Best version for BIOS update

[GL9106]

What would be the best version of BIOS to updatell to if I'm switching to a i7 7th gen Kabylake?

 

[atljsf]

best version?

you just install the latest bios version for your motherboard, unless someone tells you that a determined version is bad, you just install latest

 

[GL9106]

Yhe problem is I do not know if it is compatible with my board and what if I end up downgrading it instead?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Complete system specs including the CPU and exact motherboard you have now?? Go to the manufacturer's website. They will have a page for that board. The newest BIOS release is what you want.

I'm assuming you're wanting to use a Z170 board for a Kaby CPU?

 

[GL9106]

I have the i5 i5 6400 and the board model number is ASUS H110I G11CD, it is a custom and modified motherboard and it doesn't have a manual.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

H110 is not compatible with Kaby Lake. Especially not a DDR3 H110 board.

it is a custom and modified motherboard

No idea what that means. Looks like a cheap OEM board that doesn't have any official Asus support. Came in a prebuilt computer?

 

[GL9106]

It's a prebuilt and now that it doesn't have any support, does that mean I'm better off with a 6th gen Skylake cpu instead?

 

[atljsf]

i wouldn't use that cpu on that motherboard, that motherboard is no meant for overclock, only for basic cpus with low power requirements

if you already have it, apply the latest firmware available form the manufacturer, that is all you can do

you can't downgrade a motherboard bios, only go to next version, not to the previous one, at least with normal bios versions

if you found and installed a custom bios for your motherboard, surely there is a supporting forum where you can ask for what to do on this specific case

 

[GL9106]

So will any version work as long as it is from the same manufacturer(ASUS).

 

[Deleted member 217926]

You can try contacting Asus directly for a list of supported CPUs.

I'd buy a new board if you really want to upgrade. H110 boards are low end, they never got the BIOS update to support Kaby Lake at all ( only Z170 did ), and even if it did support a faster CPU the DDR3 is going to cripple it.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

So will any version work as long as it is from the same manufacturer(ASUS).

NO. It has to be the exact model down to the board revision.

 

[GL9106]

I'm actually limuted to DDR4 2133 Mhz and 32GB which isn't bad by today's standard.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

When I googled that board it showed DDR3L but even if it's a DDR4 board it didn't get the BIOS update for Kaby Lake.

Edit: Also since it came in an OEM the BIOS are going to be limited as to what CPUs are supported. The only way to be sure is to contact Asus.

 

[atljsf]

any no, use the latest version, the only manufacturer delivering bios updates to a asus motherboard is asus

as i said you need to use the latest bios version because it will not accept older versions, the latest version improves cpu support and fixes ram or other types of problems, that is the objective of a new bios version for a motherboard

there is custom bios, but those are made by someone with experience and is ready to take the risk of breaking the motherboard, a cost most of us are not going to accept

you say you have this mini itx motherboard

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/H110I-PLUS-D3/

the latest bios to get for this motherboard, to support 7th gen cpus is this one

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/H110I-PLUS_D3/H110I-PLUS-D3-ASUS-1802.zip?_ga=2.113860167.1159991692.1500655103-214323617.1488749223

found on this link

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/H110I-PLUS-D3/HelpDesk_Download/

check if it is indeed the motherboard you have and if it is, install it and put later the new cpu

i wouldn't use a i7 in there, especially not a k version, but is your decision

 

[GL9106]

It's probably closer to the H110I plus since it also uses DDR4 but I guess I will either upgrade the CPU to a 6th gen instead or the motherboard. So as long as I'm upgrading to a 6th gen Skylake(but i7) I will be fine and update isn't required?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

It's probably closer to the H110I plus since it also uses DDR4 but I guess I will either upgrade the CPU to a 6th gen instead or the motherboard. So as long as I'm upgrading to a 6th gen Skylake(but i7) I will be fine and update isn't required?

As I said in my above post: It is an OEM board. It may very well be limited in what CPUs it supports. There is no direct product page for that motherboard. Contact Asus before potentially wasting several hundred dollars on a new CPU that won't work.

I don't know if Asus does like the other OEMs ( Dell, HP etc. ) but usually OEMs are made as cheap as possible for the manufacturer. This includes specific, somewhat locked BIOS support. Even though the chipset 'should' support multiple CPUs the BIOS may not allow it.

 

[GL9106]

The board is compatible with certain processors but I'm not completely sure if my BIOS is locked or not, someone told me that most bios nowadays are unlocked and if I can access Advanced Tab (which I can) that means it's unlocked or is there more to it than that?