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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: SolidGoldstein on January 19, 2010, 08:48:54 am

Title: do I need to flash P55A-UD4P BIOS to F6 with an older CPU to use my i3 530?
Post by: SolidGoldstein on January 19, 2010, 08:48:54 am

Hi, I didn't find any posts about the new i3 on P55A-UD4P boards, so am I going to have trouble getting my system going if I don't have a spare i5 or i7?

Title: Re: do I need to flash P55A-UD4P BIOS to F6 with an older CPU to use my i3 530?
Post by: Pottypete on January 19, 2010, 02:49:06 pm

Hi,
Ask the shop where you buy it from to flash it to F6 you,
Or your local pc shop may do it for you,
cheers

Title: Re: do I need to flash P55A-UD4P BIOS to F6 with an older CPU to use my i3 530?
Post by: SolidGoldstein on January 20, 2010, 04:32:17 am

So, the the answer is "yes you need to install an older CPU in order for the board to get into BIOS with the i3" then I take it. I'm not taking my board to a shop. I'll just buy an i5 750.

Title: Re: do I need to flash P55A-UD4P BIOS to F6 with an older CPU to use my i3 530?
Post by: Pottypete on January 20, 2010, 09:01:07 am

Hi,
Ok, That's one solution,
Cheers

Title: Re: do I need to flash P55A-UD4P BIOS to F6 with an older CPU to use my i3 530?
Post by: oggmonster on January 20, 2010, 09:43:53 pm

If the board definatly supports it you should be able to pop your i3 CPU in, then you will get some form of CPU error. From there you can use the q-flash utility and update to latest BIOS :)

Title: Re: do I need to flash P55A-UD4P BIOS to F6 with an older CPU to use my i3 530?
Post by: SolidGoldstein on January 22, 2010, 06:11:17 am

It worked right out of the box which had F6 (manufacture date 50th week of 2009). I've screaming profanities for 2+ hours trying to reach a USB port that qflash would read from in my TIGHT!!!*&%#&^%@#&^%#@ space to flash to 7c. Finally I got it.

Title: Re: do I need to flash P55A-UD4P BIOS to F6 with an older CPU to use my i3 530?
Post by: Pottypete on January 22, 2010, 07:16:15 am

Hi
F12 I believe should give you the boot option
Glad your now up and running,
cheers

Title: Re: do I need to flash P55A-UD4P BIOS to F6 with an older CPU to use my i3 530?
Post by: SolidGoldstein on January 24, 2010, 10:59:15 am

YEAH! thanks. My apartment is too small for my full-tower case shoved in between my speaker stands :'( but we're looking to find a better place soon.