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enfilade   02-14-2008 at 08:24:59 PM

Hello.

I'm planning on building a new PC and I have selected the ASUS P5K-VM motherboard and the C2D E8400 processor.
I'm wondering... if the motherboard doesn't have the correct bios that supports the new 45nm processors, will it still turn on so I could update the bios?

Thanks.

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g-paw   02-16-2008 at 02:42:32 AM
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It might but if not, you'll need to borrow a CPU. I'd get a floppy and flash off that

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enfilade   02-17-2008 at 05:47:57 PM
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Asus has the option to flash off USB.

If i flash the bios using the floppy, do I still need to borrow a cpu?

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g-paw   02-17-2008 at 06:00:38 PM
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enfilade wrote :

Asus has the option to flash off USB.

If i flash the bios using the floppy, do I still need to borrow a cpu?



From what I've read you can flash some BIOS even though the the updated BIOS is needed to run the CPU but not sure about that board. You could send an E Mail to ASUS but don't know what kind of response you'll get. Check the ASUS forum, should be something on there. The reason I suggested the floppy is that they are always recognized and always work but I'm in the rapidly dwindling minority that still believes in floppies. They're $7, don't take up resources, and don't detract from the appearance.

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roadrunner197069   02-17-2008 at 06:03:20 PM
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Ya if the board Bios don't support 45nm you will need a 65nm processor to boot to, so you can flash.

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baddad   02-17-2008 at 06:17:45 PM
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Go to their website lookup your board and check the supported cpu's for that board.
It does say on there site to update to the latest bios for 45nm CPU.


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