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MSI to releases bios updates with Core i-9000 support for Z370 motherboards
MSI will release bios updates for its Z370 motherboards, adding support for the pending Intel Core i 9000 processors. While Intel has not yet announced those chips they'll presumably be released in October.
MSI is listing fifteen Z370 motherboards. Users can download the new bios via the support pages of the respective motherboards, but the downloads are not yet available at the time of writing. Update, while I write this, the update info page has been taken down:
MSI, the world leading gaming motherboard manufacturer, is pleased to announce new BIOS updates for MSI Z370 motherboards to support Intel 9000 processors. The new BIOS updates are all fully optimized for Intel 9000 processors. Updated BIOS versions for MSI Z370 motherboards are shown as below. Make sure to download the Z370 motherboard updated BIOS version for Intel 9000 processors optimization.
*Download and install the latest BIOS using M-Flash to update models.
**Ensure to always download the latest BIOS from msi.com corresponding product pages.
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#5570374 Posted on: 08/02/2018 02:12 PM
I would think they would want to advertise the i9-9900k being compatible with the Z370 boards. Wait and see if that is the case I guess.
I would think they would want to advertise the i9-9900k being compatible with the Z370 boards. Wait and see if that is the case I guess.
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#5570444 Posted on: 08/02/2018 05:27 PM
First, these BIOSes are not new, they have been made available weeks ago.
Second, the alleged CPUID for the alleged 9900K is listed inside the BIOS, so yes, they seem to be compatible
Third, these BIOSes have the microcode/hardware support for (Spectre) Speculative Store Execution, but you need to manually enable it in Windows if you want it active OS-side
Fourth, these BIOSes upgrade the Intel RST EFI module to 16.5 from 16.0, so you should also probably use the corresponding 16.5 drivers.
I'm using one of them on my board for a while now, all is fine. I had to raise the voltage on VCCIO with 0.01V (1.15 to 1.16) though as for some reason, XMP was no longer stable with former values, would fail Blend and IBT. Now all is back to stable.
First, these BIOSes are not new, they have been made available weeks ago.
Second, the alleged CPUID for the alleged 9900K is listed inside the BIOS, so yes, they seem to be compatible
Third, these BIOSes have the microcode/hardware support for (Spectre) Speculative Store Execution, but you need to manually enable it in Windows if you want it active OS-side
Fourth, these BIOSes upgrade the Intel RST EFI module to 16.5 from 16.0, so you should also probably use the corresponding 16.5 drivers.
I'm using one of them on my board for a while now, all is fine. I had to raise the voltage on VCCIO with 0.01V (1.15 to 1.16) though as for some reason, XMP was no longer stable with former values, would fail Blend and IBT. Now all is back to stable.
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#5570454 Posted on: 08/02/2018 05:50 PM
My MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon is already flashed with the latest BIOS (E7B45IMS.A60). There are also two new MSI motherboards in the leaked support list, the Z370-OC Pro and the Z370 OC Gaming.
My MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon is already flashed with the latest BIOS (E7B45IMS.A60). There are also two new MSI motherboards in the leaked support list, the Z370-OC Pro and the Z370 OC Gaming.
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On other website, there's info, that i9-9900K will be most probably supported only by Z390 boards.