I have an opportunity to upgrade my system from an i5-2500K to an i7-3770. I read as much about this as I could find and went through a somewhat troubling BIOS upgrade from version 27 to version 39.
I tried installing the i7-3770 and it did not go well. The board did not boot though I got some beeps and the fan started and stopped several times. (This behavior was very similar to what happened when I loaded BIOS 35, after which the power supply failed.) I reinstalled the i5-2500K and the system is back to normal operation.
Before I go any further I would like to confirm what else I should be doing to prepare this board for a 3rd generation CPU. I noticed today that there is a BIOS 42 available - this was not showing up a week ago. Should I install this? Also, I don't think I understand the Management Engine requirements. The Intel-provided schematic for preparing the board mentions the ME upgrade to level 8, but does not specifically state anything about doing this or enabling ME8. It only states that you have to have a BIOS which supports it, which I do. Are there other changes that I should be making to the management engine?