Socket 754 Sempron

TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
edited January 2005 in Hardware
Are these compatible with most all socket 754 boards or do they require special bios's that recognize them and crap? I mean its tough to even do a bios upgrade if it doesnt recognize the cpu and I hate pulling working box's apart to swap a cpu for 5 minutes etc..

Anbody heard much whining around the web about incompatibilitys with these sempron socket 754 cpu's?

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-104-207&depa=0

Tex

Comments

  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    Most early 754 boards require a BIOS update :)

    It's worth checking with the mobo's website first to see if it shipped with Semprom by default. Most should do by now :)
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited January 2005
    Crap I should of checked first as I though these were new but it says they added sempron support several versions ago in the bios anyway.

    Its a pain to pull my cpu out and put it in to see what version is onm the board though. Especially considering the current price of good paste and how much these cpu's with heat sinks use.

    Tex
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    If you have the board running with a chip, bounce it* and grab the BIOS version on it's way back up :)

    *Reboot in English lingo ;D
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited January 2005
    no chip I just received the board and was asking about the sempron before I bought.
    I have a 3200+ amd 64 in a msi neo now. I just don't want to have to pull it apart to flash the friggin bios in the new micro-atx thing-a-ma-jig I was buying the sempron for.

    Will hope that the new one will at least recognize the semptron at a lower speed and at least boot to reflash until proven wrong anyway.

    Tex
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    With a bit of luck it will more than likely just recognise it as "unsupported" or "unknown" CPU. I built up an MSI rig with a Sempron rig and that was about the amount of trouble I had with it :)

    Give it a try, if it boots, you can flash. Jobs a' good un :D
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited January 2005
    Never got the email about your new job? Don't know if ya got busy or didnt send to my new address?

    Tex
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    Stay put and check in 5 my mate! :)
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited January 2005
    It's been like waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more then 5 minutes now. (grin)

    Or you guys in the UK use a waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy differant clock then we US guys. (grin)

    Or.............. you are using the old email address.

    mwithers@adelphia.net is the new mountain address

    Tex
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    Well that would explain that ;D DOH!

    Im home from work now... so Il have to rewrite it.. baaaaaaaah
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited January 2005
    And I sent ya the NEW address when I moved and updated the site...(long sigh and big grin)

    Wait till tomorrow and just resend it dude!

    Tex
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