
Powerful, to be sure, but confusing and time-wasting to sort through. However, you can update the BIOS for 4th Gen Core Processors using the multi-purpose EZ Flash 2 utility from within the BIOS.ġa) Aside: there at least four different ways to update the BIOS on my board: i) EZ Flash 2 utility via the BIOS and a USB stick (ii) Dedicated 4th Gen updater via Windows and Intel Management Engine Interface (iii) EZ Update utility that comes with AI Suite 3 (this will only update to the BIOS version that comes just before the BIOS adding 4th Gen Proc support!) (iv) some updater for DOS. It is required to update the BIOS if you want to use ASUS's BIOS utility that is billed by ASUS as being specifically for updating the BIOS for 4th Gen Core procs. There shouldn't be anything tricky about this, yet I've run into so many problems and questions:ġ) Intel Management Engine Interface - do I want this? The official description is marketing gibberish to me. Z87-PRO here, fresh Win7 64-bit installation on an SSD with an HDD for storage.
