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ASRock Z87 Extreme6 Broadwell support

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Topic: ASRock Z87 Extreme6 Broadwell support

Posted By: n00bie0
Subject: ASRock Z87 Extreme6 Broadwell support
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2015 at 6:26am

Is there a new bios update that bring Intel Broadwell support to the Z87 Extreme ?

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Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2015 at 6:39am

Meh, I think you need a Z97 board for Broadwell.

Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2015 at 3:08pm

Wardog is correct.

The Z97 chipset is almost identical to the Z87 chipset, the problem is the almost bit. That slight change is what is needed to support Broadwell at a hardware level. There will never be a BIOS update that will allow Broadwell on a series 8 chipset due to the physical incompatibility.