[mythtv-users] What processor?

[Brian Long]

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:41 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

Looks like an inexpensive AM2+ board certified with the Athlon IIX2 250 is
this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131354

/Brian/
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