BIOS Update For Haswell CPUs Tricky?

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Hi

Some motherboards with certain chipsets are

said to need BIOS updates for the Haswell

refresh. Is this usually a lengthy or tricky

process? Say for...

PCPartPicker part list: http://es.pcpartpicker.com/p/HQT7dC
Price breakdown by merchant: http://es.pcpartpicker.com/p/HQT7dC/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (€104.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€55.52 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: G.Skill Value Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (€37.98 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€52.95 @ Amazon Espana)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (€37.90 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€55.77 @ Amazon Espana)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (€14.45 @ Amazon Espana)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (€131.27 @ Amazon Espana)
Total: €489.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-23 14:43 CET+0100
 
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Petrossa
Hi there
Since you are buying that board new now, it will most likely already come with the BIOS required to support Haswell refresh CPU's.
If not, the process is very simple so long as you have another CPU to use on that board in the meantime.
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Hi there
Since you are buying that board new now, it will most likely already come with the BIOS required to support Haswell refresh CPU's.
If not, the process is very simple so long as you have another CPU to use on that board in the meantime.
 
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That's what I want to hear.

Although that means the computer will be out of commission until the update is done then, as I

don't have any spare CPUs for 1150. Only last gen. How is it done? Just downloading a file from the manufacturer

website unto a USB and then loading up the BIOS and then loading the file from the USB?
 
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Right I see.

Well I hope to high heaven that it works then!

PCPartPicker part list: http://es.pcpartpicker.com/p/nFwnCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://es.pcpartpicker.com/p/nFwnCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (€104.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€58.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: G.Skill Value Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (€37.98 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€52.95 @ Amazon Espana)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (€37.96 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€55.77 @ Amazon Espana)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (€14.45 @ Amazon Espana)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (€131.27 @ Amazon Espana)
Total: €492.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-23 15:38 CET+0100

This is the current state of affairs. It's for an office environment, so it has to be cheap as I'm not

just buying a single unit. So if I have 5 PCs on my hands that all have a BIOS issue, I'm going to wish

the 7 hells was a place I was at, as it's not going to be comfortable.
 
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You've been great by the way. I really appreciate the input, perhaps more than you know.

You'll get the green lights this time. Now I just wish I knew it would work. I'm counting on it, as it's

a modern motherboard.
 
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I would expect it to work out the box as Haswell refresh has been around for long enough for the manufacturers to update the BIOS on their entry level boards to support it.
Good luck.



 
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Thank you very much.

I just needed a second opinion, as it's not nice to mess up to the tune of a couple thousand.

I picked that motherboard so that we could have some 2560 x 1440p fun too; even if only on HDMI.
 
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