Dell Vostro 460 update BIOS for Ivy Bridge

[HorseRider]

Dell Vostro 460 motherboard, H61 chipset. H61 supports i5 3470, i7 3770, etc. But Dell did not update the BIOS.

Deathbringer, can you add micro codes? Maybe add BCLK?

BIOS: https://downloads.dell.com/bios/TR-A06_QS.EXE

I have not bought the motherboard, I will only buy it if I can get Ivy Bridge to work.

Edit: Never mind, it's H67 not H61. Ignore.

[DeathBringer]

Adding microcode doesn't add support for new CPU.

[HorseRider]

Adding microcode doesn't add support for new CPU.

I realize that chipset H67 may not support Ivy Bridge. I thought Dell was just lazy. But maybe Ivy Bridge can work on H67?

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threa...of.161978/

[DeathBringer]

Chipset H67 supports CPUs with Ivy Bridge core.

[HorseRider]

Chipset H67 supports CPUs with Ivy Bridge.

I was under the impression that H67 does not support it.

One problem with the Vostro 460 is the GPU and WiFi whitelist. Can you see if you can remove this?

[DeathBringer]

WiFi whitelist is offtopic in this section.

[HorseRider]

WiFi whitelist is offtopic in this section.

OK.

i5 3470 is still too expensive for this motherboard, I will get vostro 430 motherboard instead, for cheap Xeon X3470. I have questions for when it arrives, like BCLK and QPI. Chipset is H57 Express.