Motherboard makers have started rolling out updates for the next-gen Intel CPU series
Earlier, we reported that Gigabyte had released a new BIOS for its LGA 1700 motherboards, offering support for the 14th generation Core, also known as the Raptor Lake Refresh processor. According to reports from Wccftech, Tom’s Hardware, and Videocardz, two other manufacturers, ASUS and ASRock, have begun to roll out new BIOS updates that also accommodate the 14th generation Core processors.
The new BIOS for ASRock motherboards was discovered by Twitter user @momomo_us: the new BIOS version for the ASRock B760M PG SONIC WiFi is 5.04, with a file size of 10.43MB, and was released on June 16th. Additionally, other ASRock B760M motherboards, such as the B760M PG Riptide, have received the same new BIOS version, whereas no new version has been made available for the higher specification Z790.
Conversely, Twitter user @9550pro discovered the new BIOS from ASUS, belonging to the flagship ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX motherboard, featuring version number 1203, a file size of 11.46MB, and likewise released on June 16th.
Given that Intel has yet to officially disclose the 14th generation Core processors, manufacturers are left to ambiguously describe the BIOS feature as “support for next-generation processors.” However, Intel has previously announced that it will host the “Intel Innovation” summit on September 19th-20th, 2023, in San Jose, California. Many speculate that Intel will use this event as a platform to unveil the 14th generation Core processors, also known as the Raptor Lake Refresh.
Considering that these major manufacturers have sequentially released new BIOS updates, it is reasonable to conjecture that an increasing number of LGA 1700 platform motherboards will be updated with the new BIOS, facilitating users to swiftly activate their 14th-generation Core processors. Of course, at the COMPUTEX 2023 held earlier this month, some manufacturers had prepared enhanced Z790 motherboards for the new processors, upgrading network configurations to natively support Wi-Fi 7 and 5GbE network connections.
