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Some AMD 970 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vishera CPUs

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  • AMD
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January 20, 2014 1:48:08 PM

I want to build this gaming PC but it says that there are compatibility issues. "Some AMD 970 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vishera CPUs."

What should i do?

Link: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2EzPV

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January 20, 2014 1:51:11 PM

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1985975/amd-970-... Same answer but your board has to have BIOS 1006 or newer. Which was introduced in Oct 2012 https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_LE_R20/#support
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January 20, 2014 1:53:00 PM

What board do you want to buy?
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January 20, 2014 2:01:07 PM

Go to Asus website and in the Support / Download section go to the specific motherboard model. Look at all the BIOS upgrades and hope there's a list of fixes and enhancements with all previous version included, then you'll know from what version your CPU is supported. Who knows maybe your CPU is supported by the original BIOS. Unfortunately, not all manufacturer list all this information for their BIOS upgrades. I guess the best thing to do would be to contact Asus and ask them.

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January 20, 2014 2:01:55 PM

That warning opens for all the 970 boards.
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January 21, 2014 8:01:48 AM

Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Motherboard : Would this mobo be the same or better?
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January 21, 2014 8:11:47 AM

BoffinBoy125 said:
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Motherboard : Would this mobo be the same or better?


Worse!
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January 21, 2014 8:13:40 AM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
That warning opens for all the 970 boards.


rolli59 said:
BoffinBoy125 said:
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Motherboard : Would this mobo be the same or better?


Worse!


Oh Ok, So should i stick with the first one? and did you say that it should already come with the compatible bios version?
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January 21, 2014 8:18:19 AM

BoffinBoy125 said:
SR-71 Blackbird said:
That warning opens for all the 970 boards.


rolli59 said:
BoffinBoy125 said:
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Motherboard : Would this mobo be the same or better?


Worse!


Oh Ok, So should i stick with the first one? and did you say that it should already come with the compatible bios version?


Yes stick with the first one, it would be a very slow moving reseller if you do not get supporting BIOS for your CPU.
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January 21, 2014 8:33:42 AM

I know some people suggest to go with a mobo that has a 990 chipset instead because apparently it supports Vishera CPUs out of the box. I don't know much about these new AMD chipset so I didn't verify if this was true or not, I'm just saying.

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January 21, 2014 8:37:58 AM

MC_K7 said:
I know some people suggest to go with a mobo that has a 990 chipset instead because apparently it supports Vishera CPUs out of the box. I don't know much about these new AMD chipset so I didn't verify if this was true or not, I'm just saying.



All chip sets were out before the Vishera was introduced even before Bulldozer so the issue was over all the AMD AM3+ line.
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January 21, 2014 8:44:01 AM

rolli59 said:
MC_K7 said:
I know some people suggest to go with a mobo that has a 990 chipset instead because apparently it supports Vishera CPUs out of the box. I don't know much about these new AMD chipset so I didn't verify if this was true or not, I'm just saying.



All chip sets were out before the Vishera was introduced even before Bulldozer so the issue was over all the AMD AM3+ line.


Sorry for the mislead, as I said I read that somewhere on another forum and didn't verify the info. Thanks for clarifying.

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