IB + ASUS mobo not compatible?

[Lollipop]

Title says it, i heard something about UEFI not being compatible with IB? Is this true? And is there any reason for it not work work with UEFI?

 

[SieB]

This is the only info I have found on it, VB posted it in the Gigabyte vs MSI thread.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/the-upg...ight-be-blocked-by-changes-to-uefi/13513.html

 

[sheroo]

mmm nothing surprises me these days.

 

[Lollipop]

Anybody knows a specific reason or heard rumors for reason for it not working with UEFI?

 

[SieB]

All the info is in the link

Most, if not all motherboard manufacturers have gone out and said that their 6-series Intel chipset motherboards will work with Intel's upcoming Ivy Bridge processors which are expected to launch sometime in March-April next year. Well, it turns out that even if the hardware is compatible, there might be a UEFI related issue that will prevent many motherboards from ever accepting an Ivy Bridge CPU.

According to our sources, Intel will for example have to do a factory re-work on its own brand motherboards for Ivy Bridge support to be possible, as apparently a clean wipe of the Flash ROM on the motherboard is required to upgrade to the new UEFI version. This is something that apparently can't be done either by the end user or a service location. What we don't know is if this applies to all motherboards, or if this is an issue unique to Intel.

This is bad news for anyone that's been looking at upgrading to Ivy Bridge while keeping their old motherboard, but there's a potential glimmer of hope. On motherboards with a pair of BIOS chips, it should be possible to perform the UEFI upgrade by first flashing the secondary BIOS chip and then the primary one. That said, this would be up to the specific motherboard manufacturer to enable this process for the end users and even in this case, we're not certain if it'll work with all motherboards.

 

[Lollipop]

It doesn't say WHY it doesn't work, maybe i'm just blind

 

[SieB]

Basically there is a new version of the UEFI BIOS and Ivy Bridge wont work with the old one.

Boards with the old UEFI BIOS can not be flashed with the new one so you would need a new board that has the new UEFI BIOS to use a Ivy Bridge CPU.

 

[Lollipop]

Ok thanks

 

[kilobravo]

Maybe thats why gigabyte 6-series mobo comes with the oldstyle bios.Could be they`ll wait for IB,before they have an uefi bios ready.

 

[dugdiamond]

less than 1 percent of PC builders and modders actually use forums like this.

the manufacturers know this, and are thinking about making a few bucks off the "blind leading the blind".

WE, on the other hand, tend to be more clued up with what is happening the tech-dev world and are not so easily duped. for, at least 10 of us on here, that i know of, are actually involved with the manufacturers/dev-houses directly, and can pass vital info on before other's hard-earned cash is wasted on garbage.

the whole point of forums like us (and others) is to help people make the best choice of components for their intended rig builds, and then to help them get the most out of them.

but, sadly "you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot force it to drink it"!