Q6600 mboard question

[Davros]

theres a mboard for sale but the shops website says you need to update the bios for it to support a quad core
question: If a had that board + a q6600 how would i get it to boot so i could flash the bios ?
is it a case that it will work ok but only be recognised as a dual core or will it not work at all ?

the reason i ask is in the faqs there is something similar

q: my pc wont boot with board x + a core2 duo

and the official answer is :
"board x came out before there were any core2's out to support core 2 duo's you must flash the bios
to do this you must boot using an older cpu

 

[BRiT]

All depends on what they had to change in the bios. Most boards I've seen will post alright with the quad-core without the bios flash, but may act flaky when exercising all the cores. I think some of the new BIOS update merely contains the Intel microcode update patches for the TLB issue.

 

[Davros]

Thanks its just that official reply in the faq that states you'll need to use a different cpu to perform the flash
(ok its a different cpu, but it is the same problem more or less)
heres the official answer in its entirety :

As this motherboard was launched before Intel Core 2 processors was released, the corresponding microcodes were forced to be updated after the release of these CPUs. Though most P5W DH Deluxe motherboards come with up-to-date BIOS with new CPU microcodes capable of supporting Intel Core 2 processors, there may still be a small quantity of motherboards out on the market without this update.

This problem can be resolved by updating BIOS to 0604 or later.

Please use a non-Core 2 processor to boot and perform this BIOS update

The latest BIOS can be found at http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5W DH Deluxe
If your BIOS happened to be earlier than 0604, and have no non-Core 2 processor in hand, please contact your reseller (place of purchase) for BIOS
exchange service.