AMD Dual Core question

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I have a MSI K8N Neo4 mobo that I was planning on using to build a new
machine to replace my wife's P3. This board is for Athlon64 cpus, which I
was intending to use, but there is a BIOS upgrade for dual core support and
since AMD dual core processors have dropped dramatically in price, I was
thinking about going the dual core route.

Will my build boot with a dual core cpu just recognizing it as a single core
processor?

TIA,

Wayne
 
I have a MSI K8N Neo4 mobo that I was planning on using to build a new
machine to replace my wife's P3. This board is for Athlon64 cpus, which I
was intending to use, but there is a BIOS upgrade for dual core support and
since AMD dual core processors have dropped dramatically in price, I was
thinking about going the dual core route.

Will my build boot with a dual core cpu just recognizing it as a single core
processor?
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Hit and miss. Try to get the retailer to verify the BIOS version.
 
GuessWho said:
I have a MSI K8N Neo4 mobo that I was planning on using to build a new
machine to replace my wife's P3. This board is for Athlon64 cpus, which I
was intending to use, but there is a BIOS upgrade for dual core support and
since AMD dual core processors have dropped dramatically in price, I was
thinking about going the dual core route.

Will my build boot with a dual core cpu just recognizing it as a single
core processor?
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If you flash the bios prior to installing the dual-core processor there
should be no a problem.
 
If you flash the bios prior to installing the dual-core processor there
should be no a problem.
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Uhhhh . . . how's he going to do that without a processor to run the flash
program? -Dave
 
Mike T. said:
Uhhhh . . . how's he going to do that without a processor to run the flash
program? -Dave
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Sorry, I just skimmed the post and having upgraded my rig from a single to a
dual-core, I just assumed what s/he was really asking being that I had the
same question. The answer to your question about how is.....magic of
course.
 
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