upgradeing processor on an AM2 mobo

[Ben_42]

I've heard that you can put an am3 processor into a am2 mobo if the bios is upgraded. I have a compaq mobo with an NVIDIA chipset model MCP61. Would I be able to put one this AM3 processor http://www.microcenter.com/product/401797/FX_6300_Black_Edition_35GHz_Six-Core_Socket_AM3_Boxed_Processor into the current mobo I have now if I upgraded the bios and if so then how would I go about upgrading the bios?

 

[kanewolf]

Since your motherboard is not a standard commercial motherboard, it was customized by Compaq, you will have to try and find out what CPUs Compaq sold your model with. Since you have to use a Compaq BIOS and not a generic BIOS the choices may be limited.

 

[Ben_42]

Since your motherboard is not a standard commercial motherboard, it was customized by Compaq, you will have to try and find out what CPUs Compaq sold your model with. Since you have to use a Compaq BIOS and not a generic BIOS the choices may be limited.

It came with an AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4 gig single core. I did see on ebay a AM2 socket 2.2 gig dual core processor that should work with it though for 30 bucks and am thinking about going that route as ultimately I'd like to build a new system with mobo that can take more than 4 gigs of ram and load XP onto the current system to play retro games on