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HiddenChin

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#324094 26-Feb-2026 10:58
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Hi team,

I'm putting together an Athlon 3000g build for my living room, and I made the rookie mistake of buying a motherboard (ASUS a320m-a) on TradeMe without first checking the BIOS version. It turns out the BIOS it shipped with doesn't support that CPU.
Luckily I can update the BIOS - however this requires a CPU as that mobo doesnt support CPU-less bios flashback, nor can it flash from USB .

Does anyone have one of those CPUs I mentioned in the title laying around which I can borrow? It's literally just so I can update the BIOS so I can use the Athlon.

Happy to pay shipping each way.





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tangerz
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  #3465285 26-Feb-2026 21:38
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I think I have a Ryzen 3 1300 somewhere in my box of tricks for this very reason, (updating BIOS). I'll have to find it so will get back to you...




HiddenChin

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  #3465343 27-Feb-2026 09:50
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nice one, if you can hunt it down send me a DM. It'd help me out a lot.





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