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My friends are throwing away their old stuff so I thought I'd gather those parts and assemble a system for casual stuff. This are the mobo and CPU I gathered.
MOBO: ASUS M2N-MX SE
CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 720
The Asus board is based on the AM2 socket. The CPU is AM2+ or AM3 socket based, I am a bit confused. As far as I know, AM2+ and AM2 are backward compatible.
But after assembly, the system fails to boot up. On power on, the CPU fan rotates for 2 secs and shuts down. I am guessing it's "rejecting" the CPU.
What am I doing wrong? Are they incompatible? Do I need to update the bios in the mobo? If so, how do I update something that won't boot!
MOBO: ASUS M2N-MX SE
CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 720
The Asus board is based on the AM2 socket. The CPU is AM2+ or AM3 socket based, I am a bit confused. As far as I know, AM2+ and AM2 are backward compatible.
But after assembly, the system fails to boot up. On power on, the CPU fan rotates for 2 secs and shuts down. I am guessing it's "rejecting" the CPU.
What am I doing wrong? Are they incompatible? Do I need to update the bios in the mobo? If so, how do I update something that won't boot!
