Question about motherboard and processor...

[vigi_lante]

Hi,

I bought this motherboard to use with a Athlon 2100+...

http://www.soyousa.com/products/proddesc.php?id=38

However, I notice that you can get Athlon 2100+ support only if you update your BIOS.

BUT, how I could update the bios so the motheboard can work with Athlon 2100+ if I don't have a previous supported processor (Athlon 1600 for example) that I can use to turn on the computer and update the bios, and after this, insert and use Athlon 2100+ ?

Do you think that the computer can boot up with Athlon XP 2100+ attached, even with a old and unsupported bios, but just not operating at 2100 ?

Thanks.

[TactX]

Originally posted by vigi_lante
Do you think that the computer can boot up with Athlon XP 2100+ attached, even with a old and unsupported bios, but just not operating at 2100 ?

At least it's worth a try. Worst thing that could happen is that nothing works. But if it works (eg. at a lower clockrate) you should do at least some basic testing, because you could easily kill your BIOS if the system crashes during its upgrade. As a test I would use memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) or maybe even install Windows 2000/XP on it. If you don't recognise any problems then, you're quite safe for a BIOS upgrade.