Upgrading - quick Bios question

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Should be a quickie..

My motherboard (Asus A8V Deluxe) has died, so I'm looking to replace it. But my CPU (AMD Opteron 165) doesnt seem to be compatible with most new motherboards as standard.

If I buy a new mobo, can I update the BIOS using my CPU even though it isnt compatible, or do I need to buy an old CPU to do the update before I can plug my dual-core in?

How do people normally do this?
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Any hints?
Basically I want to know if its possible to upgrade a BIOS using an incompatible cpu, and then run the PC normally after the update.

Does it depend on the motherboard? If so, what should I be looking for?
 
I'd have thought it the other way round, most new motherboards should support Opterons out the box so to speak. I think it depends on the motherboard if it will boot with an incompatible or unsupported CPU.

I did try and go to the Asus site to see if they mentioned Opteron support for any of their models but unfortunately they are currently synchronising the web-database apparantly not to mention the abysmal slowness that seems to be the trademark of that website. Checking elsewhere though the ASUS A8V-VM SE Socket 939 VIA K8M890 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard seems to support Opterons as standard. :)
 
Thanks for that :) Also thanks again for your PSU help - just a shame that wasnt the problem!

I'm basically trying to work out if I buy an older AGP mobo second hand, will I be able to use it or not? Since they wont have opteron support as standard, can i update it and then use it or will it just not boot?
 
If you are buying secondhand then why not just ask the seller to update to the latest bios before they ship it to you? If you are buying from someone in the MM I'm sure they'd be happy to help if they can. :)
 
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