AMD CPU upgrade

[MichaelP]

I have just purchased an AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition. I upgraded from a AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400. I have an:

Asus VISTA Premium motherboard
EVGA 8800 GTS
8 BG ram
I am running 7 / 64

I have upgraded the processor and believe my system may be running a little slower. Currently I am not over-clocking. Other then replacing the CPU is there anything else I need to do. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[masterjaw]

Maybe the best thing to elaborate is that "ASUS Vista Premium motherboard" that you have. Could you give the specific model of that?

 

[nocteratus]

you might need to update the MB bios.

 

[megamanx00]

You probably didn't update your BIOS before hand. If that's the case you're lucky it POSTs in the first place .

 

[MichaelP]

Oops, You are absolutely correct. The system was built by my son a year ago and he used the M2N32-SLI Premium VISTA Edition motherboard. It has an AM2 socket. He is currently running Microsoft's 7, the 64 bit version. Prior to that he was running VISTA x86. I checked the asus website and there are 13 BIOS updates. One of them actually addresses the slot issue to make it AM2+ compatible. There is also a new flash tool. I believe this should fix his problem and his system should run smoothly once again. I only hope that he sees some bang for the money he has invested in the new cpu.

 

[MichaelP]

I am sorry, I forgot to say thank you for all of the help and the quick replies. I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday.

 

[OvrClkr]

Oops, You are absolutely correct. The system was built by my son a year ago and he used the M2N32-SLI Premium VISTA Edition motherboard. It has an AM2 socket. He is currently running Microsoft's 7, the 64 bit version. Prior to that he was running VISTA x86. I checked the asus website and there are 13 BIOS updates. One of them actually addresses the slot issue to make it AM2+ compatible. There is also a new flash tool. I believe this should fix his problem and his system should run smoothly once again. I only hope that he sees some bang for the money he has invested in the new cpu.

Well if this is the board that he has, he cannot install a 965 due to it is AM2 only.

ASUS M2N32-SLI Premium Vista Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131163

The latest Bios will only let him install AM2+ x2's/x3's and x4's. The 965 is AM3

http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=M2N32-SLI%20Premium%20VISTA%20Edition

 

[MichaelP]

Final Update, We updated the BIOS this afternoon and my son's computer is once again screaming. The BIOS update apparently fixed other issues sinc his update to Seven 64. I was also incorrect about the cpu it was a 3 ghz. that was compatible with his motherboard. Once again thanks for all the help.

 

[OvrClkr]

Yea, I figured it was a 940 AM2+ ......

Anyways let us know if he encounters any other issues....

 

[MichaelP]

Thanks again for all of the help and Happy New Year to all.