Very confused please help

Msk084

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I have an acer aspire m3470g desktop with A6-3620 processor that I want to upgrade to an Athlon 2. How do I update the bios and what should I update it to. Instructions would be great.
Thanks
 

justcallmetom13

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Those processors have 2 different sockets (A6-3620 is FM1 and the Athlon 2 series is AM3).
You would have to change your motherboard.

To update a bios go to AMD's website and find the bios download for the CPU you need it for and put it onto a formatted pen drive.
Stick the pen drive with the bios file into the computer you want to update the bios on and boot from it.