Thanks for the replies, Clint and Jorge
When i was writing that question, i was thinking "this is really a stupid
question" !!
But honestly, i had never did or tried it before. Since the BIOS reads the
video card ROM as one of the very first things, i thought by chance the BIOS
could display its information without the processor. Where was my mind???
Yes, its pretty obvious that the processor has to be there to process the
BIOS information so it can be displayed. All I needed was to get the very
first screen to get the revision number.
I thought, well maybe it would display that information and then give an
error code about no processor installed. About now you're probably thinking
i'm a nut case....some days its probably true.
I've been to the ASUS site and looked up the info for this MB. It says i can
only install up to a 1.333 processor unless it has BIOS revision number
1006. Then i can install a 1.4ghz. I know, very little difference there.
This MB could be flashed to that revision number if needed but i'm not sure
if i want to do that. My luck, something would happen and the flash would
fail and i'd be left with some junk circuitry on a board. Have you people
flashed alot of MB's?? Is it pretty safe with only a small percentage of
failures? It even says on the ASUS site that your taking a chance by doing
it. I was just hoping to know what it was before buying a processor.
According to the site, my MB with the board version number 1.03 can
only accept a max of the 1.4ghz. If i had MB number 1.10 then i could put
almost any processor in it. I'm using this information as my guide. I would
like to know what the BIOS is now, if posssible. I have an Athlon 2000
processor but didn't want to put it in there if its not supported and have
something happen to it. I don't know if anything would happen to it but if
the ASUS site is correct about their MB, theres no way that this board can
support it since its version 1.03
Thanks again,
Roger Carnell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: PCWorks: BIOS Revision number
You can't be serious.....right? ;-) The CPU is the "brains"
of a PC and you must have it to do anything. You must have the
CPU, memory and power supply as the bare minimum to boot up a
mobo, and of course a video card to SEE what's going on.
In your case to find out the BIOS #, it may take a few tries of
hitting the "pause/break" key to halt the POST process.
Sometimes the BIOS # is at the top of the screen right after
the BIOS logo, sometimes it's at the extreme bottom.
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://OrpheusComputing.com )
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Carnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello,
I've never tried this and don't want to damage the motherboard,
but can you
fire up a motherboard with just a video card and no processor
to see what the
BIOS revision number is? The MB is an ASUS A7A266. I would like
to know what
the BIOS is before purchasing the processor.
Thanks,
Roger Carnell
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