Question Can I update my motherboards BIOS without a cpu?

[ThatSourMelon]

Hi, I am thinking of purchasing a intel core 9th gen i5-9400F cpu, and buying a GIGABYTE B360N WIFI motherboard. The motherboard was paired with the cpu on Amazon. I believe that the motherboard would need a BIOS update to work with the cpu, but I don’t know if my cpu would work with the motherboard enough to update bios. I heard you could use a usb to update a motherboards bios, but I don’t know if you still need a cpu to do that. Does anyone know if I could do that or another close motherboard substitute?

 

[AllanGH]

Check the MB manual?

 

[ThatSourMelon]

Check the MB manual?

I do not have the manual, I have not bought it yet. I want to check on this before I buy it.

 

[AllanGH]

Then click the link (red text, up there) I provided to the manual....we have the magic of the intertubes at out fingertips.

 

[rchris]

Some of the higher-end ASUS motherboards offer "BIOS Flashback," which you can do with nothing but a USB drive (containing the new BIOS) and the PSU connected. No CPU, Memory, or storage needs to be installed to do the update.

I don't know if other boards offer this or not.

 

[ThatSourMelon]

Some of the higher-end ASUS motherboards offer "BIOS Flashback," which you can do with nothing but a USB drive (containing the new BIOS) and the PSU connected. No CPU, Memory, or storage needs to be installed to do the update.

I don't know if other boards offer this or not.

Thanks, but does the GIGABYTE B360N WIFI support that? Or just ASUS motherboards? If it doesn’t does anyone know a motherboard that naturally supports 9th gen processors, or one that does do the feature above?

 

[AllanGH]

I believe that the entirety of the x470 MSI MB line offer this feature, along with select others, further down the chipset line.

 

[AllanGH]

Thanks, but does the GIGABYTE B360N WIFI support that? Or just ASUS motherboards? If it doesn’t does anyone know a motherboard that naturally supports 9th gen processors, or one that does do the feature above?

OK....here's the link to the manual in clear text, instead of how I linked to it, ^^^^up there^^^^:

http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_b360n-gsm(wifi)__1002_e.pdf

 

[ThatSourMelon]

OK....here's the link to the manual in clear text, instead of how I linked to it, ^^^^up there^^^^:

http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_b360n-gsm(wifi)__1002_e.pdf

Thanks so much! I don’t see anything there about that usb thing that rchris talked about... Am I missing something or can someone refer me to a similar motherboard that can support 9th processor?
Thanks,
Sorry I’m making this thread so long

 

[AllanGH]

According to this:
https://www.gigabyte.com/MicroSite/121/flashbios_qflash.pdf
You will need a processor installed to flash a new BIOS.

You may want to contact the product sales, or product support, people at GigaByte to see if the MB you are looking at will support the 9th out of the box.

 

[ThatSourMelon]

According to this:
https://www.gigabyte.com/MicroSite/121/flashbios_qflash.pdf
You will need a processor installed to flash a new BIOS.

You may want to contact the product sales, or product support, people at GigaByte to see if the MB you are looking at will support the 9th out of the box.

Ok. Well, Thanks!