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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: jepoydgreat on July 07, 2014, 08:12:25 am

Title: z87mx d3h help
Post by: jepoydgreat on July 07, 2014, 08:12:25 am

hi, noob here. i bought my mobo and havent been able to use it, i would like to confirm if its compatible with 4790k devils c?anyon? do i need to update the bios?

Title: Re: z87mx d3h help
Post by: terraCrumb on July 07, 2014, 08:17:20 am

Same here & yes.
I'm waiting to send mine off to have the F2 fw flashed by Gigabyte.

Title: Re: z87mx d3h help
Post by: jepoydgreat on July 07, 2014, 08:24:52 am

if i use a more cheaper haswell pentium proc then upgrade the bios with that. would that work? what version of bios would i need to run devils canyon?

Title: Re: z87mx d3h help
Post by: jepoydgreat on July 07, 2014, 02:39:32 pm

help :(

Title: Re: z87mx d3h help
Post by: terraCrumb on July 07, 2014, 05:36:21 pm

Sorry I got the wrong board mine is Z87-DS3H.
The changes are provided along with the f/w from the download page.
Edit; just checked it out and it is F6 you require.

Title: Re: z87mx d3h help
Post by: ex58 on July 08, 2014, 01:37:06 am

GA-Z87MX-D3H support DC sfrom BIOS F6.

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4490

Title: Re: z87mx d3h help
Post by: jepoydgreat on July 13, 2014, 03:30:29 pm

havent tried booting up the system, i still dont have a processor. what to do next? where to check for bios version w/out booting?

Title: Re: z87mx d3h help
Post by: jepoydgreat on July 13, 2014, 03:36:21 pm

is it adviseable to get a cheaper pentium haswell to upgrade the bios first or can i go directly to dc 4790k?

Title: Re: z87mx d3h help
Post by: absic on July 13, 2014, 04:04:33 pm

If your system will start using the Devils Canyon then you can just upgrade the BIOS to get the full support for the CPU.
If it won't start up then using a cheaper CPU to update the BIOS first is often the quickest way to go.

Oh, by the way, if the PC won't start when using the Devils Canyon CPU don't worry, you will not do any harm to the motherboard or the CPU but you will probably get a lot of beeps from the motherboard speaker if you have one attached!

Title: Re: z87mx d3h help
Post by: jepoydgreat on July 13, 2014, 04:36:28 pm

got it thanks for the tip. cheers!