All those posts were made before they released the bios that worked with Phenoms...no quad cores worked back then so I'm not sure what part of that thread you're reffering to when you get the 965.
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Bulldozer/Phenom compat help
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All those posts were made before they released the bios that worked with Phenoms...no quad cores worked back then so I'm not sure what part of that thread you're reffering to when you get the 965.
http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM2Plus/M3N72T_Deluxe/#CPUS
The Phenom IIX4 965 is on the OK list so get that and my sure you have that BIOS.
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I'd rather not have to rely on clocking if I can buy a faster stock CPU. This motherboard is notoriously bad for clocking. It's got a 7850 BE in it at the moment, which were supposed to be great for clocking and I hit a wall at 3ghz (stock is 2.8).
The reason I'm asking if the 980 works is there are obviously more than 3 processors that work with this board (the one I'm using right now for example) so I don't think that compat list is a particularly valid source of information to base my decision on. I was hoping someone had either tried or knew if the 980 or 1100T worked.
Well I got an email back from Asus technical support saying the 1100T definitely wont work, but they would not confirm or deny that the 980 would. They basically said something along the lines of there are more processors that work with the board than are on the list but we've not tested the 980 ourself so we can't tell you.
Kind of annoying that they havn't bothered to test it (or release a single new bios for the board that improves compatibility). Anyway I'd still really like to hear from someone who has tried the M3N72-T Deluxe/Phenom 980 combo and can tell me if it works/doesn't work.
Kind of annoying that they havn't bothered to test it (or release a single new bios for the board that improves compatibility). Anyway I'd still really like to hear from someone who has tried the M3N72-T Deluxe/Phenom 980 combo and can tell me if it works/doesn't work.
If Asus have stated that then it's likely that it won't work. Just stick with the 965. As for the 7850BE, the first Phenom series usually have a 3ghz wall, you have to be extremely lucky to get past that. My friend was struggling past 2.8ghz... That's how bad the original Phenoms were. The Phenom II on the other hand, overclock like nothing. So even with your board, you still should be able to get a decent overclock.
Dude no offence, but I was looking for a little more than "Just get the fastest one on that list".
This is the fourth time they've changed the list, and the first time it's ever included the two CPUs I have that I know work with this board. There are also several people on the Asus forums using 955s and 965s perfectly well. which up until now have been "compatible" but now apparently aren't. It's pretty fair to say that the list might not be entirely accurate.
With that in mind, as I stated already, I'm trying to find someone who has either tried the 980 in this board and got it working or had it not work, or someone who knows any good reason why the C2 revision, 140w, 45nm SOI Phenom 980 wouldn't work when the C2 revision, 140w, 45nm SOI Phenom 965 does?
Well a C2 revision of the 965 will most likely work. The 980 is only C3, they moved to the C3 revision shortly after the 965 release and stopped with C2 production. So far the C2 965 is the safest bet if you want the best CPU for your board.
According to the old compat list C3 Athlons worked.
Also, this guy here bought a C3 965 after asking if it would work and then made no follow up comments, which kinda suggest that it did, but maybe I'm just being overly optimistic and he actually just sent it straight back.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=20334439#post20334439
Bit of a side note but assuming the C3 X4s do work, which is likely to clock higher, the 125w 965 or the 140w 970?
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Thanks a lot for the reply Mart. So there you go, someone running a C3 965 125w on my board, now can anyone tell me any reason why a C3 980 BE 125w wouldn't work?
I don't think the Bios is out yet but I assume it's in the works. Unlike this piece of crap I've got, Asus aren't about to drop their flagship AMD board into a support black hole.
Edit - Oh by the way Mart, you didn't have to do anything special to get the 965 working on the M3N72-T did you? It just dropped in and ran at the correct speed? Were you able to set your ram to the correct frequency? And are you absolutely positive it was the T and not the M3N72-D?
Can I ask a question of my ownI have been out of the loop for awhile, can I stick a bulldozer in my Crosshair Formula IV ?
I don't think the Bios is out yet but I assume it's in the works. Unlike this piece of crap I've got, Asus aren't about to drop their flagship AMD board into a support black hole.
Edit - Oh by the way Mart, you didn't have to do anything special to get the 965 working on the M3N72-T did you? It just dropped in and ran at the correct speed? Were you able to set your ram to the correct frequency? And are you absolutely positive it was the T and not the M3N72-D?
I didnt think the M3N 72 was that bad a board when I had it, I bought it because at the time it was the only board I could find that supported SLI and I needed it in a hurry and I knew could stick a better cpu in it in the future, at the time I bought it I had a dual core chip in there.
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Can I ask a question of my own
there is a beta bios out but it has not worked on a few peoples systems , one was using the fx4100 quad core
I actually installed that beta bios by mistake when it came out, my system worked ok but obviously I never tried a Bulldozer in it, I cant afford to upgrade this side of Christmas anyway, but when I do I think I will buy a Bulldozer flash my board with the test bios again and try it, if it doesent work I will buy a new motherboard.
