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smschulz
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Posted: 04 Feb 2017 at 12:49am |
Can I install a Broadwell cpu Xeon gen 4 with the old bios P1.20?
Motherboard EPC612D4I which does support Broadwell BUT with bios P2.10. The question is will it even boot to allow a bios update if I use a Xeon v4 Broadwell CPU. I do not have or want to buy a Xeon Gen 3 Haswell just to perform a bios upgrade.
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Xaltar
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No, you will need a compatible CPU with the current BIOS version to update or alternatively a new BIOS chip from ASRock.
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smschulz
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Not the answer I was hoping for but thanks for the info.
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wardog
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Seeings you're in the US, use the below contacts. phone preferably, they're on PST time. And, sigh, they too may be celebrating the Chinese New Year till the 5th. Worth a call today anyways. Support Phone: 1-909-590-8308 Support Email: support@asrockamerica.com |
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smschulz
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UPDATE: ASRock sent me a pre-updated BIOS 2.10 and my E5-2630v4 worked perfectly.
Thank you William at ASRock!
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Xaltar
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Great to hear and thanks for posting to let us know
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wardog
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Late to the party here but glad to read that ASRock took care of you
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