MSI K9A2GM and Athlon II compatible?

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Can I use an Athlon II CPU (240 or 250) on an MSI K9A2GM
motherboard? If so, are there any restrictions or partial
crippling of the CPU's features? TIA.
 
pawihte said:
Thanks. I'd already checked the CPU compatibility chart before
posting my question and didn't see the Athlon II listed. I
thought I'd ask here anyway. This is the page I viewed:
http://www.msicomputer.com/index.ph...ncat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=1430#menu
Click to expand...

Weird. Your chart seems to cover BIOS releases up to 1.2, while
the table on the other MSI site covers up to 1.7. It looks like
they didn't keep the USA site up to date.

I usually just search against the MSI site with an external
search engine, and see what pops up.

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http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1430&maincat_no=1#menu

Athlon II X2 Regor ADX250OCK23GQ x250 200 3.00 2M N/A C2 65 7302v15.zip


http://products.amd.com/en-ca/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=562

ADX250OCK23GQ , ADX250OCGQBOX


AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 $68 ADX250OCGQBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103681

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The specification for the motherboard mentions power limitations,
and the processor table has nothing over 95W listed. So if later
next year, someone takes a liking to the following processor and
installs it in the motherboard, the motherboard will likely fry
during the first game played. Or a run of Prime95 stress testing.
As long as you stick with your X2 250 choice, you should be fine,
as it is only 65W.

http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=591

Paul
 
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