Discussion/Beta Testing thread - Black Hole

wolfeking said:
no. No Mobo will work without a CPU (excpet maybe one that has a coprocessor, but unlikely).

You will not have to update to use a sandy bridge processor. All SB processors were released and supported when Z77 was released.
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Ok, thanks for that, I was scared for a second.


Edit: It's the ASUS ROG USB BIOS, which allows you to update BIOS without CPU/or RAM.
 
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tech savvy said:
How would I update the BIOS without a CPU in it? I don't have access to the new Intel CPU to update the BIOS. I heard that some Mobo's lets you in the BIOS without a CPU in it, and just update through USB, is that correct?
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That's the problem, that's why I suggest you get a Z68 or P67 board.
 
wolfeking said:
You will not have to update to use a sandy bridge processor. All SB processors were released and supported when Z77 was released.
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^ According to wolfeking, I don't need to update BIOS. I should be fine with my 2550k.

spirit said:
That's the problem, that's why I suggest you get a Z68 or P67 board.
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And I don't really want to down grade to p67 or stay with z68 if I can help it. If my CPU will go in a z77, then I really want to get a z77. So if I want to upgrade to an 3770k in the future, then I'll have a z77 Mobo to go with it. And i'm not saying p67 or z68 or bad boards at all, it's just like saying, hey, get a 2500k instead of a 3570k, don't make sense.
 
tech savvy said:
^ According to wolfeking, I don't need to update BIOS. I should be fine with my 2550k.
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Ah sorry, my bad, I was thinking about trying to put an Ivy-Bridge processor into a P67 or Z68 board, in which case you have to update the BIOS.

Yeah sorry, you shouldn't need to update the BIOS if you want to put an SB chip into a newer board.

Sorry about that, my mistake.
 
spirit said:
Ah sorry, my bad, I was thinking about trying to put an Ivy-Bridge processor into a P67 or Z68 board, in which case you have to update the BIOS.

Yeah sorry, you shouldn't need to update the BIOS if you want to put an SB chip into a newer board.

Sorry about that, my mistake.
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Np bro, it cool.
 
Smile asked me to test my 2500K.

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I scored 1367 with 1680mhz ram 9-10-9 timings, it bumped to 1415 with 8-9-8 timings. This revision is far too sensitive to ram changes.

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