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Not All H67 Motherboards Will Support Ivy Bridge
Mar
07
2012
A few weeks ago Intel released a BIOS update for their H67 Media Series motherboards that provided support for next generation 22nm CPUs, better known as Ivy Bridge. Shortly their after the file was pulled because of issues with bricked boards. Well today an updated BIOS dropped offering this, and a few other features. As I was working my way through the release notes I was surprised to find this page; which documents, in a somewhat unclear way, that some boards won't be making the cut. Disappointing given the information previously available; have to wonder if other OEMs will be publishing their own decision trees in the next couple months...
Board 22nm-Ready AA#s 22nm-Capable AA#s 22nm-Transition BIOS version 22nm-Ready BIOS version DZ68DB AAG27985-TBD AAG27985-TBD DBZ6810H.86A.TBD DBZ6810H.86A.TBD DZ68BC AAG30742-TBD AAG30742-TBD BCZ6810H.86A.TBD BCZ6810H.86A.TBD DZ68ZV AAG41861-TBD AAG41861-400 BGP6810H.86A.2111 BGP6810H.86A.2161 DP67BG AAG10491-TBD AAG10491-400 BGP6810H.86A.2111 BGP6810H.86A.2161 DP67DE AAG10217-TBD AAG10217-TBD BAP6710H.86A.TBD BAP6710H.86A.TBD DP67BA AAG10219-TBD AAG10219-TBD BAP6710H.86A.TBD BAP6710H.86A.TBD DH67GD AAG10206-210 or later AAG10206-206 BLH6710H.86A.0132 BLH6710H.86A.0146 or later DH67CL AAG10212-210 or later AAG10212-206 BLH6710H.86A.0132 BLH6710H.86A.0146 or later DH67CF AAG10215-207 or later AAG10215-204 BLH6710H.86A.0132 BLH6710H.86A.0146 or later DH67BL AAG10189-211 or later AAG10189-206 BLH6710H.86A.0132 BLH6710H.86A.0146 or later DH67BLR AAG44434-201 or later All BLH6710H.86A.0132 BLH6710H.86A.0146 or later DH61ZE AAG43004-201 or later All BEH6110H.86A.0035 BEH6110H.86A.0038 or later DH61WW AAG23116-206 or later AAG23116-204 BEH6110H.86A.0035 BEH6110H.86A.0038 or later LADH61WW AAG39552-206 or later AAG39552-204 BEH6110H.86A.0035 BEH6110H.86A.0038 or later DH61SA AAG38870-204 or later All BEH6110H.86A.0035 BEH6110H.86A.0038 or later LADH61SA AAG38871-204 or later All BEH6110H.86A.0035 BEH6110H.86A.0038 or later LADH61SAR AAG44435-202 or later All BEH6110H.86A.0035 BEH6110H.86A.0038 or later DH61DL AAG14066-205 or later All BEH6110H.86A.0035 BEH6110H.86A.0038 or later DH61CR AAG14064-207 or later AAG14064-204 BEH6110H.86A.0035 BEH6110H.86A.0038 or later DH61BE AAG14062-209 or later AAG14062-206 BEH6110H.86A.0035 BEH6110H.86A.0038 or later The following 6 Series desktop boards do not include support for future 22nm processors:
- DH61KVCH
- DH61SKCH
- DB65AL
- DH67VR
- DQ67EP
- DQ67OW
- DQ67SW
Comments
Well, Intel doesn't have to worry about selling me an Ivy Bridge CPU anytime soon. Two of the boards (DH67BL and DH67GD) I checked are not capable. Can't check my DH67CF boards at the moment but they were purchased at similar times as the other two, so it is probably a bust for them too.
While somewhat of a disappointment, it just means I am upgrade free until Haswell.
You know, I wasn't thinking of upgrading (ive got an athlon x4 in my htpc anyways), but it just occurred that maybe I should think about it: I currently have a nvidia GTS450 as my video card and the fan has gotten loud(er than I prefer). I had been waiting for a lower-end amd 7000 series GPU to be released with passive cooling, but maybe going ivy bridge and using the IGP is the way to go. I guess I'll just have to wait until does some proper htpc-specific testing.
That's what we're here for
None of my four DH67BL are compatible :'(