Asus A8N SLI PCI-E-

[Merlin4458]

what if i didnt buy a floppy drive , cause i didnt think i would need one... am i screwed if it doesnt recognise the 3700?

[Dougal]

If it boots with it but doesn't recognise it as 3700+ (comes with gibberish) you should be OK. Flash and reboot.

[drunknmunky]

what if the pc doesnt boot at all, because the bios doesnt recognise the newer core? what would he have to do?

[Dougal]

he would have to get another 939 CPU and boot it up to flash with that.

[drunknmunky]

he would have to get another 939 CPU and boot it up to flash with that.

I doubt he has a spare 939 cpu around

[drunknmunky]

just found this

looks like san diego is supported since bios version 1007, first version was 1001, and latest is in beta - version 1012.

[Dougal]

I doubt he has a spare 939 cpu around

He may know someone that does have one.

[Smokey21]

I seriously doubt iot's not gonna boot the chips and board have been out for ages.

It's X2's that need flashing usually.

[Merlin4458]

will keep u updated,

[Dark Horse]

I think if it didn't recognise it it would be more like it wouldn't let you use the full features of clock it down to some sort of basic settings. I don't think it just wouldn't post at all.

[drunknmunky]

I think if it didn't recognise it it would be more like it wouldn't let you use the full features of clock it down to some sort of basic settings. I don't think it just wouldn't post at all.

what do you mean "full featues"?

and btw, merlin, from that link before you are getting the regular a8n-sli, non deluxe , non premium.

This means you will need at least bios 1005 to use the san diego.