GA-M720-US3 - Making bios compatible with Phenom II X2 550

[cookie365]

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

[runn3R]

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

 

[cookie365]

Thank you runn3r