Can i flash the bios with an unspported cpu installed?

[johnnq1]

i've got an opteron 170 installed in my asus a8n-sli (bios 1012). everything runs well, for the most part. can i flash the bios to 1014 WITH the opteron installed? the 1012 bios supports dual core x2s, but not opterons.

 

[cmdrdredd]

If it works fine then sure. Most mobos never list opteron support but only x2. Same as with Intel boards not mentioning Xeon CPU support, but they work fine.

 

[johnnq1]

http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

says it is supported in 1013 which is weird because other x2 toledos are supported in 1012 and below.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Hey if it's running now...then you can flash it sure. Just make sure you don't do it inside windows. I've killed a board that way.

 

[johnnq1]

flash was successful.