Bios FlashBack with CPU Installed?

[DanielMikkelsen]

Hi, I have a quick, but important question:

Can I flashback BIOS while my CPU and CPU cooler are connected?

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... YES... Typically I flash with a CPU in.

 

[reedo_43]

Is this a joke? You MUST have cpu and cooler installed.

 

[weberdarren97]

Yes, some BIOS will not flash without the CPU installed because they cannot process to do the flash without the processor. Besides, if your CPU would cause a compatibility problem with the new BIOS, it would likely abort the flash instead of doing the flash and ending up with incompatibility problems.

 

[Snipergod87]

Is this a joke? You MUST have cpu and cooler installed.

Are you a joke?
Some motherboards have an onboard ARM chip which will allow you to flash the BIOS without a CPU installed. This is done to allow you to install a BIOS update if your board's older BIOS does not support the model CPU installed. Specifically some high end ASUS motherboards have this feature.

 

[DanielMikkelsen]

Oh, my p8z68 deluxe doesn't allow for flashback I'm having booting problems, so I can't update it in BIOS nor Windows... Damn, have to discard the mobo then.

Anyway, thank you for your answers.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... Imagine the Factory production line... mass producing MB's... Wouldn't ya want a method too program, flash all these MB's without inserting a CPU into each and every one? Typically they put a UART chip, serial interface on a lot of these devices to do this.

 

[DanielMikkelsen]

By the way, every youtube video I've watched about this only used mobo + power to mobo socket and cpu socket, so no wonder a newbie will think that it might not be possible.

 

[reedo_43]

Is this a joke? You MUST have cpu and cooler installed.

Are you a joke?
Some motherboards have an onboard ARM chip which will allow you to flash the BIOS without a CPU installed. This is done to allow you to install a BIOS update if your board's older BIOS does not support the model CPU installed. Specifically some high end ASUS motherboards have this feature.

No, just old and not up on latest tech. Thanks for clarifying...

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... The method and software will differ between these two types of flashes.

 

[hnmusac]

The instructions in ASUS download page say:
X99-E-WS-USB3.1 Formal BIOS 3502 released.
[Using FlashBack, please rename to "X99EU31.CAP" after download.]
1.Improve System Performance
2.pdate windows update HWID to 9
**Please use “USB BIOS Flashback ” upgrade to BIOS 3502.
-----------Steps----------------
Step1: USB BIOS Flashback update BIOS.
Step2: Clear CMOS.
Step3: Install CPU.
Step4: Start to use.

Step3 specifically says to install CPU after flashback.
I am in doubt if I am *required* to remove CPU before BIOS flashback, and reinstall after it..