Recent content by ElecTriX

Everything went perfect. I installed the CPU, booted into bios (0325) and updated to latest available bios. Thanks everybody for the help! :)

Exactly my thought as well, at least when it comes to non-k 4790. Heheh btw, nice disclaimer you did there ;)

Yeah, apparently so.. I just think that as it is such a "tech"-question that they should forward the question to someone who can answer this. Right now every Asus-rep (both Swedish and.. the ones from Asus.com) has said that "We don't know, we recommend you return it instead".. *Sigh* On...

Not yet, I will test everything tomorrow. Many have stated on other forums that it should work so I'm taking somewhat of a leap of faith and hoping that it will work to at least get me into the bios to update it.. In all of this I am very surprised that Asus hasn't given me any good feedback...

You used the "Flashback"-feature you mean? :) So you think that it will boot with the cpu even if it doesn't have support? I got a response from Asus confirming that my bios-version is 0325 (based on the serial no) and recommended me to return it as they couldn't answer if it will work to...

So your Sabertooth Z87 didn't have support for the 4690K and yet you could boot to bios to update it?

Well.. yes I know this already? Did you read everything I've written? The problem is that I need to update the bios with a CPU that is not supported and I'm asking if it's possible as Asus says that it MAYBE is..

I have bought the Asus z97m-plus and Intel i7 4790K cpu. The problem is that the bios on the motherboard probably doesn't have the updated bios for supporting the CPU. After talking to Asus customer support they can't give me a straight and correct answer as to if the motherboard can be...