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Console Modding------ ( Here you can talk about your favorite Consoles ) => PC => Topic started by: ProperBritish on August 28, 2009, 07:54:54 AM
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I just purchased the ASUS P6T SE, and i have yet to buy the i7-920 to put in it.
The motherboard was ex-display, and never used (It still had the cellophane on the logo on the heatsink). Yet as i dont know what BIOS revision is on it, i have a problem.
The current i7-920 runs with D0 Stepping techology, whereas older versions of this motherboard's BIOS only support the older C0 Stepping. I am at a loss as to how to test it without a CPU, but the BIOS chip is removable. If it comes down to it, i will have to manually remove the BIOS chip and replace it with a chip flashed with the newer BIOS version. My question to you guys is, can anyone flash chips for me to put in my motherboard?
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if correct you can flash the bios yourself while it is in the motherboard :S
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i cannot without a CPU. if the CPU is D0 stepped (which it will be), and my motherboard is on BIOS version 0106, the CPU wont work. therefore i wont be able to boot into the BIOS without a CPU. quite a pickle. there's 3 way i can get it to work. buy ANOTHER i7-920, but the older version (C0 stepped, which is compatible) and then upgrade it and sell the CPU off. or remove the chip and flash it myself, or just buy a new chip, pre-flashed.