Is bios update necessary ??

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I have a ASUS M3A78-EM + Athlon 5200+
2GB DDR2 Trancend RAM +

I want to upgrade to any Phenom II x4 CPU (preferably 955 or please suggest )
purpose : VMWare + Gaming with my 9600GT

Please suggest if i do need to upgrade my bios ?

PS. any type of suggestion is welcome

^^ you have not posted your bios version though it's generally recommended to update your bios to the latest version before installing a new cpu on a existing mobo for better compatibility.

That Mobo does NOT Support 955 BE Proccy with the Default Shipped BIOS.

Upgrade to Latest BIOS First then do the CPU Change.

Download the Latest BIOS from Here: *www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM2Plus/M3A78EM/#download

avinandan012 said:
I have a ASUS M3A78-EM + Athlon 5200+
2GB DDR2 Trancend RAM +

I want to upgrade to any Phenom II x4 CPU (preferably 955 or please suggest )
purpose : VMWare + Gaming with my 9600GT

Please suggest if i do need to upgrade my bios ?

PS. any type of suggestion is welcome

upgrade of BIOS is recommened..
do take precaution like using a UPS while updating

the latest bios version of ur MB is 2701 dated 2010.11.12 use asus update to update the bios automatically from windows through net & most important as mentioned earlier make sure ur ups is working perfectly
PII X4 955 is supported from bios ver 1602

Thanks for replying

UPS point taken