Bios Update Required?

[opeeum69]

I'm planning on getting this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128078
(GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L)


and it may be one of those motherboards that need a bios update to use the new 45nm intel chips, does anyone know if this is indeed the case?

and would this mean that I have to have (i.e. buy) an older processor just to be able to flash the bios to a newer version that's compatible with the 45nm chips? (I plan to get a e8400)

Hoping this isn't the case since I obviously don't wana buy an extra and pretty much useless processor just to get e8400 working.

thanks for any help

 

[codyz2035]

no your processor should work just fine without updating the BIOS on this mobo. it's made to support your cpu.