ASUS Z690 PRIME Z690-P D4 - No CPU flash ?

Quixote · 10 Oct 2022 at 20:35

So I'm toying with the idea of a 13900k, looking to do it on the 'cheap' with my existing DDR4 & a Z690 motherboard.
Everything about the Z-690-P D4 ticks the boxes. But I'm unsure if I'll be able to flash the bios without a CPU. I'm not sure what this feature is called on Asus board nowadays. This apparently has EZ Flash 3 - but the manual makes no mention of the need for a CPU or not.
I don't have a compatable Intel CPU to use for flashing.
Anyone know ?
Cheers.

mickyflinn · 10 Oct 2022 at 21:15

It's called USB Bios Flashback on Asus motherboards so you will need another cpu.

Quixote · 10 Oct 2022 at 21:47

OK, thanks for your help. Now I know what to look out for.

IT Troll · 10 Oct 2022 at 23:07

Sadly it looks like that board doesn’t have Flashback. If a board has it, it will mentioned in the USB port specs. Also the port is labelled as such in the rear I/O shield.

Quixote · 11 Oct 2022 at 07:17

Thanks for the extra information.

adidan · 11 Oct 2022 at 07:20

Quixote said:
So I'm toying with the idea of a 13900k, looking to do it on the 'cheap' with my existing DDR4 & a Z690 motherboard.
Everything about the Z-690-P D4 ticks the boxes. But I'm unsure if I'll be able to flash the bios without a CPU. I'm not sure what this feature is called on Asus board nowadays. This apparently has EZ Flash 3 - but the manual makes no mention of the need for a CPU or not.
I don't have a compatable Intel CPU to use for flashing.
Anyone know ?
Cheers.

Sorry, I'm not clear, do you already own the board with no CPU?

If you're buying new the bios should be the latest (or you can at least ask the store if it is)

If buying second hand I'm sure a decent current owner would update it.

Quixote · 11 Oct 2022 at 07:30

No, I haven't bought the board yet. My understanding was it's very common for the boards to have whatever BIOS was available at manufacture date. So it could be potentially quite old. I wouldn't have thought the retailer would be opening boards & updating, although maybe they might do it at customer request. More food for thought, thanks.

LiE · 15 Oct 2022 at 14:51

I've just come across this too, looks like I'm stuck unless I have a 12th gen I can drop it to flash it to the latest BIOS.

Tetras · 15 Oct 2022 at 14:54

I was wondering why the celerons almost doubled in price over a weekend

LiE · 15 Oct 2022 at 15:16

I’ll send my Z690-P back it seems, swap it for a different motherboard that has a USB BIOS flash.

Roert · 29 Jul 2023 at 02:50

adidan said:
Sorry, I'm not clear, do you already own the board with no CPU?

If you're buying new the bios should be the latest (or you can at least ask the store if it is)

If buying second hand I'm sure a decent current owner would update it.

This is old and I know that but you're saying the board should work with a 13th gen intel processor if it's brand new? So unless newegg is selling me an old board I won't have to find a 12th gen to update it?

adidan · 29 Jul 2023 at 08:52

Roert said:
This is old and I know that but you're saying the board should work with a 13th gen intel processor if it's brand new? So unless newegg is selling me an old board I won't have to find a 12th gen to update it?

No idea on US stores and how it works over there TBH.

Newegg listing says '*May require a BIOS update to boot the 13th gen Intel® Core™ desktop processors.'

Tetras · 29 Jul 2023 at 11:30

Roert said:
This is old and I know that but you're saying the board should work with a 13th gen intel processor if it's brand new? So unless newegg is selling me an old board I won't have to find a 12th gen to update it?

Best guess: read the latest user reviews, but unfortunately there's no guaranteed way to tell unless the board is a new revision.