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so i dont have this build yet but in pc part picer it says Some Intel H81 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Haswell Refresh CPUs.  my cpu is this http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPRWAZQ/?tag=pcpapi-20 and my motherboard is this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132083 how can i update the bios if it does not work with my cpu remeber i dont have there parts yet i just want to know so i can do it when i get them so is there a way to update teh BIOS witn no CPU. but my laptop has a intel core 2 duo CPU can i take the cpu from my laptop and use that will it work?  or can someoen finmd a motherboard that supports that CPU if its around the price of the motherboard i liked too??

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The only motherboards that support flashing BIOS without CPU is some models by companies like Asus that have USB BIOS flashback. If you don't have that feature you will need a Haswell CPU to flash BIOS if it doesn't come with a refresh-compatible BIOS pre-loaded.

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The only motherboards that support flashing BIOS without CPU is some models by companies like Asus that have USB BIOS flashback. If you don't have that feature you will need a Haswell CPU to flash BIOS if it doesn't come with a refresh-compatible BIOS pre-loaded.

How to know with which bios the mobo comes? Personally I will buy the i3 4160 which is the haswell refresh and the gigabyte H81 mobo and their website says that it is compatible with all 4th gen intel cpus, including mine

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How to know with which bios the mobo comes? Personally I will buy the i3 4160 which is the haswell refresh and the gigabyte H81 mobo and their website says that it is compatible with all 4th gen intel cpus, including mine

 

You can't know. But what you can do if it happens to have ancient BIOS, is to take it to local pc store and have them flash it.

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How to know with which bios the mobo comes? Personally I will buy the i3 4160 which is the haswell refresh and the gigabyte H81 mobo and their website says that it is compatible with all 4th gen intel cpus, including mine

You don't. It's luck of the draw. If they give you a motherboard that they recently got shipped in it will come with the new BIOS. But if they give you one that's been on the shelf since before the release of Haswell refresh, it won't have the new BIOS.

Desktop: Intel Core i5 2380P (2400 w/o iGPU), MSI H61, 8GB RAM, 256GB SP610, 500GB WD Blue, HIS R9 280, Antec TruePower Classic 550W, Inwin MANA 134, QNIX QX2710, CM QuickFire Rapid, Logitech G402

 

Laptop: Toshiba Satellite L40D, AMD A6-6310, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Radeon R4 Graphics, 14" 1366x768

 

 

Phone: iPhone 6 Space Gray 64GB, T-Mobile $60/mo 3GB plan

 

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