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More info?)
Guy Deschênes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a similar concern, mine is for the SK8V, which doesn't get very many
> BIOS updates at all. Besides the only BIOS update available is in Beta
> since 2003. Which I had to use to make this unit more stable. This kinda
> scares me to keep supporting ASUS when they don't seem too eager to support
> us...
>
> The Buzz is that the most Mobo's will be socket compliant with a simple BIOS
> flash update. However this doest look too good in view of what I stated
> above.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>
> "Juan Jansen" <juanjansen@home.nl> wrote in message
> news:cufhvc$f38$1@news3.zwoll1.ov.home.nl...
>
>>Does anybody knows if the Dual Core Opterons will be compatible with
>>current Socket 940 Mainboards
>>
>>Ik have the SK8N, and it would nice to have a Dual core Opteron.
>>
>>My Mainboard:
>>Asus SK8N
>>Revision 1.03
>>BIOS 1008
>>
Another concern is power.
The original Socket 754, 939, and 940 specs called for a TDP of
95 Watts. However, it looks like the current 2.2 GHz Opty 275
and 875 and the 2.4 GHz AthlonFX X2 are already very close to
that TDP.
The TDP spec for Socket 940 has been upped to 110 W, but the only
Socket 940 boards with a 110 W TDP that so far are available to
consumers seems to be the Tyan S289x series.