Asrock x99 fatality bios Broadwell E

I received an updated bios chip from the link I posted (took 10 days to ship to TN over the holiday weekend). It was easy to exchange with the extraction pliers and everything works now.

AsRock contacted me after their holiday break and offered to mail a bios chip. I received it within a week.

There are two snags I still have to work on.

1. Only the intel NIC works, the other one can't start.

2. Creative cinema 3 doesn't recognize my audio device, so no equalizer to fine tune klipsch 2.1 sound.

I'm pretty happy with the system. It boots in less than 15 seconds.

Cheers!

Yes , you figured out the problem. That is half the battle. Same problem exactly that I had. I had the x99m killer with BIOS 1.90. J Z on this forum said I needed the updated BIOS 3.1 etc. I was lucky. I got a computer whiz, locally , here to program my BIOS. I took it out of the motherboard easily. Brought it to his house and he programed it. Worked perfectly. Unlike the other poster above. I have excellent boot times. 20 seconds all in. Can you find someone who will program your BIOS chip for you?  Otherwise you will have to wait for Tech Support. Unless you an return the board to the store? May be they can help you program it by using a 5XXX CPU on your board? If you do contact tech support, make sure  you request when they will be sending it to you and how long it will take.

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I was hoping these boards would ship with a newer bios version so I opened the NewEgg box (which renders the board non-returnable) and I got P1.4, which doesn't support my new Broadwell E 6800k proc.

According to the cpu support table, I need P3.1.

Since I don't have a compatible processor on hand to run the board and update the bios properly

I contacted tech support, but haven't gotten a response yet since the holidays.

I guess I need to obtain an updated bios chip and replace it manually from what I've gathered from several searches. I don't see this as a potential obstacle, it just adds more time to wait for it to be mailed and perhaps a separate charge for the service.

Has anyone experienced the same or similar conundrum?

How long was the shipping time and has it worked out for you to replace the chip?

I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks, Patrick