[mythtv-users] What processor?

[John Drescher]

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Brian Wood<beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Friday 04 September 2009 09:57:03 Johnny wrote:
>> > Does anyone know if the Athlon 250 will work in a AM2 socket MB?
>> > Thanks,
>> >  Bert
>>
>> I believe that AM3 CPUs can go in AM2/AM2+ MB, but it may require a
>> BIOS update, but it will fit.
>
> Hmmm, I didn't know that, thanks. I have some AM2 mobos, but they are old
> enough that the current BIOS may not support that. I wonder if they are going
> to update the BIOS for older boards, guess that would depend on the maker.
> These are Asus boards, they are generally somewhat better than most.
>

Looks like it's only AM2+ boards so the 5 year old ASUS M2N boards I
have in the developer machines at work are a no go. I am typing from
such a machine.
John