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EVGA nforce 730a and Phenom II's? - 9/26/2009 9:46:20 AM

Limitin

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I just purchased and installed an AMD Phenom II x4 955 into my computer. I had flashed the bios beforehand with the update that EVGA put out to allow Phenom II's to work with this motherboard, but I am having an issue. Even with the update and AMD Cool & Quiet off, the processor is only reading at 800MHZ, even though it should be reading at 3.2 GHZ. When I noticed this, I tried flashing the bios with the update once again in case it didn't work last time, but still the same result.

How do I fix this and make the processor run at its stock speed?

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RE: EVGA nforce 730a and Phenom II's? - 10/4/2009 1:39:10 AM

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Maybe you should try putting in a spare processor, if you have one, to see how that one reads. If that one reads normal, and the bios flash went ok, than maybe your CPU is bad.

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RE: EVGA nforce 730a and Phenom II's? - 10/4/2009 10:05:48 AM

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This motherboard was not made to support 125Watt CPUs. Some people have had no issues using higher wattage CPUs, but 95Watt is the design spec. Also, I have a newer PhenomII X2 550 and the current BIOS does not support AM3 processors. AM2+ yes, AM3 to a certain point. My computer will boot and load windows with an AM3 PII but will freeze within minutes. When I put in my Athlon X2, all is fine. When I contacted EVGA, here is the response:

"Question (08/30/2009 9:00:43 AM): I bought an AMD Phenom II 550BE and installed onto the mobo, the BIOS gives 'unknown processor' and I do have the latest BIOS installed. The computer starts fine then freezes. I know that it is because the current BIOS does not have official support for the newer AMD processors. When will an updated BIOS be available for 730a mobo so that I can enjoy my new AMD processor?
Answered By Garrett H (08/30/2009 1:42:53 PM): At this time, there is not a bios version that will support this CPU. The supported CPUs are listed at http://www.evga.com/support/motherboard/ We do not have a timeline for any possible future support for any different CPUs. Regards, EVGA "

At the moment, only AM2+ Phenom II processors are supported.

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RE: EVGA nforce 730a and Phenom II's? - 10/7/2009 9:31:20 AM

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I tried this 730a MB with a 710 and overall system performance was OK, but I knew that something was wrong based on how it responded to certain programs. Then I figured the chip was bad, so I purchased a 805 at frys for $80. on sale. This chip never crashed the system either, but after about 20 boot-ups, I got boot errors on two Windows 7 installations. The recovery disc didn't help either. Good thing this rig was in the testing stages and I didn't have a load of personal info on it. EVGA would serve us well if they added support for Phenon AM2/AM3 chips too. But now the only phenon II chips supported are the 920 & 940.