Question Please help with beta bios 2.39 for Asrock AM2NF6G-VSTA

[SyNight]

Please if anyone have or knows where to find
beta bios 2.39 for motherboard AM2NF6G-VSTA (beta bios that allows
Phenom II X4 CPU to work on motheboard AM2NF6G-VSTA) to help me.

 

[Lutfij]

FYI, that board does not support the processor you're looking to upgrade to.

 

[Barty1884]

There's no official source/support for such a thing.

The only mention(s) I can find for 2.39 are in forums such as this.... and a couple of sketchy looking websites reporting to have such a BIOS file.

I would not expect any of these sketchy looking sites to be legit, and I certainly won't be linking to them.
If you're bound & determined to find such a thing (at least a BIOS file claiming to do what you want), then you will - but be careful.

 

[SyNight]

First thanks everyone for your reply (it was really fast).

Well, I found on several forums that there is that beta bios
that I am speaking about, but it has never been released public, and
it is not listed on the manufacturer's website but are released
( I think that bios was developed by Asrock).
As I have found that bios should allow all AMD Athlon II and Phenom II Processors ( except X6) to work on this motherboard as long as CPU-s are 95 watts .
It has even bean some talk about that on this forum :

Asrock AM2NF6G-VSTA with Beta Bios 2.39 and Cpu amd athlon x2 7750 BE boots but DOES NOT WORK.

Motherboard Asrock AM2NF6G-VSTA beta bios 2.39 from http://pctreiber.net/asrock-bios-downloads?did=48 using a Cpu Athlon X2 7750 BE. Boots ok but reboots after 1 sec. It does not show "press F2 to enter Bios Menu", so there is no possibility to enter the bios menu. Sometimes it does not boot...

forums.tomshardware.com

And there are two comment about that on this CPU processor support website
(look at the bottom of the page) :
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-ASRock/AM2NF6G-VSTA.html

So, any info is welcome.

 

[Barty1884]

That's exactly what I said - the only mentions that now exist are on forums asking questions (does it work, where can I find it etc). With no official source for the file.

Whether the BIOS was developed by ASRock, AMI or a third party BIOS community, it doesn't matter.
TODAY, the only sources for these files are of unknown reliability.

The claim is certainly that the rumoured 2.39 supports the chips you want... and logically, the board uses an AM2 socket and does support >100W CPUs (just not the Phenoms officially), so a ~125W AM2+ CPU is not out of the realm of possibility... in theory.

Consider though, if it never made it beyond beta stage, there may well have been a problem (stability, compatibility)... If you encounter said issues, what would you do?

In practice, to source the file you'd have to be prepared to download from some questionable corners of the internet AND then flash said questionably obtained file to the BIOS chip of your motherboard.

In a perfect world, it would be a legit BIOS and just 'work', with no ill effects.
In the real world, at best it's likely unstable and difficult/impossible to downgrade....... at worst, the sites/users who continue to host the file have injected malware (or worse) which then applies at a BIOS level.

If it doesn't just "work" perfectly (unlikely, or it would've been a release BIOS).... chances are you'll have a board that's no longer fit for purpose for one reason or another.

 

[SyNight]

Thanks Barty1884, you have said exactly all things that I am worried
about. Actually, my biggest concern is that there might not be way back to downgrade bios and I would be stuck up with motherboard that is for nothing but for garbage.
I was just hoping that someone would respond who has tried to flash that bios , but this way , yes, it is just to way risky to flash bios without any info.
I guess I am stuck up with Athlon X2 on this motherboard.