Most AM2 Motherboards Not Phenom Ready

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Foxconn/Winfast K8M890M2MA-RS2H (VIA K8M890 chipset)

Board Revision: ?
Installed BIOS: 641W1P24 (08-30-2006)
Upgraded with: 641W1P41 (10-10-2007)

Once again, the BIOS version that we found on the support website was too old to support Phenom, though the version P41, dated October 10, cannot be called outdated. All other AMD processors are supported perfectly well. The K8M890M2MA is based on VIA's K8M890 chipset with integrated graphics. This certainly isn't a powerful solution, but it was a cost-effective standard platform for AMD processors.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.