Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3 updating bios from post

[supershadow515]

Doing research, I've found that this motherboard needs a bios update to support 7th gen Intel processors.

My problem is that I can't get the USB bios flash to work, and my computer won't go past post. (my keyboard isn't responding. Because of that, I can't press END to activate bios flash.) What should I do?

 

[Supahos]

Get a skylake CPU, or let a computer shop update it for you, or return your board for a z270, or return your processor and just buy a skylake

 

[Calvin7]

Q-Flash is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With Q-Flash you can update the system BIOS without having to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Windows first. It doesn't work without a functioning CPU.

The motherboard you have needs a 6th Gen Skylake CPU installed to flash the BIOS. A Celeron G3900 is about $40.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Intel%20%20Celeron%20G3900&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=

 

[supershadow515]

Thanks Calvin7. I figured the Celeron was the route I was probably going to take.

I was hoping q-flash could work for me in this case and I could get it fixed now instead of having to wait for the Celeron to get here.

 

[supershadow515]

I really want to get this to work as soon as possible. I've been waiting for almost 2 weeks to get this done.

My i7-7700k has been taunting me...

 

[Supahos]

Find a computer shop and let them do it

 

[supershadow515]

Find a computer shop and let them do it

I don't know of any Computer shops nearby.