B85 / H81 and Haswell Refresh compatibility

[dfk]

Hi, is this link still accurate?

anyone knows which B85 revision boards and H81 boards support Haswell i5-4590 /4690k out of the box without needing to update BIOS?

Thanks.

[dmdilks]

That link is over a 1-1/2 yr old. Yes it might still be OK. But there would be a chance it could not be up to date. Who ever you get the board from. Just ask them if the bios is up to date to support the CPU.

Now I had one of those boards and it didn't boot. What I did was just put one stick of memory in. Then I was able to boot and update the bios. I'm not saying that it will work every time like that.

[dfk]

That link is over a 1-1/2 yr old. Yes it might still be OK. But there would be a chance it could not be up to date. Who ever you get the board from. Just ask them if the bios is up to date to support the CPU.

Now I had one of those boards and it didn't boot. What I did was just put one stick of memory in. Then I was able to boot and update the bios. I'm not saying that it will work every time like that.

Thanks! it's possible to update via UEFI BIOS using USB flash drive right?

[dmdilks]

What you are saying I think is have the bios update on the flash drive right. Yes That is how I update my bios.

[dfk]

What you are saying I think is have the bios update on the flash drive right. Yes That is how I update my bios.

My board is rev1.1 and I want to know if it can flash with just the i5-4590 inside without needing pre-Refresh proc.

[dmdilks]

1.1 what board? Yes you don't need any thing connected to the board other than the CPU, Memory, Video and the USB drive.

[dfk]

1.1 what board? Yes you don't need any thing connected to the board other than the CPU, Memory, Video and the USB drive.

sorry i forgot that, it's GA-B85M-D3H rev1.1 with i5-4590 Haswell Refresh. so i dont need another pre-R proc?

[dmdilks]

Who ever you get the board from. Just ask them if the bios is up to date to support the CPU.

When you say pre-R proc you mean early CPU right. That is why I said that. They can tell you if it is going to support that CPU. If you already got the board all you can do is try it with one stick of memory and see if it will boot.

If it does then just flash the bios within the bios. If you can flash it when you get done turn off the computer and unplug it. Then pull the battery and jump out the cmos pins wait 5 mins. Un-jump the pins and put the battery back in.

Boot it up load default setting reboot. Then go back in setup the bios and don't forget the date and time too. This is what is wrong with the whole system. They are moving to fast on updating the MB's and CPU's Plus leaving the people holding the bag.