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GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 upgrade to F10 without Sandybridge CPU

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GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 upgrade to F10 without Sandybridge CPU
« on: June 27, 2012, 12:08:47 pm »
Hello all
I am selling my GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 on ebay because I got the Sniper :) , its currently on F8 bios. I can see that the F10 bios supports the Ivy Bridge CPUS.
The question is do you need a Sandbybridge CPU to make it boot? I dont have really have one available Can I at least boot my board on F8 with an Ivybridge cpu and flash the bios to F10?
I hope the question marks sense.

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Re: GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 upgrade to F10 without Sandybridge CPU
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2012, 08:47:55 pm »
Hi

I am afraid that your question isn't as clear as it could be. Which motherboard do you want to run the SandyBridge CPU with ? You talk about the GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 but then go on to make it sound like it is the Sniper that you want the information on. If so which Sniper do you have ?

Perhaps you could rephrase your question.
« Last Edit: June 27, 2012, 08:48:59 pm by Dark Mantis »
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i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

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i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
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Re: GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 upgrade to F10 without Sandybridge CPU
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2012, 07:28:43 pm »
Well is the motherboard compitable with intel i7 3820? because my GA-x79-ud3 is not , it is not configured with bios f8 and i do not know how to update the bios without an other processor, It doesnt even boot up.

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Re: GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 upgrade to F10 without Sandybridge CPU
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2012, 09:25:20 am »
Hi

It is not a case of the motherboard being incompatible but just that the BIOS needs updating first. For this you will require a CPU that is supported by the existing BIOS. If you look at this link it will show you exactly which BIOS version is needed for a certain processor and this (GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 ) motherboard.

http://uk.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=3847
« Last Edit: July 01, 2012, 09:26:31 am by Dark Mantis »
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy