Compatibilty! Motherboard's (NEED HELP)

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Ok so today I bought a i7 4790 and Z87 PC Mate g-41. My computer is not working. Only thing that is working are the Fans, LED's, And I hear beeps.

My problem is no display is showing, would that be because I am using an an Previous series of Motherboards like an (8- Series) and shouldn't I be using an 9-Series board like the h97 for a Haswell Chip?

The New Motherboard Link Would this work? http://

CPU Link http://

Don't know why it is just showing the Http:// But it works.

Thank you for everything, and hoping you can help me with this!
 
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Darkbreeze
Pretty much any 9 series board you buy now would have a compatible bios unless it had been sitting on a shelf somewhere since before the 4790 was released to manufacturing.

You really don't know what BIOS version it's on until you fire it up. The bar code might be able to tell the bios version but only the OEM would have that info. Two different versions of the same board can have different bios versions and even the exact same board revision could have different versions depending on when the board was shipped versus when a particular bios was released. All the 9 series series boards being sold through major outlets would be compatible though.

There are also many boards that feature the ability to flash the bios without having a...
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Just wanted to point out, this motherboard DOES support both 4790 and 4790k under the link you provided above darkbreeze.

Next to the 4790 it states that it requires 7850v16, which i believe means BIOS Update 1.6 or higher.
 
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Ok thank you for the fast reply! Does the Gigabyte GA-Z97X support the intel Core i7 4790?

I have read some stuff but I just want to confirm after i go out and buy it. Thank you!
 
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The Z87 PC Mate g-41 actually DOES support the 4790, it says so in it's CPU support list. Read my post above.
 
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My bad, they usually list all i5's together, i7's together, leave it to MSI to be different. Yes, it does support it, but you do need bios version 1.6 or higher in order for it to be supported. Unless that board has a flashback type feature that allows updating of the bios without a supported cpu being installed, or unless you have or can borrow a supported cpu to do the update, you'll still need a different board. OR, you can send the board to MSI for them to update the bios.
 
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Thank you, I'm not the best with computers I just like to build and Game, So say I got the GA-Z97X How would I know what version of Bios its on? And if its updated to 1.6 or higher, would I be fine?


I looked under the New Motherboard I would get and it lists 4 things.


2 x 64 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
Support for DualBIOS™
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Does the "SM BIOS 2.7" Mean what update its on?
 
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Pretty much any 9 series board you buy now would have a compatible bios unless it had been sitting on a shelf somewhere since before the 4790 was released to manufacturing.

You really don't know what BIOS version it's on until you fire it up. The bar code might be able to tell the bios version but only the OEM would have that info. Two different versions of the same board can have different bios versions and even the exact same board revision could have different versions depending on when the board was shipped versus when a particular bios was released. All the 9 series series boards being sold through major outlets would be compatible though.

There are also many boards that feature the ability to flash the bios without having a compatible CPU installed so that's always an option. I'd recommend the Gigabyte Gaming 3 or 5, or ASUS Z97-A as good budget options. For your CPU though you don't even really need a Z97 board unless you plan to use SLI or Crossfire, so an H97 board would work fine and is generally less expensive by quite a bit.

GA-Z97X is only the beginning of the model number, for all Gigabyte Z97 boards. There has to be a further designation after that which tells you which board it actually is, like Z97X-UD3P, Z97X-Gaming 5, etc.
 
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