[geeks] Need geek assistance

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Sunday 18 April 2010, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> Bill Bradford wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 09:01:03PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> >> I have an ASUS K8N-DRE motherboard with bios 1005 installed.
> >> I know the BIOS versions for this board go up to at least 1007,
> >> but I 've not been able to find them!  ASUS' FTP site in .tw only
> >> has 1001! Any suggestions?  I need at least 1007 to use dual-core
> >> processors.
> >
> > Nevermind, 1005 *is* the latest, and I only need 1003 to run dual
> > Opteron 270s.
> 
> Is it just me or is it a bit odd for such a powerful motherboard to
>  have only 1x PCI-e slot and 1x PCI?

It's most likely meant to go in a 1U or 2U case with a riser card for 
the slot(s).

Pat
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