One worry about buying a new board - X2 CPUs?

i am planning to build a new system in august and have decided on a 4400+ (dual core) with the MSI neo4 platinum mobo.
i've built plenty of pc's in the past but have never flashed a bios (never needed to). one thing i am not clear on is what will happen if the board i get has an older bios and wont recognise the 4400+? will it boot normally but only see one core, or will it simply not boot at all.
i know some boards let you do an emergency recovery thing off a cd or floppy, either with a batch file or just the rom image. Is this the same for this board? i mean if it wont boot because it wont detect the CPU, can i still flash the newer bios to the board?
thanks for any replies - i did a search for neo4/x2/ bios etc but didnt get anything so apols if already answered

Quote from: tommo123 on 01-July-05, 01:07:26
i hope you're right rsheppick
no idea what i'd do if it wont boot.
I promise if it doesn't boot it has nothing to do with your motherboard needing the newest bios for that cpu.
I want to point out that if the motherboard knows what a 90NM cpu is then you are fine which all new MSI boards do.
For further proof I will quote an artical from Anandtech that can be read HERE!
Updating DC BIOS & Revision E Memory
Updating BIOS for Dual Core with an x2 Processor
This brings up the nagging question that is always asked when BIOS upgrades are required for certain CPUs. What do you do if you have a board that needs a BIOS upgrade for dual-core and you only have a dual-core chip? We asked AMD this question and got the following reply:
"If the BIOS you are working with (original BIOS in the board) supports a rev E single core (AKA... 90nm as most new boards should), it will allow you to flash the BIOS to a BIOS that supports rev E dual core. In my experience, a DC processor with single core rev E support will run fine, but only as a single core. If the BIOS doesn't support rev E (In other words, you may have a good board, but the BIOS is pretty old), you will likely need to install a pre-rev E (AKA-130nm) AMD processor to flash the BIOS.
I'm told that if a customer can't flash their BIOS, many mobo vendors will mail out the BIOS chip to them (if it's not soldered down, obviously)"

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jayjay24 wrote:
Alright, so I've never owned any kind of Mac computer, ever. I'm seriously thinking about switching to Mac, and buying the new Aluminum Macbook.
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Good. Work hard and save up. Your buying window has yet to open.
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Not yet. The product line, yes. But wait until late spring, when you'll be targeted by Apple directly. By then the MacBook line oughta be completely refreshed. Everybody is waiting for a Unibody successor to [_*this model.*_|http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/17-inch> Chances are, if you're pockets aren't that deep, you could buy the current model at whatever point it becomes discounted. That decision won't come till Spring.
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I have no doubt that you and I haven't been reading the same posts, but I was under the impression that most people were much more infuriated that there was no announcement or run up to the launch (and thus they bought L9 just before).
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