[Mini project] List CPUs supported by AMI8 BIOS

Discussion in 'BIOS Mods' started by Johnny222, May 3, 2012.

  1. Johnny222

    Johnny222 MDL Novice

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    I'd like to start a thread on how to find out which CPUs are supported by a specific AMI8 BIOS.

    Target:
    "ASUS P4P800-VM" mainboard because of its long BIOS revision history and possibility to compare different BIOS binaries.
    Latest BIOS revision here is v1018, but v1014 description says "Support new CPUs".

    Questions are:
    Which new CPUs are supported by v1014 compared to older v1013 ?
    Where exactly are the (code) location(s) where the BIOS decides if a CPU is compatible or not ?

    Original BIOS Links:
    dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock478/p4p800-vm/p4p800vm_(1013).zip
    dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock478/p4p800-vm/P4P800-VM-1014.zip
    dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock478/p4p800-vm/P4PVM1018.zip