Hi Folks,
I may have done something stupid here, (not a big suprise), but after doing what I thought was some thorough research I may have overlooked something. I just ordered a new MA790GP board and Phenom II 940, I'd been wavering between the GB board and the Asus board. After some more reading today though I'm thinking that without flashing the Bios on the board to F3 it will not be able to recognixe the CPU? I don't have an AM2 CPU around to get things up and running to flash the bios either, my current rig is an older S939 system. So, do I have to see if I can find a used AM2 cpu to get up and running, then flash bios, then install the 940? Or will the F2 bios or whatever the board comes loaded with be able to boot with the 940 but just not recognize it properly?
Many thanks
I may have done something stupid here, (not a big suprise), but after doing what I thought was some thorough research I may have overlooked something. I just ordered a new MA790GP board and Phenom II 940, I'd been wavering between the GB board and the Asus board. After some more reading today though I'm thinking that without flashing the Bios on the board to F3 it will not be able to recognixe the CPU? I don't have an AM2 CPU around to get things up and running to flash the bios either, my current rig is an older S939 system. So, do I have to see if I can find a used AM2 cpu to get up and running, then flash bios, then install the 940? Or will the F2 bios or whatever the board comes loaded with be able to boot with the 940 but just not recognize it properly?
Many thanks
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