Dabode
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System Name | Megatron |
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Processor | AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core CPU, OC'd to 3.5GHz |
Motherboard | ASUS Crosshair II Formula AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard |
Cooling | Corsair-Hydro Series H50 CPU Cooler |
Memory | Kingston HyperX 4GB (4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Quad Kit Desktop Memory |
Video Card(s) | 3x EVGA 015-P3-1485-AR GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) SuperClocked+ 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 |
Storage | Corsair 60GB SSD, 2 x WD Caviar Green 1TB in RAID 1, WD Caviar Green 500GB 7200 rpm |
Display(s) | ASUS VW246H Glossy Black 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor |
Case | Corsair Obsidian Series 800D CC800DW Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case |
Audio Device(s) | SupremeFX II Audio Card |
Power Supply | ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W ATX12V |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
Benchmark Scores | 3D Mark Vantage w/ PPU P32362 3D Mark Vantage w/o PPU P24970 PC Mark Vantage x64 |
So, I just sold a buddy of mine my old AMD Phenom 9950 x4 black edition 2.6 ghz processor, and we perused newegg looking for an inexpensive board that he could use with it. We decided on the Asus M4A785-M as it supports AM3/AM2+/AM2 socket processors from the Phenom II / Phenom / Athlon II / Athlon64 /Sempron families.
We get everything together boot the system up, and get the message "This CPU is not supported by this model. Please check CPU QVL on ASUS website" After scratching my head for awhile and googling the message, I determine that the problem is resulting from the CPU being 140w and after reading the manual it states that the board supports UP TO 125w. After hitting F1 to continue booting past the error message, windows loads up just fine, and everything seems to function great. My concern is, could this potentially damage either the CPU or MoBo? If so, would an underclock bring things down to a safe level? Should I just say screw the whole thing and try to return the MoBo for a different model? Advice please!!
We get everything together boot the system up, and get the message "This CPU is not supported by this model. Please check CPU QVL on ASUS website" After scratching my head for awhile and googling the message, I determine that the problem is resulting from the CPU being 140w and after reading the manual it states that the board supports UP TO 125w. After hitting F1 to continue booting past the error message, windows loads up just fine, and everything seems to function great. My concern is, could this potentially damage either the CPU or MoBo? If so, would an underclock bring things down to a safe level? Should I just say screw the whole thing and try to return the MoBo for a different model? Advice please!!