Quote Originally Posted by fvbounty View Post
Thanks, thats good it shipped with 601, I get my QX9650 today but I've had my MB for all most a month now so I don't think I have 601 in it?
I think 0601 came out in mid-november so you probably don't have it. Just look for the bios version on startup.

Another poster states that even if you have an unsupported CPU (qx9650 on a pre-0601 bios) that it will still post for you with a cpu error - good enough to use EZ flash and get up to 0601. So hopefully you won't have to borrow a CPU just to flash. Unless of course you have been USING your p5e3 for a month now where this would not be an issue. Just flash before you switch chips.