Bios update without supported CPU

Hi,
I wanna sell my MSI 975X PowerUp PEdition to a friend of mine.
I ran this board with an Intel Q6600 with B3 stepping, sometime ago I got a new board and i bought an Q6600 with G0 stepping and sold the one with B3.
Now my friend wants my Q6600 G0 and my MoBo but I don't know which bios version was installed when I installed the new board. So I don't know if the G0 stepping is supported.
If an bios is installed which doesn't support the G0, is it possible to flash an newer bios which does support the G0 (MSI Website says the Mobo supports this CPU)?
EDIT: SORRY, just saw my old signature. Bios 7.70. So the G0 should be an problem?

Yup, since 7.6

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