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Need help with the Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6

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Topic: Need help with the Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6

Posted By: yacine17
Subject: Need help with the Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2017 at 3:13am

" rel="nofollow - Hi guys.. I hope everybody's doing okay.

Here's my issue

I bought a brand new ASRock Fata1ity Z170 Gaming K6 and I'm about to buy an Intel 7700K processor but I was told that I need to update the BIOS with a 6th generation processor.

My question is do I really have to use a 6th gen processor to update the BIOS ? or can I download the update from the official site and update the BIOS it with a usb drive using the Instant Flash Utility ?

I'd really appreciate your help guys and thank you in advance.

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Posted By: ASRock_TSD
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2017 at 10:43am

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Dear Yacine17,

Thank you for choosing ASRock.

There is a sticker on the BIOS ROM chip, the BIOS version will write on it.

If your BIOS version is lower than P7.00, you need to update BIOS with Intel 6^th generation CPU to support i7-7700k.

Thank you!

Yours truly,

ASRock TSD

Posted By: rico
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2017 at 6:45pm

No CPU = No BIOS updating. Simple as. So check the sticker on the BIOS chip - you may still be good to go on that 7700K.

If not, and if you're really determined, you can order a BIOS chip with the newer P7.20 on it that will support 7th gen CPUs.