can i use my current m.2 boot drive with new motherbroad to update bios to make it compatible?

[eldraco86]

my current boot drive is a crucial t500 m.2. considering upgrading my mobo. but the one i want to get would most likely need a bios update to make it compatible with the t500. since i don't have a spare drive to use so i can update the bios for sure. the mobo i want to get has internal i/o headers that i really want. i'm pretty sure i can but want to make.

[r.linder]

You don't need to update BIOS for compatibility with SSDs. Updating BIOS for compatibility is really only a thing for processors and sometimes specific memory kits in the case of AMD motherboards.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

If the slot and drive are compatible with one another, there is nothing extra you need to do there.

You will want to update the bios anyways since the motherboard is new, which will mean it's shipped bios is outdated.

On a working PC download and extract the bios update files to the root of the T500 drive and then put the drive on new motherboard, then enter bios on new motherboard and perform the bios update and you should be able to pick the update file from the ssd

[eldraco86]

one thing i forgot to mention is m.2s are getting to the point they aren't guarantee to work with any mobo anymore. crucials' compatibility tool on there website says it is along with a few other sites; while the mobo manufacturers' doesn't. the issues is that there are so many controllers now for m.2s that hey aren't always going to work with any mobo anymore on rare occasions until a new bios update at least sadly.

[SHAZBOT]

i didnt know you need a hard drive to update the bios. the motherboard im getting needs an update before the cpu even works. lucky dont even need a monitor to flash anymore, its just a light.

[_I_]

there are 3 flavors of m.2 slots

m key for nvme drives
b key for sata drives
e key for wifi/bt cards

if the cards are compatible they will work

you need some kind of storage to update bios, unless the board can grab it directly from the internet

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Gr_n_ A__tr_____:

i didnt know you need a hard drive to update the bios. the motherboard im getting needs an update before the cpu even works. lucky dont even need a monitor to flash anymore, its just a light.

Which board? Usually only a few AMD boards are like that. Intel boards usually if the BIOS is outdated and does not know the model of the newer gen CPU; it all still works fine, it just doesn't show the correct name for CPU model. But yea with AMD they often have to be updated first before it will even boot with the newer gen CPU it did not already support out of the box.

If the Motherboard posts on-screen fine, then you do not have to use a USB flash drive; you can extract the bios update to HDD or SSD and update from there. UEFI BIOS have direct access to such drives, unlike Legacy BIOS that rely on AHCI/RAID.

[SHAZBOT]

TLDR; i got a green motherboard


that explains it, i havent used amd in a long long time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92dNySNoWmU


ive been with intel/asus rog mostly. asus maximus iv gene2/i7-2700k (2011) it has the easy flash bios utility which works in all the rog boards ive used without needing a hd, the only catch is the usb has to be fat32 formatted.

the motherboard i got today has M.2 PCIe® 5.0, DDR5, USB 3.2 Gen 2, doesnt even need a cpu to update the bios. it has a special usb slot only for bios updating. AND ITS GREEN!

i havent tried it yet but it sounds pretty new, i havent updated a pc in 10 years so im behind the times. i think msi tomahawk and mortar have the same feature, no cpu bios update usb slot.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Gr_nd "Juror #462" Ay_t_oll_h:

TLDR; i got a green motherboard


that explains it, i havent used amd in a long long time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92dNySNoWmU


ive been with intel/asus rog mostly. asus maximus iv gene2/i7-2700k (2011) it has the easy flash bios utility which works in all the rog boards ive used without needing a hd, the only catch is the usb has to be fat32 formatted.

the motherboard i got today has M.2 PCIe® 5.0, DDR5, USB 3.2 Gen 2, doesnt even need a cpu to update the bios. it has a special usb slot only for bios updating. AND ITS GREEN!

i havent tried it yet but it sounds pretty new, i havent updated a pc in 10 years so im behind the times. i think msi tomahawk and mortar have the same feature, no cpu bios update usb slot.

On modern Motherboard you can fetch the bios update off your ssd, hdd or USB. But the usb doesn't have to be fa32 since modern uefi supports modern options. Like fetching the bios update right off the Win10/11 usb drive you made for os install media.

[smokerob79]

Originally posted by r.linder:

You don't need to update BIOS for compatibility with SSDs. Updating BIOS for compatibility is really only a thing for processors and sometimes specific memory kits in the case of AMD motherboards.

would you like to go down a list of Intel motherboards and understand how wrong your statement is.......BIOS updates can be for many things.......my 3 year old ASUS intel based board just got a update to add a list of memory......but only AMD does this right???

[r.linder]

Originally posted by smokerob79:

Originally posted by r.linder:

You don't need to update BIOS for compatibility with SSDs. Updating BIOS for compatibility is really only a thing for processors and sometimes specific memory kits in the case of AMD motherboards.

would you like to go down a list of Intel motherboards and understand how wrong your statement is.......BIOS updates can be for many things.......my 3 year old ASUS intel based board just got a update to add a list of memory......but only AMD does this right???

I use Intel, dawg, there's rarely ever BIOS updates specifically for memory compatibility because Intel doesn't usually have problems with that. My Z490 hasn't had memory compatibility updates since it's first months after launching, everything else has been microcode and security updates.

AMD frequently updated AGESA because of memory compatibility issues that Ryzen was known for. In the early days you could barely even use any RAM with Micron ICs.

[_I_]

bios updates are often for cpu/microcode updates
rarely for ram compatibility
sometimes for other things, fan profiles or stuff

and never for drives sata/m.2 support as those are handled by the os/bootloader

both amd and intel now have had bios updates to fix overvolting the cpu
amd was due to the specs they gave the mobo mfgs, intel was due to cpu mfg defects