<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:41 PM, John Drescher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drescherjm@gmail.com">drescherjm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Brian Wood<<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Friday 04 September 2009 09:57:03 Johnny wrote:<br>
>> > Does anyone know if the Athlon 250 will work in a AM2 socket MB?<br>
>> > Thanks,<br>
>> > Bert<br>
>><br>
>> I believe that AM3 CPUs can go in AM2/AM2+ MB, but it may require a<br>
>> BIOS update, but it will fit.<br>
><br>
> Hmmm, I didn't know that, thanks. I have some AM2 mobos, but they are old<br>
> enough that the current BIOS may not support that. I wonder if they are going<br>
> to update the BIOS for older boards, guess that would depend on the maker.<br>
> These are Asus boards, they are generally somewhat better than most.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Looks like it's only AM2+ boards so the 5 year old ASUS M2N boards I<br>
have in the developer machines at work are a no go. I am typing from<br>
such a machine.<br></blockquote><div><br>Looks like an inexpensive AM2+ board certified with the Athlon IIX2 250 is this one:<br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131354">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131354</a><br>
<br>/Brian/<br><br></div></div>