*censored* everyone

I have been using an aspire e380 for a couple of years now, since then I have upgraded the RAM and GPU. I have decided I would like to upgrade the CPU, Currently athlon 64 X2 4200+. My motherboard is an AM2 soccket and I have been assured that I can run an AM2+ CPU on the AM2 mobo. The only problem im facing now is related to BIOS.

The sales people at the store I intend to buy from have told me that I will have to install the latest BIOS for my mobo. They said i should check the release notes that come with the BIOS to see what CPUs are supported before making a purchase.

I have been along to the Acer support site and downloaded the BIOS package from here      http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/downloads_gd.html

The problem is there are no release notes to be found in the package, and I have searched endlessly on the net and found nothing.


If any of you are FAMILIAR with these bios or has the missing documentation I would be very gratefull if you could share.


I have attached my SYSTEM profile as produced by everest software just in case I missed something.


Thanks in advance

Peter

[Saving space, attachment deleted by admin] Quote from: spook on March 11, 2010, 12:35:43 PM

...The sales people at the store I intend to buy from have told me that I will have to install the latest BIOS for my mobo. They said i should check the release notes that come with the BIOS to see what CPUs are supported before making a purchase....