Old BIOS with new CPU

[fuzzymath10]

I'm getting an Asus G31 board replaced for free barely within warranty (Oct 2007). When I first bought it I had an E2140 running. I no longer have a CPU for it, but I'm planning on using spare parts to replace my parents' P4. If the BIOS it's shipped with is too old for new E3xxx Celerons or E5xxx Pentiums, should that be a problem, or will it just not display the CPU model correctly until flashing it?

(Speaking of which, where in Canada can I get a cheap 775 CPU anyway? Lowest I saw was $50 for an E3300 at newegg)

 

[ljtatej]

StarMicro has a E5300 for $58 free shipping...says $55 before you head to checkout though.

Here

 

[Binky]

You won't know if it works until you try to boot it. Sometimes the CPU is displayed wrong and/or it runs at the wrong speed. Other times it just wont boot without a bios update. I've seen both.

 

[Iron Woode]

I'm getting an Asus G31 board replaced for free barely within warranty (Oct 2007). When I first bought it I had an E2140 running. I no longer have a CPU for it, but I'm planning on using spare parts to replace my parents' P4. If the BIOS it's shipped with is too old for new E3xxx Celerons or E5xxx Pentiums, should that be a problem, or will it just not display the CPU model correctly until flashing it?

(Speaking of which, where in Canada can I get a cheap 775 CPU anyway? Lowest I saw was $50 for an E3300 at newegg)

did you try kijiji?

just for fun I checked it out here and found a G31 board, E5200 and 1 gig of ram for $115.

 

[Emulex]

just go for the tried n true good ole q6600 - will perform well - cheap now due to how old they are and i5/i7. easy to pad mod if mobo doesn't support overclocking.

 

[midnite8]

You can always download older version BIOS and try it out.

 

[fuzzymath10]

Managed to find an E7300 for a reasonable price. Still waiting for the replacement motherboard to arrive but hopefully either the BIOS is already updated and the E7300 is sufficiently old that it shouldn't be an issue.