i5-7500 on 6th gen MOBO BIOS help

[Jorsty]

Hi all,

I recently bought a new rig and am waiting for it to arrive, I bought an I5-7500 CPU and a Gigabyte GA-H110M-H LGA1151 mATX Motherboard. I am assuming that I will have to upgrade my BIOS to accommodate the new CPU?

Will I need a 6th gen processor to even post to be able to access the BIOS in the first place?
if not how do I go about upgrading my BIOS?
the link for the upgrade is here: http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5653#bios

As much as i know how to upgrade a BIOS is this:
Transfer BIOS file to USB, plugin USB, open BIOS menu.

I've read that upgrading your BIOS is pretty risky so i'm quite nervous about having to do this. any help would be greatly appreciated

NEW Build:
RAM: Crucial 8GB DDR4-2133 DDR4-2133 UDIMM Memory 1.2v
SSD: Sandisk SSD Plus 120GB SATA
CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz LGA1151 CPU
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H LGA1151 mATX Motherboard
GPU: PowerColor Radeon HD 7750 4GB Video Card (temporary)
PSU: Corsair VS550 80+ White 550W ATX Power Supply

Cheers

 

[ThatVietGuy]

It would be cheaper to return the H110 motherboard and buy an H210 in its place when they start becoming available.

But, yes, you would have to buy a compatible CPU first before you can update the BIOS. The motherboard will not boot otherwise.

 

[Jorsty]

sadly that's not really an option they aren't available where I live at the moment and the price will be about 3x as much as a H110 🙁

It would be cheaper to return the H110 motherboard and buy an H210 in its place when they start becoming available.

But, yes, you would have to buy a compatible CPU first before you can update the BIOS. The motherboard will not boot otherwise.

 

[ThatVietGuy]

H210 motherboards aren't available ANYWHERE yet. And I doubt when they do come out they'll be that much more expensive than the H110.

 

[kraelic]

You might be able to take the motherboard to a local shop for the bios update, they can use any skylake 1151 cpu even a celeron to flash with. Call and see who can and how much they charge.

 

[Jorsty]

I just gave my local a call they can do it for $20, but he recommended i try and post it myself first as apparently they are shipping new H110s with the kaby lake support so if worse comes to worst $20 for an update is fine by me.

You might be able to take the motherboard to a local shop for the bios update, they can use any 1151 cpu even a celeron to flash with. Call and see who can and how much they charge.

 

[Nikos_9]

Hello mate. I m in the same "problem" right now, so i would appreciate if you could update this post and tell me what did you finally do.
My mobo name is Asus H110M Plus D3, and i5 7500 cpu. Please, need help.

 

[kraelic]

If the kabylake cpu won't post, you need to go to a pc shop than can insert a skylake to boot and flash to the latest bios for your board that supports kabylake for a small fee. Then the new cpu should run fine.

I got a steal of a deal on a B150 and had to have it flashed, and still cheaper than a 200 series even after the $20 update fee. (and shipping and restocking fee to send the board back to chose another)