General Motherboard Inquiry

Cerby

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Hi,

I'm hoping someone can help here with some general advice.

My friend just bought a ASUS P5KPL-AM (Second Hand) - Link To product on ASUS and an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5GHz Socket 775 1333FSB 4MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor - from eBuyer.

However, he has noticed that on the above ASUS website the Q8300 isnt on the supported CPU List (yet the Q8200 & Q8400 CPU's are). So what I'm asking is, will the above CPU work with the above motherboard from ASUS?

If it does work, will it just require a BIOS flash?

Many thanks in advance.
 
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It may or may not support it. If it supports the Q8200 and the Q8400, I don't see why it wouldn't support the Q8300. Do you know what bios version the board is running on?
 
It may or may not support it. If it supports the Q8200 and the Q8400, I don't see why it wouldn't support the Q8300. Do you know what bios version the board is running on?

1. Thats what I thought
2. As yet no. I will have to wait for the person to return home later on, but I don't think it's the latest version.

Originally, he tried Q8300 and then booted it. PC Posted, then after post "Unknown CPU..." which says to me that the BIOS is out of date and needs flashing. So we popped back in the E6400 Dual Core he had and the PC booted fine.

I have got the latest BIOS (0518 I think) version for the ASUS P5KPL-AM mobo from the ASUS website, but I don't want to go to the extremes of flashing the BIOS if the board won't support it. Having said that, I'm of the same assumption as you.

I know it's not the best of boards or the newest, but it's miles better than what he had. I just want to get his new build up and running.
 
Yep, downloaded P5KPL-AM-ASUS-0518.zip from ASUS website and I'm checking BIOS version with my friend now. If it's OOD, then I will Flash the BIOS and keep my fingers crossed. :)
 
An update, flashed the BIOS and jobs a good. Thanks for your help. Much appreciated! :good:

I just wanted to be 110% sure and it was good to get that reassurance.
 
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