H haseebraza01 Prominent Mar 15, 2017 9 0 510 Mar 15, 2017 #1 If a motherboard needs a BIOS update to work with a CPU, is there a way of upgrading it without buying another CPU that works with it? The motherboard is the Gigabyte F2A78M-HD2 and the CPU is the AMD Athlon II 860K, would it run out of the box?
If a motherboard needs a BIOS update to work with a CPU, is there a way of upgrading it without buying another CPU that works with it? The motherboard is the Gigabyte F2A78M-HD2 and the CPU is the AMD Athlon II 860K, would it run out of the box?
Solution Dark Lord of Tech Mar 15, 2017 Not unless the Board supports updating \ flashing without a CPU , very very few do.
Dark Lord of Tech Retired Moderator Aug 18, 2009 128,616 1,779 159,590 Mar 15, 2017 Solution #2 Not unless the Board supports updating \ flashing without a CPU , very very few do. Upvote 0 Downvote Solution