I posted a thread a few posts down ( http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?p=5844552#post5844552 ) regarding the BIOS problem I have with my MSI P35 Neo2-FR board but I will reiterate here. The E8400 I received from Newegg is the E0 version and the BIOS on the mb is V1.8, apparently I require V1.9 but to flash it I need to find another socket 775 CPU to use temporarily. Problem is I don't know anyone who has another 775 chip save for one person and due to the case it is in it would be a royal pita to remove it. And the lovely "city" (120,000 people or so) I live near doesn't have a single f'ing store that sells CPU's where I could "borrow" one lol.
So now I'm wondering if I should just return the P35 to Newegg and order a P45 but I'm having a little difficulty in determing if the P45's support the newer E0 stepping. I don't see much point in returning the P35 if the BIOS still won't support the chip. I have zero intentions of running any type of SLI configuration and should be plenty happy with my 4850 considering I am upgrading from a X1950PRO. I have 2 X 2GB sticks of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 1066MHz RAM that I am also debating on returning as I saw the Dominator series on sale for the same price I paid for these or maybe something better for the same price if anyone has any suggestions.
So yeah...would I still be in the same boat with the BIOS issue if I got a P45 board?
So now I'm wondering if I should just return the P35 to Newegg and order a P45 but I'm having a little difficulty in determing if the P45's support the newer E0 stepping. I don't see much point in returning the P35 if the BIOS still won't support the chip. I have zero intentions of running any type of SLI configuration and should be plenty happy with my 4850 considering I am upgrading from a X1950PRO. I have 2 X 2GB sticks of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 1066MHz RAM that I am also debating on returning as I saw the Dominator series on sale for the same price I paid for these or maybe something better for the same price if anyone has any suggestions.
So yeah...would I still be in the same boat with the BIOS issue if I got a P45 board?