FX Processor + Incompatible BIOS version = Wont boot

Darell3 · February 18, 2013

ok, so ive been doing some research and this came up, apparently you cant boot up your pc to bios, to update it with fx processor being used with a incompatible BIOS version is this true? or is there a work way around it?

im getting the Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 with FX-6100 this should not happen right? even though the motherboard supports FX processors.

Thanks,

Darell3

Helltech · February 18, 2013

I'm not sure about your specific case, but I do know if the bios doesn't yet support the chips and for some reason won't let you POST (it rarely happens, but its happens enough to be a known problem), then the only work around is to get a compatible CPU, update the bios, and then put in the new CPU.

Darell3 · February 18, 2013

I'm not sure about your specific case, but I do know if the bios doesn't yet support the chips and for some reason won't let you POST (it rarely happens, but its happens enough to be a known problem), then the only work around is to get a compatible CPU, update the bios, and then put in the new CPU.

Yeah, thing is i dont have another CPU. :( but hopefully its bios version is over 0402. (fingers crossed) anyways it should work since its V2.

Helltech · February 18, 2013

I'm not sure about your specific case, but I do know if the bios doesn't yet support the chips and for some reason won't let you POST (it rarely happens, but its happens enough to be a known problem), then the only work around is to get a compatible CPU, update the bios, and then put in the new CPU.

Good luck. :)