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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: baron243 on December 19, 2012, 09:28:25 am

Title: P67A-UD3-B3 bios upgrade from F4 to F9 with i7-3770k cpu
Post by: baron243 on December 19, 2012, 09:28:25 am: Hi, I have a queston I haven't been able to find a revelant answer for.

I have a P67A-UD3-B3 motherboard sitting around that I would like to use with an i7-3770k processor. Acording to the cpu support list this processor (ivy bridge) will work, but requires a bios update to the F9 bios. The motherboard currently has the F4 bios installed. My question: can I install the i7-3770k cpu on the motherboard, and then use qflash and a USB drive with the F9 bios to upgrade the bios on first boot?
(bare system with no OS installed.)
Thanks
Title: Re: P67A-UD3-B3 bios upgrade from F4 to F9 with i7-3770k cpu
Post by: ex58 on December 19, 2012, 09:59:26 am: No,won't work.
Try to lend some Sandy Brigde,just to update BIOS to F9 (but it will not help much,as 3770K will be locked).
Btw,
also got UEFI BIOS U1a and U1b (http://www.mediafire.com/?7km5oa4l5gvye7a) (unlocked) released.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3765#bios
Title: Re: P67A-UD3-B3 bios upgrade from F4 to F9 with i7-3770k cpu
Post by: baron243 on December 19, 2012, 03:28:03 pm: I don't care if the i7 3770k ends up being locked, just as long as it works with the motherboard. Are you saying that I need a Sandy bridge processor installed to do the bios update?
Title: Re: P67A-UD3-B3 bios upgrade from F4 to F9 with i7-3770k cpu
Post by: ex58 on December 19, 2012, 04:22:12 pm: YES
Title: Re: P67A-UD3-B3 bios upgrade from F4 to F9 with i7-3770k cpu
Post by: baron243 on December 19, 2012, 10:45:42 pm: Any big advantage to the UEFI bios? Found U1a but not U1b.
Title: Re: P67A-UD3-B3 bios upgrade from F4 to F9 with i7-3770k cpu
Post by: ex58 on December 20, 2012, 03:11:22 am: Click on U1b in my previous post. ;D
Title: Re: P67A-UD3-B3 bios upgrade from F4 to F9 with i7-3770k cpu
Post by: kjohnson28 on December 27, 2012, 05:03:58 pm: Is there any advantage to upgrade to the uefi bois? i also have the the p67a-ud3-b3 board. thanks for any replys.