Is a bios update needed on new board

ICharger

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I bought a msi z170a m5 gaming motherboard on Xmas and have just bought an i5 7600k kaby lake processor so I can finally finish my 1st build.
My question is, do I need to update the bios to make the cpu work or should the mobo come with the latest updates.
If it does need updating I have no access to another processor so can it be done via usb
Many thanks.
 
It will most probably need a bios update and as you have got a MSI board you had better cross your fingers and everything else that it doesn't brick the board.
 
hornetstinger said:
why, I guess that has no dual BIOS feature?
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No because once upon a time the windows flashing software was so bad it was almost a guaranteed brick. These days not an issue, but some people are stuck in the past :)

Personally haven't had an issue with any BIOS flashing since manufacturers allowed flashing within the BIOS via USB.
 
Check their website to see it an update is available. Normally they only recommend an update if your experiencing problems but I've always kept my boards up to date with the latest BIOS. Over the last say 10+ years never once bricked a board from a BIOS update (I've done a lot working in the industry), always been more concerned about a powercut midway through! LOL
 
Armageus said:
No because once upon a time the windows flashing software was so bad it was almost a guaranteed brick. These days not an issue, but some people are stuck in the past :)

Personally haven't had an issue with any BIOS flashing since manufacturers allowed flashing within the BIOS via USB.
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Nothing to do with being stuck in the past. MSI have a serious problem when it comes to flashing the bios on their boards no matter which method you use. Just check their forums and see all the problems with bricked boards even when using their preferred method of using the forum tool. We have had plenty of threads on here as well. Other manufacturers don't have a problem so I can't understand why MSI can't fix the issue.
 
This isn't sounding good too promising. This is my first, so a little worried I don't mess anything up.
Should I just try it and see if it boots up.
 
Correct me if im wrong but dont you need a skylake cpu installed in the motherboard before you can flash the bios so it takes the kabylake cpu ?
 
pastymuncher said:
According to MSI's website you need bios version 7977v1C for a 7600k.
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I think you are correct.
I have just ordered a Skylake processor to do this. Just got to figure out what I need to do, to flash the drive.
I've just picked up a 8 gb flash drive and formatted it to fat32.
Now I'm stuck.
 
Armageus said:
No because once upon a time the windows flashing software was so bad it was almost a guaranteed brick. These days not an issue, but some people are stuck in the past :)

Personally haven't had an issue with any BIOS flashing since manufacturers allowed flashing within the BIOS via USB.
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The good old days was doing it via dos prompt with a floppy and a spare drive. I remember doing this with the Abit NF7-S.
 
and getting a bad sector during a BIOS file read, where it's wiped the existing BIOS so you're screwed lol, unless you had another copy.

I think that indeed happen, but I had another copy on the disc, which wasn't on a bad sector, or another machine to get BIOS file on another floppy.
 
That was why you had numerous floppies checked and prepared with the same files on them as well as a spare hard drive with the same files and changed directory to the hard drive to flash it. Since it was quicker and more reliable.

I hated the floppy disk sounds when it came to flashing the BIOS.

Power cuts was my biggest fear back then than anything else.
 
From what I remember from updating my bios on my MSI board you just put the .rom file on a flash drive, open the bios flash thing in the bios and tell it to use the file. I am fairly sure it does some checks on the file before flashing it as I tried to use an X99A bios on my X99S board and it blocked it.

Regarding MSI forums being full of failed flashes - should I post a thread every time I successfully update the bios?
 
I installed a Skylake cpu and flashed the bios with the update for the kaby lake.
Put in the kaby lake and all went great.
Thank you everyone for there help.
 
ICharger said:
I installed a Skylake cpu and flashed the bios with the update for the kaby lake.
Put in the kaby lake and all went great.
Thank you everyone for there help.
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Which skylake did you use?
Which should I order to flash my board before installing a g4560
 
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