Upgrading from 6th to 7th gen intel

[AndreLebrao]

I am thinking about upgrading from a i3 6100 to an i5 7500, but i got a h110ma, how do i make the bios update?

[alexyy]

which exact motherboard do you have?

 

But the process is the same for most go to your motherboard support page > downloads > bios updates > download latest one put on a USB and follow the update procedure but then some will let you update the bios from within the bios it's self.

[tp95112]

You go to the motherboard website and download the the latest bios. Updating the bios you will need to check the bios. Some motherboards do them differently. Some  you can just find the file from the bios and update and some you just plug a usb and it will search for the file itself

[zMeul]

note: you need to do this with the SkyLake CPU installed

 

download the latest bios file from here: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5589#bios

unplack the zip to an USB drive, preferably FAT32 formatted

reboot and at the POST screen press END to enter BIOS' own Q-Flash utility to update, point to the file on the USB drive

 

after BIOS update is complete and verified: shut down the system, remove power from the PSU, press the power button for 2+seconds to drain the caps, remove the old CPU, install the new one, put the power cord back in and power up

[alexyy]

1 minute ago, zMeul said:

download the bios file from here: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5589#bios

unplack the zip to an USB drive, preferably FAT32 formatted

boot into BIOS and use the BIOS' own Q-Flash utility to update, point to the file on the USB drive

Several motherboards with H100MA in the name but you're going to guess and link him to a bios which could potentially brick his bios? 

https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/H110M-A-D3/

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5589#ov

 

[zMeul]

4 minutes ago, alexyy said:

Several motherboards with H100MA in the name but you're going to guess and link him to a bios which could potentially brick his bios? 

https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/H110M-A-D3/

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5589#ov

he said H110MA, I presume it's the H110M-A and not the H110M-A-D3, nor the H110M-A/m.2

if it's the Asus board and not the GigaByte, joke's on him

[biker]

15 minutes ago, AndreLebrao said:

I am thinking about upgrading from a i3 6100 to an i5 7500, but i got a h110ma, how do i make the bios update?

Thats not much of an upgrade, why waste your money on that?

[AndreLebrao]

17 minutes ago, zMeul said:

he said H110MA, I presume it's the H110M-A and not the H110M-A-D3, nor the H110M-A/m.2

if it's the Asus board and not the GigaByte, joke's on him

GIGABYTE LGA1151 Intel H110 Micro ATX DDR4 Motherboard GA-H110M-A https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0165YUDTM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_wOdMyb8ATVHBF

Ive got this motherboard

[zMeul]

1 minute ago, AndreLebrao said:

GIGABYTE LGA1151 Intel H110 Micro ATX DDR4 Motherboard GA-H110M-A https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0165YUDTM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_wOdMyb8ATVHBF

Ive got this motherboard

good, then follow what I said in my 1st post

[AndreLebrao]

14 minutes ago, biker said:

Thats not much of an upgrade, why waste your money on that?

Because ive got money now, and my uncle is travelling do usa, here the parts are really expensive, they arent even selling 7th gen cpus, and if i buy a i5 7500 its the same price as an i3 6100 here

[biker]

OK then buy the i5 7500 and sell your i3 6100 and its an even swap and you are ahead of the game.

Why not go with a i7, sell your i3 and your only out of pocket a little bit of cash.

 

1 minute ago, AndreLebrao said:

Because ive got money now, and my uncle is travelling do usa, here the parts are really expensive, they arent even selling 7th gen cpus, and if i buy a i5 7500 its the same price as an i3 6100 here

 

[zMeul]

something's happening, at least from my end, I can't the BIOS downloads page anymore 

[AndreLebrao]

16 hours ago, biker said:

OK then buy the i5 7500 and sell your i3 6100 and its an even swap and you are ahead of the game.

Why not go with a i7, sell your i3 and your only out of pocket a little bit of cash.

 

 

Which i7? I am only using the pc for gaming, yessss thats my plan, sell it here for an even trade

[biker]

Yeaaaa but for a few more pennies, you can have a i7 and be set with no need to upgrade in 10 or 15 years.

[AndreLebrao]

7 hours ago, biker said:

Yeaaaa but for a few more pennies, you can have a i7 and be set with no need to upgrade in 10 or 15 years.

Yeah, but which i7? I have 200ish to buy it

[JoostinOnline]

8 hours ago, biker said:

Yeaaaa but for a few more pennies, you can have a i7 and be set with no need to upgrade in 10 or 15 years.

That's not at all true.  The gap between an i5 and i7 isn't even that big in terms of gaming performance anyway.

 

As for lasting 15 years, even a top of the line one wouldn't do that.  Besides, by then the current motherboards will probably be really out of date in terms of features.

[biker]

OK doood my AMD HP Pavilion 5050e DDR2 lasted 15 years

My newest i5 HP will last another 15 years!