05-16-2011, 10:59 PM
OK I got a question: as you know the 955 is a 125w CPU but the mobo only supports a 95w CPU, BUT if I update the BIOS I can use a 125w CPU my question is how can I update the BIOS if I do NOT have a 95w CPU? Acording to this guy \/ \/ \/ I can but I wanted to double check with you guys
Quote: I chose a 125w Phenom II X 4 955 chip since the Biostar website says it supports it. I put it together and booted up and it said, " Max Power over 95W system will now shout down". I could not figure out what the problem was. After some reading I was told to use a 95W CPU and then update BIOS then change to 125W CPU. That is a problem, I don't have another CPU that is 95W. After many hours of reading I was told that you can lower the voltage to fake the MB out to think it is a 95W CPU. Didn't work, nothing would even come up after this. I did some reading and found out how to reset the pin on board to go back to default. Tried wattage many times, didn't work. Finally found by pressing F11 many times I got to a BIOS update screen. I had to make a bootable USB, then d/l new BIOS, then flash BIOS. FINALLY WORKED!! Kind of fun to figure out though.
