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    just bought a C2D T7200 cpu for my A8Jm. will it work ?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by syxbit, Oct 27, 2006.

  1. syxbit

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    anyone know if this will work.
    i plan on just popping it in.
     
    syxbit, Oct 27, 2006
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    I would believe you need a Bios update.
     
    coriolis, Oct 27, 2006
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    You probably should have checked before buying it...
     
    thatdaveguy, Oct 27, 2006
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  4. stamar

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    I was wondering if this opteron I just bought will work with my commodore 64?

    j/k
     
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  5. syxbit

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    i can still cancel my order :)
    is a bios update gonna ever come out for merom support ?
    i was thinking about just flashing to the A8Js, but i've heard it uses a different Mobo.
    so there's no way to do it then ?
     
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    oh im sorry. im practically certain you can upgrade it.

    however you would be the first person Ive heard of doing it.
     
    stamar, Oct 27, 2006
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    practically is not worth me losing $300 over... hm...
    any other thoughts ?
     
    syxbit, Oct 27, 2006
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    You should cancel your order; just to be safe. Once an updated BIOS is available, then go ahead and reorder.
     
    variant7, Oct 27, 2006
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    thatdaveguy, Oct 27, 2006
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    i called them
    he said he'd email me an engineering sample BIOS that supports Merom.
    as you can imagine, i was thrilled.
    i got his email 10 mins later saying he was confused, and it doesn't support Merom ;(
     
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    please keep us up to date on this subject I didnt know.
     
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    nothing else to really update on.
    i canceled my order, as they said it wouldn't work.
    i mostly use linux, so 64bit isn't that big a deal to me.
    maybe i'll just be patient for once, and stick with it for a while
     
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    Yeah... wonder why they're taking so long releasing a BIOS update that supports merom for A8Jm.. they've released it for the W3J and W7J... grrrr...
     
    Darrick, Oct 27, 2006
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    I imagine they have not released it yet because they are not using the same motherboard as the A8jm. They needed the bios update to be able to release the other C2D machines. I could be wrong, but they are probably thinking this one is a low priority comapared to the others.
     
    8rocks, Oct 28, 2006
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    we need a merom bios update why they dont harry up i thought that alot of people bought the a8jm so we need to do somthing to get that update done
     
    thedove75, Oct 28, 2006
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  16. stamar

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    I wish I could find the post.

    Geared2play announced the models that were not compatible with merom.

    a8jm was not one of them. I want to reread it.
     
    stamar, Oct 28, 2006
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    stamar: I think in that thread he mentioned that the s62j was not compatible, but didn't specifically say A8Jm wasn't compatible. What he did say was IF the A8Jm and s62J used the same chipset, then we might be out of luck...
     
    Darrick, Oct 28, 2006
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    Oh wow.

    the s62j has some parts compatible with a model called the a8jc.

    This could be bad news.

    it looks different though.
     
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    If I had to guess, I would say that's probably a Pentium M chip model?
     
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    No.. the s62j also uses Core Duo....
     
    Darrick, Oct 29, 2006
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