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Is it "safe" yet to buy a Z77 board?
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 4:47 pm
by toronado455
I'm liking this one:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_ ... P8Z77V_LX/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131824
On the ASUS product page, it shows latest bios update at version 0610, date 2012-05-18.
If I order one now, what are the chances it will have the latest bios version already installed?
Re: Is it "safe" yet to buy a Z77 board?
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:18 pm
by lodestar
Update to the latest release of AI Suite II from the Asus website. AI Suite II includes Asus Update which is a Windows utility which allows a choice of updating the BIOS direct from the internet, or downloading the latest BIOS as a file and updating it separately. Asus Update as you would expect has an option to show which BIOS version you have so it may not be necessary to update anyway.
Re: Is it "safe" yet to buy a Z77 board?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:09 am
by CA_Steve
Yeah, it looks like the BIOS revision wheel has slowed down
You may/may not get a board with the latest version of BIOS installed. Sorta depends on how fast the retailer goes through their inventory. Also, as Intel releases more CPUs, there will be revisions just to add the new parts to the BIOS.
Re: Is it "safe" yet to buy a Z77 board?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:58 pm
by toronado455
Thanks. I'll probably order it within the next few weeks. Coincidentally, Tom's Hardware just took a look at that exact board:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/z77 ... 254-6.html
Re: Is it "safe" yet to buy a Z77 board?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:05 pm
by JJ
Why is everyone so terrified of updating a motherboard BIOS?
Re: Is it "safe" yet to buy a Z77 board?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:21 pm
by toronado455
JJ wrote:Why is everyone so terrified of updating a motherboard BIOS?
Not so much terrified as just wanting to get past the initial slew of updates so I don't have to deal with it - at least not frequently.
Re: Is it "safe" yet to buy a Z77 board?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:48 pm
by CA_Steve
toronado455 wrote:Not so much terrified as just wanting to get past the initial slew of updates so I don't have to deal with it - at least not frequently.
+1
I don't like being the mobo mfgr's beta site.
Re: Is it "safe" yet to buy a Z77 board?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:20 pm
by toronado455
Finally booted this up and found out it has the "F6" (2012/05/11) version of the BIOS which "Improve system stability" - that's always good.
There is one
newer version "F9" which was released on the exact day I ordered the board (2012/08/22) - too funny. The F9 version includes "Update ME firmware". I don't know if I need that. Can I just install Windows now and update the BIOS later if I want?
Edit: Just looked at my thread starter and saw I was talking about an ASUS board originally - so just to clarify, I got the Gigabyte board instead.