P Paul Mar 19, 2004 #3 Seller.Buyer said: Will this board run this CPU?? running a 2.8C right now. Click to expand... You can get details here: http://www.asus.it/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx You can also go here, and type Prescott into the search box in the upper left corner: http://www.asus.it/support/faq/faq.aspx One of the articles mentions the later BIOS adding microcode, which doesn't necessarily mean that the processor won't POST without the new BIOS. To see if people are having trouble running Prescott processors on these boards, try using the search engine on Abxzone.com http://www.abxzone.com/forums/search.php According to this, the BIOS upgrade is necessary: http://abxzone.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=68485 HTH, Paul
Seller.Buyer said: Will this board run this CPU?? running a 2.8C right now. Click to expand... You can get details here: http://www.asus.it/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx You can also go here, and type Prescott into the search box in the upper left corner: http://www.asus.it/support/faq/faq.aspx One of the articles mentions the later BIOS adding microcode, which doesn't necessarily mean that the processor won't POST without the new BIOS. To see if people are having trouble running Prescott processors on these boards, try using the search engine on Abxzone.com http://www.abxzone.com/forums/search.php According to this, the BIOS upgrade is necessary: http://abxzone.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=68485 HTH, Paul
B bjoeboo Mar 19, 2004 #4 Seller.Buyer said: Will this board run this CPU?? running a 2.8C right now. Click to expand... Yes but... See my post: http://groups.google.com/[email protected]&rnum=1 Be sure you flash to at minimum BIOS ver 1014 first or it won't complete POST with new cpu.
Seller.Buyer said: Will this board run this CPU?? running a 2.8C right now. Click to expand... Yes but... See my post: http://groups.google.com/[email protected]&rnum=1 Be sure you flash to at minimum BIOS ver 1014 first or it won't complete POST with new cpu.