New Gigibyte mother board

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:43:42 -0600, Karl F. Larsen wrote:

> I did a lot of Google Search to find the right AMD cpu chip for my new
> computer. It is on order and should be here next Thursday at the latest.
> I know it will fit and run so that is no problem.
> 
>     But I read a wiki about my cpu and it said the running a cpu
> designed for a MD3 socket in a MD2+ socket may cause some sort of BIOS
> problem.

I think you mean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM3 , please provide the 
link next time ;)

> Well that is odd because on my computer BIOS has a CMOS memory
> chip which is kept working by a small battery. What does BIOS do with
> the cpu? I understand it reads the hardware and boots up the computer.
> Why would the BIOS do anything to the cpu?

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS . I don't think the BIOS does 
anything "with the cpu" but rather with the supporting chips on the 
mainboard. That is why some mainboards may require a BIOS update.

Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonvolatile_BIOS_memory about 
"BIOS CMOS memory".

HTH,

    -Frans