Update mb drivers through usb

[Andzon]

Since my z170 board doesn't support kaby lake without a drivers update, can I download the update on a usb stick and have it download the drivers automatically? My monitor doesn't get signal because of this so it would have to do it automatically.

 

I'm not gonna buy a skylake only to update it so i can use my kaby lake.

[Schubaltz]

I believe you load the BIOS update onto a USB and then select the update option from your UEFI and navigate to the update directory. I've never done this before so I'm not entirely sure.

[shadowbyte]

the ASUS ROG boards can to this, and some of their other stuff as well

it's called USB BIOS flashback iirc

[Oshino Shinobu]

You need a BIOS update, not a driver update. 

 

What board do you have? Some boards can update the BIOS without a CPU. If your board does not have that feature, you will need to borrow a working, compatible CPU somehow.

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Andzon said:

Since my z170 board doesn't support kaby lake without a drivers update, can I download the update on a usb stick and have it download the drivers automatically? My monitor doesn't get signal because of this so it would have to do it automatically.

 

I'm not gonna buy a skylake only to update it so i can use my kaby lake.

Which mobo? Some do some do not allow you

Check this

 

[Andzon]

7 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

You need a BIOS update, not a driver update. 

 

What board do you have? Some boards can update the BIOS without a CPU. If your board does not have that feature, you will need to borrow a working, compatible CPU somehow.

Msi gaming m5, can this board do this?

[Oshino Shinobu]

5 minutes ago, Andzon said:

Msi gaming m5, can this board do this?

No, it cannot. The M7 board can but the M5 cannot. You will need to borrow a CPU that works with your BIOS version (Skylake) in order to update the BIOS for Kabylake support. You could go to a local PC store are ask if they will update the BIOS for you. Not all will do it, but it's worth a try if you don't have a friend with a Kabylake CPU you can borrow. 

 

Other than that, you either need a different board or a different CPU. 

[Andzon]

2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

No, it cannot. The M7 board can but the M5 cannot. You will need to borrow a CPU that works with your BIOS version (Skylake) in order to update the BIOS for Kabylake support. You could go to a local PC store are ask if they will update the BIOS for you. Not all will do it, but it's worth a try. 

Just my luck. This only happens to me..

 

Anyway thanks for all the quick answers. $#!+

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

No, it cannot. The M7 board can but the M5 cannot. You will need to borrow a CPU that works with your BIOS version (Skylake) in order to update the BIOS for Kabylake support. You could go to a local PC store are ask if they will update the BIOS for you. Not all will do it, but it's worth a try if you don't have a friend with a Kabylake CPU you can borrow. 

 

Other than that, you either need a different board or a different CPU. 

Yes it can

Read again

https://ca.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170A-GAMING-M5.html#hero-overview

• BIOS Flashback+: Easy BIOS recovery without the need of a CPU, memory and VGA card

[Andzon]

How about i just return my kaby lake? Or how are return policies if it's been used? I bought it less than a week ago.

[Oshino Shinobu]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Yes it can

Read again

https://ca.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170A-GAMING-M5.html#hero-overview

• BIOS Flashback+: Easy BIOS recovery without the need of a CPU, memory and VGA card

Weird, I just read through that and didn't see it. Maybe I was looking at the wrong board.

[Andzon]

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Weird, I just read through that and didn't see it. Maybe I was looking at the wrong board.

Ok maybe there's some hope?? 

[Andzon]

3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Yes it can

Read again

https://ca.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170A-GAMING-M5.html#hero-overview

• BIOS Flashback+: Easy BIOS recovery without the need of a CPU, memory and VGA card

Is this easy to do?

[Oshino Shinobu]

3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Yes it can

Read again

https://ca.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170A-GAMING-M5.html#hero-overview

• BIOS Flashback+: Easy BIOS recovery without the need of a CPU, memory and VGA card

 

2 minutes ago, Andzon said:

Ok maybe there's some hope?? 

USB Flashback is listed in the CA product page but not on the US page. On both pages the BIOS flashback port and button are absent. I think it may be an error on the CA product page. Reading through the manual now. 

 

M5 board, no BIOS flashback port or button. 

 

M7 board, BIOS flashback port and button. 

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

 

USB Flashback is listed in the CA product page but not on the US page. On both pages the BIOS flashback port and button are absent. I think it may be an error on the CA product page. Reading through the manual now. 

 

M5 board, no BIOS flashback port or button. 

 

 

M7 board, BIOS flashback port and button. 

 

 

No mention of Flashback in M5 save time there. Well bummer then.

[Oshino Shinobu]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

No mention of Flashback in M5 save time there. Well bummer then.

Yep, just checked the manuals. M5 makes no mention of BIOS Flashback and M7 has a whole section on it. Must be a mistake on the CA site. 

[Andzon]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

No mention of Flashback in M5 save time there. Well bummer then.

Noooooo. That's more salt in my wound.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Yep, just checked the manuals. M5 makes no mention of BIOS Flashback and M7 has a whole section on it. Must be a mistake on the CA site. 

Time to find some CPU then. Or a different motherboard

[Andzon]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Time to find some CPU then. Or a different motherboard

Or a gun.