Leading gaming component brand MSI has announced that it is rolling out new BIOS updates for its current MSI 100 series chipset motherboards for the next generation LGA 1151 socket 7th Gen. Core processors from Intel. All of its 100 series motherboards (MSI Z170/B150/H110 GAMING) offer full support for the Kaby Lake processors.
The BIOS updates, which can now be downloaded via the MSI website, offer better performance and compatibility with the latest Intel processors. The popular MSI 100 series GAMING motherboards will support the next generation processors from the following BIOS versions:
| Marketing Name | Support Next Gen CPU from BIOS Ver.: |
| Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION | E7968IMS.190 |
| Z170A MPOWER GAMING EDITION | E7A16IMS.120 |
| Z170A GAMING M9 ACK | E7966IMS.190 |
| Z170A GAMING M7 | E7976IMS.1F0 |
| Z170A GAMING M6 | E7977IMS.2B0 |
| Z170A GAMING M5 | E7977IMS.1B0 |
| Z170A-G45 GAMING | E7977IMS.280 |
| Z170A GAMING M3 | E7978IMS.A80 |
| Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON | E7A12IMS.150 |
| Z170A GAMING PRO | E7984IMS.1C0 |
| Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X | E7A11IMS.260 |
| Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE | E7A11IMS.160 |
| Z170A KRAIT GAMING | E7984IMS.AB0 |
| Z170 KRAIT GAMING | E7984IMS.BA0 |
| Z170I GAMING PRO AC | E7980IMS.190 |
| Z170A TOMAHAWK AC | E7970IMS.180 |
| Z170A TOMAHAWK | E7970IMS.180 |
| Z170M MORTAR | E7972IMS.A70 |
| B150 GAMING M3 | E7978IMS.B80 |
| B150A GAMING PRO | E7978IMS.1C0 |
| B150M NIGHT ELF | E7979IMS.180 |
| B150M GAMING PRO | E7994IMS,440 |
| B150I GAMING PRO AC | E7995IMS.160 |
| B150I GAMING PRO | E7995IMS.160 |
| B150M MORTAR ARCTIC | E7A45IMS.120 |
| B150M MORTAR | E7972IMS.C70 |
| B150M BAZOOKA PLUS | E7A46IMS.120 |
| B150M BAZOOKA | E7982IMS.IBO |
| B150M BAZOOKA D3 | E7982IMS.M80 |
| B150M GRENADE | E7A82IMS.210 |
| H110M GAMING | E7994IMS.560 |
| H110M GRENADE | E7A82IMS.110 |
While desktop Intel Kaby Lake processors aren’t expected to go on sale before January next year, it is good to see that MSI has already released BIOS updates with support for the upcoming chips. For now, the 7th Gen Intel Kaby Lake processors are only available for notebooks under the Y-series and U-series family.
