Sempron and old BIOS?

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Hi all,

I'm considering buying an AMD Sempron and an ASUS Socket 754 mobo, and I
was just wondering if anyone knows what happens if the BIOS is too old to
support Semprons? Will the board still boot so that I can flash the BIOS,
or will it not work at all? Anyone have experience with this?


- Patrik Rådman

 

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Patrik,

If your S754 motherboard doesn't support the Sempron CPU (watch out, check
Asus.com, there are still several one's) the board will most likely not boot
at all. You have to install a supported CPU first, flash the bios and
replace the CPU for the Sempron.

Check this site also:

http://www2.amd.com/us-en/recmobo/ResultsHandler/1,,30_182_869_11521^11522~87785,00.htmlHTHdriekes"Patrik Rådman" <patrik@NO.SPAM.THANKS.infa.abo.fi> schreef in berichtnews:d1l5i2$m87$1@bowmore.utu.fi...> Hi all,>> I'm considering buying an AMD Sempron and an ASUS Socket 754 mobo, and I> was just wondering if anyone knows what happens if the BIOS is too old to> support Semprons? Will the board still boot so that I can flash the BIOS,> or will it not work at all? Anyone have experience with this?>>> - Patrik Rådman