ASRock Z87 and i7-4790

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a14122011

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Hi,
I've bought ASRock Z87 Extreme4 and Intel Core i7-4790K. Can I put i7-4790 into CPU slot and run PC or Should I first update BIOS? Will I have any problems? Do I have to update BIOS with other Haswell-CPU (not Refresh version) like i5-4670K and later put i7-4790 into motherboard?
 
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rgd1101
probably need to update the bios with a older cpu first, and you might have to wait for the bios to support the 4790k, check asrock website
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photonboy

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The BIOS version is P2.70 and it was available January 27th, 2014.

If you just bought the motherboard there's a good chance the BIOS is already up to date. There's probably a way to find out based on your serial number but I'm not sure.

If it's not supported I believe you DO need a supported CPU to flash the BIOS. I know Asus has a feature called "BIOS Flashback" that does not require the CPU but this Asrock board does not appear to have such a feature. It does have something called "Instant Flash" but it's not the same thing.
 
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