Simviation Forum - which AMD cpu do you have?

Reply #30 - May 27^th, 2010 at 11:23am

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1. Reset CMOS.

2. Trying updating BIOS to the newest one applicable to your board revision.

Newer BIOS should be on Gigabyte website, but remember to scroll down and read the warnings.

I have no idea which board revision I have. I see it nowhere on the box. Maybe it is screen-printed on the board itself but I just now had that thought, so I have not looked. It ought to be there, wouldn't you think?

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Reply #31 - May 27^th, 2010 at 11:24am

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Well I found this board online http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=253...
I think it is yours. Correct me if I am wrong.
You should be able to run it

***Supports next generation of 45nm AMD AM3 CPU
This motherboard designs with Split Power Plane, 3+1 phase VRM to support AMD the latest 45nm AM3 Phenom™II series processors, delivering the great performance enchantment to system and ultimate scalability hardware expending.
*Note: If you install AMD AM3/AM2+ CPU on AM2 motherbord, the system bus speed will downgrade from HT3.0(5200MHz) to HT1.0(2000 MT/s) spec; however, the frequency of AM3/AM2+ CPU will not be impacted. Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information. ***
Taken from their website
and the 940 Deneb is on their support list.

So do what NNNG said and see if that may work. At least now we know it should work on your mobo.

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Reply #32 - May 27^th, 2010 at 11:45am

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Tai-2 wrote on May 27^th, 2010 at 11:24am:

Well I found this board online http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=253...
I think it is yours. Correct me if I am wrong.
You should be able to run it

***Supports next generation of 45nm AMD AM3 CPU
This motherboard designs with Split Power Plane, 3+1 phase VRM to support AMD the latest 45nm AM3 Phenom™II series processors, delivering the great performance enchantment to system and ultimate scalability hardware expending.
*Note: If you install AMD AM3/AM2+ CPU on AM2 motherbord, the system bus speed will downgrade from HT3.0(5200MHz) to HT1.0(2000 MT/s) spec; however, the frequency of AM3/AM2+ CPU will not be impacted. Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information. ***
Taken from their website
and the 940 Deneb is on their support list.

So do what NNNG said and see if that may work. At least now we know it should work on your mobo.

If you go to the support page for chips on motherboards, the AM2+ X4 940 (rev 2.0) has "N/A" where it reads if the 940 is compatible with the GA-M57 board. I assume this means Giga doesn't know or that the chip is not going to work on the board. Looks like I'm scrood...

Yes, that is my board. I have no idea which revision I have. Will have to look at the board in the machine after I go make an effort to find a better job than the waste of time I have now...

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Reply #33 - May 27^th, 2010 at 11:57am

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Speccy (a "What's in your system?" tell-all program) says my chipset revision is A2 and the southbridge revision is A3...

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Reply #34 - May 27^th, 2010 at 12:29pm

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Found it!

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Reply #35 - May 27^th, 2010 at 5:46pm

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My computer guru came over, we flashed the BIOS and it never went beyond "Verifying DMI Pool Data." In essence, we lost the motherboard. It will not boot. I understand a BIOS flash is permanent, so we ordered a new Asus motherboard. I have an M3N72-D on the way. It will use my RAM, my two video cards and the X4 940 chip. It was time for the old Gigabyte to byte the bullet, anyway. The 9500 was a good chip in its day, but it's slow now and there are others that do more for less money. Moral of the story: There are few computer problems that cannot be solved by a board and chip upgrade-- and the suitable application of money...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=42444...

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Reply #36 - Jun 3^rd, 2010 at 11:24pm

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Got the new motherboard today. Haven't done anything with it yet. There is always tomorrow. I took out the old 95W Gigabyte board, trashed it and will get at the new Asus board soon enough...

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