new motherboard please help

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  1. gadgeyb

    gadgeyb Geek Trainee

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    have just installed a new mobo and processor to pc

    Asus av8 mobo
    athlon64 3700+

    switches on ok and first screen recognises chip but then stops and says

    The processor installed in your system are of an unknown revision..please contact your bios vendor for appropriate updates.
    Fatal error-System halted.

    how can i update bios if it wont let me go any further than this.


    please help...
     
    gadgeyb, Jul 7, 2006
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  2. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    Welcome to Hardware Forums :)

    Hi, indeed it seems like you need a bios upgrade, you will have to download the latest bios update from asus for your motherboard, if you dont have another computer, use someone elses, or put in your old mobo and cpu, then i think you have to press ALT+F2 right as the board powers up, and it will find a bios rom file from the floppy, so download the update, then put it on a floppy, on startup press ALT+F2 and it should search.

    I dont have an Asus motherboard so i dont know if this is 100% correct, i just did some reasearch and it indeed seems correct.

    Hope it works :good:

    Darn its so annoying when these things happen, according to your mobo specs it supports athlon64/FX, then you install it and find you need a BIOS update, geeze some things in life really are stupid :p
     
    Willz, Jul 7, 2006
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  3. zeus

    zeus out of date

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    :) Hes on the net now.

    Updating the BIOS is easy on an Asus. Like Willz said get the update....
    ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

    Stick it on a floppy and use Alt-F2 upon POST.
    You will have to type the name of the bios update file and it should do the rest itself.

    Once your up an running Asus have a program which you can use in windows to update the BIOS, its even easier. You just press update!
     
    zeus, Jul 7, 2006
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  4. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    Well, you have two options:
    1.)Get an older CPU that's compatible with the board.
    2.)Hit up BadFlash and check with them about sending you a BIOS chip or flashing your current BIOS chip for you with the latest BIOS.
     
    Big B, Jul 9, 2006
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  5. izzy007

    izzy007 Big Geek

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    if u can get the exact bios version, then flash it but if you can't then if u got your mobo quite recently from a local store, then exchange it for another one if that one is manufactured later than the mobo you hav and has a bios update later than that is installed in you current mobo.
     
    izzy007, Jul 9, 2006
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  6. gadgeyb

    gadgeyb Geek Trainee

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    many thanks to all that replied to this post and a big thanks to WILLz and Zeus that ahad a spot on diagnosis of the problem....did what you said and was up and running in 10 minutes.


    once again many thanks to all replies
     
    gadgeyb, Jul 10, 2006
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