him whether that version will support 6th or 7th Intel, however i thought id come on here and ask aswell. If i buy a CPU that doesnt fit the BIOS version, how will i know and how do iknow which bios version to change to, because the EVGA website is poo and doesnt say what gen intel CPU it supports. This might sound like a dumb few questions, however ive never done this and its part of a project im currently working on.

 

Thanks in advance

 

George

 

It would be great to tell us WHICH Z170 motherboard you bought, and WHICH CPU are you attempting to use with it.

 

Generally, a newer BIOS would not drop support for previously supported CPUs.

It would add additional support for more CPUs.

 

Say.... BIOS version 3.00 supported all 6th CPUs.

And they rolled out BIOS version 4.00 the support the 7th Gen CPUs.

Then they rolled out BIOS version 4.50, 5.00 ..... and eventually 8.00.

4.00 and onwards would support both 6th and 7th Gen.

 

Did the seller tell you which CPU he/she was using with the motherboard?

If he/she had a 7th Gen in there, you should be good to go....for the most part.

[TheNiceGuy66]

1 minute ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Would probably help knowing what model of motherboard you are trying to buy to know what you could do about it. 

Sorry forgot to mention that part, its an EVGA Z170 Stinger Mini ITX, and i was eithet gonna go for one of these 4, Intel i5-6600k, i5-7600, i5-7600k, i7-6700k.

[TheNiceGuy66]

5 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

It would be great to tell us WHICH Z170 motherboard you bought, and WHICH CPU are you attempting to use with it.

 

Generally, a newer BIOS would not drop support for previously supported CPUs.

It would add additional support for more CPUs.

 

Say.... BIOS version 3.00 supported all 6th CPUs.

And they rolled out BIOS version 4.00 the support the 7th Gen CPUs.

Then they rolled out BIOS version 4.50, 5.00 ..... and eventually 8.00.

4.00 and onwards would support both 6th and 7th Gen.

 

Did the seller tell you which CPU he/she was using with the motherboard?

If he/she had a 7th Gen in there, you should be good to go....for the most part.

Ah okay i see thats good to know, Ive just never done anything like this before and wanted to be sure about things before i purchase

 

[RONOTHAN##]

10 minutes ago, TheNiceGuy66 said:

Sorry forgot to mention that part, its an EVGA Z170 Stinger Mini ITX, and i was eithet gonna go for one of these 4, Intel i5-6600k, i5-7600, i5-7600k, i7-6700k.

The 6700K and 6600K will definitely work. If it was updated to BIOS version 2.0 and later, it'll support 7th gen CPUs and 6th gen. 

 

If you throw a 7th gen in and it's still on BIOS version 1.x, it will just not POST and the POST code will say 00 or some other CPU initialization error like 0d. 

[TheNiceGuy66]

12 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

The 6700K and 6600K will definitely work. If it was updated to BIOS version 2.0 and later, it'll support 7th gen CPUs and 6th gen. 

 

If you throw a 7th gen in and it's still on BIOS version 1.x, it will just not POST and the POST code will say 00 or some other CPU initialization error like 0d. 

okie dokie and i assume from that point, if i want to update the bios, i will just have to download a new bios version onto a usb, and put it into the motherboard for it to update?

 

 

[RONOTHAN##]

23 minutes ago, TheNiceGuy66 said:

okie dokie and i assume from that point, if i want to update the bios, i will just have to download a new bios version onto a usb, and put it into the motherboard for it to update?

 

 

There are instructions on the EVGA websites, but more or less yeah.

[TheNiceGuy66]

10 hours ago, RONOTHAN## said:

There are instructions on the EVGA websites, but more or less yeah.

okie dokie ty, i just wanted re assuring, sorry if t was a dumb question