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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: cookie365 on September 12, 2009, 02:22:55 pm

Title: GA-M720-US3 - Making bios compatible with Phenom II X2 550
Post by: cookie365 on September 12, 2009, 02:22:55 pm

I've just ordered a GA-M720-US3 rev 1.0  and Phenom II X2 550.

The CPU support list says I need BIOS revision F5 to run this processor. If the motherboard I receive has an older BIOS, will it refuse to POST or will it allow me to flash the BIOS from a USB stick?

Thank you

Title: Re: GA-M720-US3 - Making bios compatible with Phenom II X2 550
Post by: runn3R on September 15, 2009, 10:12:45 am

Hi

Your system should boot up OK with older bios, just CPU may not be properly recognized.
Then you will need to update bios by Q-Flash, see the guide here:
http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/FileList/NewTech/old_motherboard_newtech/flashbios_qflash.pdf

 

Title: Re: GA-M720-US3 - Making bios compatible with Phenom II X2 550
Post by: cookie365 on September 15, 2009, 10:55:00 am

Thank you runn3r  :)