Bios flash

[Rickjuhh]

Lets say i update my bios on a b660 motherboard i have a intel 13 gen and no 12 gen ill do it whit the flash button and disconect the cables after the update is done can i start building the rest of my pc or do i need to wait until the electic charge left the motherboard?

[podkall]

@RONOTHAN##

[podkall]

So, what's your concern?

 

When unplugging and plugging things from the inside of the PC, the PC needs to be off, the PSU needs to be turned off,

 

if you want to be extra cautious you can also unplug the PSU after turning it off, and if you're really scared you can: when the PSU is off/unplugged hold down power button for few seconds?

 

If you're scared that the motherboard keeps electricity after it's no longer recieving power from PSU you shouldn't be, where would it keep it?

[Rickjuhh]

Just now, podkall said:

So, what's your concern?

 

When unplugging and plugging things from the inside of the PC, the PC needs to be off, the PSU needs to be turned off,

 

if you want to be extra cautious you can also unplug the PSU after turning it off, and if you're really scared you can: when the PSU is off/unplugged hold down power button for few seconds?

 

If you're scared that the motherboard keeps electricity after it's no longer recieving power from PSU you shouldn't be, where would it keep it?

i dont have a intel 12 gen and isnt it that a 13 gen cant work on a b660 and you need to update it whit bios flashback and then you will need to give it power and im scared that ill break my board if there is still electristy in my board so how can i remove the electricity out of it whit out ram ect installed

and no frond io ect

 

[podkall]

2 minutes ago, Rickjuhh said:

i dont have a intel 12 gen and isnt it that a 13 gen cant work on a b660 and you need to update it whit bios flashback and then you will need to give it power and im scared that ill break my board if there is still electristy in my board so how can i remove the electricity out of it whit out ram ect installed

and no frond io ect

 

What motherboard are you buying? From a store or from internet?

[RONOTHAN##]

4 minutes ago, Rickjuhh said:

i dont have a intel 12 gen and isnt it that a 13 gen cant work on a b660 and you need to update it whit bios flashback and then you will need to give it power and im scared that ill break my board if there is still electristy in my board so how can i remove the electricity out of it whit out ram ect installed

and no frond io ect

 

it's not that big a deal, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Press and hold the power button for 10 seconds if you really care about that, but that's not really necessary either as long as the PSU is unplugged.

 

That said, you can build the system fully then do BIOS flashback, it's perfectly safe to do it with the CPU, RAM, GPU, etc. installed, it's just not necessary to have them installed. 

[Rickjuhh]

12 hours ago, podkall said:

What motherboard are you buying? From a store or from internet?

Internet

[Rickjuhh]

14 hours ago, RONOTHAN## said:

it's not that big a deal, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Press and hold the power button for 10 seconds if you really care about that, but that's not really necessary either as long as the PSU is unplugged.

 

That said, you can build the system fully then do BIOS flashback, it's perfectly safe to do it with the CPU, RAM, GPU, etc. installed, it's just not necessary to have them installed. 

Should it be possible that i dont update the bios and just instal cpu and then it wil start or is a bios update nessasry

[RONOTHAN##]

1 hour ago, Rickjuhh said:

Should it be possible that i dont update the bios and just instal cpu and then it wil start or is a bios update nessasry

It's technically possible assuming you get a board that was made extremely recently, though very unlikely, and if it does work it's likely on a BIOS with only basic 13th gen support, so you'd want to do a BIOS update amyway

[Rickjuhh]

2 hours ago, RONOTHAN## said:

It's technically possible assuming you get a board that was made extremely recently, though very unlikely, and if it does work it's likely on a BIOS with only basic 13th gen support, so you'd want to do a BIOS update amyway

would be the gigabyte b660 gaming x ddr4 be recently enough?

 

 

[RONOTHAN##]

58 minutes ago, Rickjuhh said:

would be the gigabyte b660 gaming x ddr4 be recently enough?

 

 

I couldn't tell you, when you go to buy it it could've been made a week ago or 4 months ago, it's luck of the draw. Odds are it won't have a 13th gen capable BIOS though. 

 

That said, that board has BIOS flashback so it doesn't really matter. It takes 5 minutes to do. Just build your computer as you normally would, see if it turns on, if it gets stuck at a CPU error code (I'd be surprised if it didn't), do BIOS flashback (or Q-Flash Plus as Gigabyte calls it), it's perfectly fine to do BIOS flashback with a CPU and the rest of the system together, wait the 5 minutes for it to flash and you're done. 

[Rickjuhh]

3 hours ago, RONOTHAN## said:

I couldn't tell you, when you go to buy it it could've been made a week ago or 4 months ago, it's luck of the draw. Odds are it won't have a 13th gen capable BIOS though. 

 

That said, that board has BIOS flashback so it doesn't really matter. It takes 5 minutes to do. Just build your computer as you normally would, see if it turns on, if it gets stuck at a CPU error code (I'd be surprised if it didn't), do BIOS flashback (or Q-Flash Plus as Gigabyte calls it), it's perfectly fine to do BIOS flashback with a CPU and the rest of the system together, wait the 5 minutes for it to flash and you're done. 

scared that ill brake it

[RONOTHAN##]

39 minutes ago, Rickjuhh said:

scared that ill brake it

You won't, it's pretty fool proof. If you're really scared, ask the store that you're buying from if they'll update the BIOS before purchase. 

[Rickjuhh]

11 hours ago, RONOTHAN## said:

You won't, it's pretty fool proof. If you're really scared, ask the store that you're buying from if they'll update the BIOS before purchase. 

Im buying it online maybe ill look for a place that will do the update bit thxman