Manufacturers respond to Phenom 9850 support on AMD 780G boards

[bluetooth]

Recently, anandtech ran a story about problems running Phenom 9850 on various AMD 780G boards.

We have asked a number of them about their stand on this issue. ASRock was the first to respond. They have tested the Phenom 9850 on it's A780FullDisplayPort mainboard and it has worked well on it. They also send in their Screen shot showing the 9850 CPU-Z to prove it.

Jetway also send in their concerns about the PA78GT mainboard. They claimed that they have tested the 9850 on A06 BIOS for the mainboard. It has gone through 3Dmark tests without issues. They also said that another model featuring SIdeport memory, HA06 also support the 9850. Both models did not indicate they support Phenom 9850 on it's website.

As for Gigabyte, they are looking into the matter. J&W (as written on Anantehc), they will be having a new board. ECS on the other hand claims that their board will work with < 89W processors.

Some have told me that 790GX or 790FX will officially support the Phenom 9850. They do not think that many will buy a high end CPU and pair it up with a low end chipset mainboard. Even if it works, it is probably unofficially supported.

Discuss

[nastech]

Yeah... it just i minor bios issue. Once they update the AMD AGESA version in the bios it should be able to support those new 3850 processor. Motherboard manufacture just shock that many are buying 3850 processor... give them some time to update the official bios :)

[wizzard0003]

Originally Posted by nastech

Yeah... it just i minor bios issue. Once they update the AMD AGESA version in the bios it should be able to support those new 3850 processor. Motherboard manufacture just shock that many are buying 3850 processor... give them some time to update the official bios :)

You mean 9850 processor, right...?

The problem isn't BIOS, it's PWM's (Mossfet's) that go BOOM...!!!

Google this: Post Cards from the Edge - AMD 780G, NVIDIA 790i, Gigabyte 680i
and read the AnandTech article about all the MB's that have PWM's that can't
take the 125w TDP processors (like the 9850x4 and the 6400+x2) and just go
"Pop...!!!"

That's what the problem is...

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[bluetooth]

THe article is true to a certain extent. One thing i woudl like to point out is that, such CPUs are too new. If the manufacturer has put in a 5 phase design and have posted bios updates.e.g Jetway and ASRock. I suppose they should work well with the 125W TDP processors.

[wizzard0003]

Originally Posted by bluetooth

THe article is true to a certain extent. One thing i woudl like to point out is that, such CPUs are too new. If the manufacturer has put in a 5 phase design and have posted bios updates.e.g Jetway and ASRock. I suppose they should work well with the 125W TDP processors.

You're absolutely right, bluetooth...

It isn't every board... MANY of the ASRock's (including mine)
seem to be having NO PROBLEM with the 125w TDP processors...

People just need to be careful and "Research" before installing
any 125w chip...

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[bluetooth]

Anyone has an account there, please tell them that the ASRock and Jetway can support Phenom 9850. Show them the link if necesary.

[bluetooth]

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