My PC wont POST: New CPU, Old Chipset.

[Rohime]

Well, i was in my (not so local) PC shop warranty dept today - pccasegear.com

In the 30 minutes or so i was there getting a DOA defective M.2 960 EVO replaced, at least 3 people came in with "New CPU - PC wont POST" problems.

Everyone of them had bought a 7700K and put it into an older generation MoBo - without knowing that the MoBo likely needed a BIOS update first.

 

i was really surprised at

a) the (apparent) number of people buying 7 Series CPU with prior gen Chipset.

b) the (apparent) lack of awareness of need for BIOS update.

 

anyone else seeing this ?  (my sample is statistically insignificant - but interesting anyway i thought).

[iRileyx]

Anyone who cared to properly research it first knows that it may require a bios update. But at the same time, there isn't(as far as i know) any way to check for sure if a motherboard does have the updated bios or not, unless you contact the store and they're able to find out.

[r3d3mpt10n]

While I agree with RKRiley, most of the online stores where I lie stipulate on the product listing if an updated BIOS is needed. 

[LogicalDrm]

Well, they were smart enough to get same socket. I've seen posts here where socket of mobo and CPU are incompatible.