Jump into your way back machine...ASUS P5WD2-E Premium

[Wangstang]

To the guys who have been around custom builds for a while:
I came across an Asus P5WD2-E Premium board in good shape for pretty cheap and picked it up. I'm planning to do a cheap build for a family member's home computer and I'm trying to figure out what my CPU options are so I can get the most bang for my buck.

From what I've found, the final revision was 1.03G. My board was the previous revision, 1.02G. Apparently the 1.03G will support the Core 2 Duo 775 processors with a mythical beta bios that I can't find and there seems to be a lack of clarity on if the 1.02G revison can be bios flashed to support the Conroe/C2D CPU's.

Any one here happen to have some good clear tech on this?

Thanks
Wes

 

[Esiuda]

Check the Asus member forums for that motherboard. I know that for mine, someone put a link to where I could find a unoffical bios that supported the newer 775 socket processors.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

That's way back?

 

[Wangstang]

That's way back?

Not that far back but compared to the i7 and such, it's a bit long toothed. The P5WD2-E Premium is still a great board for overclocking. I'm just trying to figure out how far I can stretch it.

Wes