Opteron 939pin compatibility help needed!

I would like to upgrade my cpu to a more recent model. I presently have an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 939pin on an Asus A8NE-FM board. I'd like to upgrade to an AMD Opteron 939pin dual core, and am told it will work, but i want to be sure before i make the investment. Can anyone give some advice on what i should be looking for? Any help would be greatly appreciated! My system specs are listed below. Thanks guys!

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name ANDREWSDESKTOP
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System name
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~1809 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A8NE-FM ACPI BIOS Revision 1004 03/10/2005, 10/03/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.2
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale Canada
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2562 (xpsp.040919-1030)"
User Name ANDREWSDESKTOP\Andrew
Time Zone Atlantic Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 99.87 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

Yes you can run an socket 939 Opteron Dual Core CPU
Officially no Optys are supported, but they will work on your MOBO but you might need to update your BIOS
I'd suggest you upgrade your memory, 512 is slim for a single core

What do you use your PC for? there might not be much benifit going DC

 

You'll need to update your BIOS to version 1010 or 1011
just looking at Asus CPU support list they do list Opterons

 

As Asus says, update the Bios, and do it before you purchase the AMD Opteron 939pin dual core,
-Lesson I learned, don't get rid of the older psu, put it away safely, in case you develop motherboard problems, and have to replace it.- and have to update Bios with other cpu.Many boards are able to run the Dual cores, but most need an updated Bios, hence the need to do it before you fit the new one.