SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
PSU
Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
Case
ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
Cooling
Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
Keyboard
Logitech G15 (gen 2)
Mouse
Logitech MX Master (shared)
Internet Speed
AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
Operating System
Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo ThinkPad E545
CPU
AMD A6-5350M APU
Motherboard
Lenovo
Memory
8 GB
Graphics card(s)
Radeon HD (Embedded)
Sound Card
Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
Monitor(s) Displays
Lenovo 15" Matte
Screen Resolution
1680 * 1050
Hard Drives
INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
Especially when dealing with your motherboard BIOS you should follow the age old advice of "If it ain't brok, don't fix it!".
You should be able to install Vista x64 without any issue on that motherboard. Update the BIOS only if you have any specific problems that can be traced back to a fault in the original version BIOS.
I agree with the others. I have the same board and i use bios vers. 1203. A very stable board and bios here.
The good thing is it's easy as pie to update the bios with the M2n-sli but i wouldn't.. unless you absolutely have to.
tyvm for the advice now i gotta do some research on setting up my system for 8 gigs of ram. ive read ill have to adjust some timings and voltage when using 8 gigs.