Motherboards Asus Rampage II Extreme (Revision 2.01G)

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  1. sarge

    sarge What's a Dremel?

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    First hi to everyone as this my first of many post's :eek: :thumb: :thumb:

    now for the question... my friend has ordered this mobo Asus Rampage II Extreme (Revision 2.01G) (upgrade from striker 680i damm about time)
    and just need to know will it support I7 930 out of box, have done some digging and it looks like shipped with bios version


    0903 (12/031/2008)

    can anyone confirm this and if so will chip run or not because don't have access to another i7 chip
    my rig running i5 oc of course :brrr:


    thx
     
  2. Throbbi

    Throbbi What's a Dremel?

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    According to Asus the i7 930 is supported from BIOS version 1639 so in theory it wont run it. A quick BIOS flash will sort that out though.

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  3. sarge

    sarge What's a Dremel?

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    ok thx Throbbi.. friend just bought mobo from Scan wonder if they can flash for him (for a price i imagine) otherwise suppose he will have to settle for 920 :sigh: ,not that much diffrence in CPU's when oc
     

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