Opteron 165 with ASROCK 939DUAL-SATA2

[kwatch]

I placed an order of Opteron 165(retail box) and ASROCK 939DUAL-SATA2 with Monarch last night. I later found out that 1.4 BIOS support the Opteron. If my board comes with the BIOS prior to 1.4, will I be able to boot this motherboard? If not, what what should I do? One more question, why OEM CPU is priced higher than the retail boxed CPU?

Thanks.

 

[azu]

itll boot. just flash it after.

OEM cpu price higher? fluctuations?

 

[loves-tech]

I just bought that motherboard and mine came with BIOS 1.40. Yours should be at that level also. I have Opteron 144 and booted just fine.

 

[MrGreen]

Mine came with 1,4 and im from the UK

 

[kwatch]

Mine came with BIOS V. 1.5.

 

[DeadSmiley]

I bought 3 from Mwave and they arrived last week. I got 2 with version 1.4 and one with version 1.5.

 

[Wam]

Mine came with bios 1.2 but my Opteron still booted up no problem. Have you got yours yet?

 

[laserkitty]

My Monarch combo came with 1.4 on the CMOS sticker, but booted with P1.50.

 

[Illyest]

Got mine today, same setup with BIOS 1.5 already installed

 

[Wam]

Illyest out of interest what is the revision of your board with the 1.50 bios.

 

[Illyest]

Illyest out of interest what is the revision of your board with the 1.50 bios.

Looks like Rev. G/A 1.05

 

[loves-tech]

I am at v 1.4 and I have Opteron 144 running @ 2.4GH. Is there any reason to flash to
V 1.5 ? Any changes in 1.5 beside recognizing new CPUs?

 

[Wam]

I am at v 1.4 and I have Opteron 144 running @ 2.4GH. Is there any reason to flash to
V 1.5 ? Any changes in 1.5 beside recognizing new CPUs?

Not really it just seems to add CPU code for the FX60. If yours is working fine then no need to change.

 

[laserkitty]

Illyest out of interest what is the revision of your board with the 1.50 bios.

Though you didn't ask, since mine came with 1.50 BIOS, my board says Rev 1.04.