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Is it possible to update an ASUS Maximus IV bios without a Sandy Bridge CPU? I have an i5 3570k I am going to use in the board, but the bios on the board isn't the Ivy Bridge ready bios. Can this be done or am I going to need a Sandy Bridge CPU to get it working?
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Xeon E5420 (LGA 771 to 775 mod) Foxconn G31-MXP nVidia 8800 GT 512MB 4GB Kingston Hyper-X DDR2 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
WD Raptor 80GB Stock Windows 7 Professional  Asus 23" IPS 
PowerCase
Antec Earthwatts 650W Gateway Gaming Case 
CPUCPUCPUMotherboard
Opteron 170 Athlon x64 X2 4200+  Athlon x64 3800+ MSI K8N Neo4/SLI / Gigabyte K8N Ultra SLI / Asu... 
GraphicsGraphicsRAMRAM
PNY 8800 GT 512MB PNY 8800GT 512MB Corsair XMS @ DDR 500 Mushkin DDR 400 
Hard DriveCoolingCoolingOS
Seagate 160GB Big Chunk of Copper made by Zalman Scythe Ninja Windows XP 
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Antec EarthWatts 650W 
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