AM3 raedy?

[pac_man]

I have a redundant MSI K9A2 CF motherboard which I'd like to drop a Athlon II X3 435 into. Now the board makes a big deal about being AM3 ready, but the CPU isn't listed on the CPU support list.

Does this mean It wont work, or just hasnt been tried by MSI. I was wondering whether to wing it...or not?

 

[mindless728]

well, it might work on the board, it might work at 800MHz max, it might not work at all

i used to have an ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe and there is a group of people that were able to get the Phenom II's working on the board (both the AM2+ and AM3)

so maybe do some google searching and see if you can find anyone with AM3 preocessors working on your board

 

[uh_no]

the x3 is still relatively new, it should work, though you may need a bios update or something

 

[pac_man]

Trouble is there is no bios update for that CPU listed. I've googled the two togethor but not found anything.

 

[mindless728]

well, you have good cpu support
http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=1333&maincat_no=1

my guess is with the newest update from msi's site you should be able to run that chip
though its possible that it won't work since its not on the list specifically

 

[pac_man]

MSI, say no go!