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alanbjames · 24-05-2014, 01:01

I have MSI Flagship AM3+ motherboard which is the newest version 2.2.

Here is the board..
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/990FXA...l#/?div=Detail

As u can see it has the 990FXA chipset on it so its the latest chipset board.

When i was thinking of upgrading my processor i was going to go for one of their 9000 series CPUs and after reading articles like this i thought all will be ok.

http://www.pclaunches.com/processors...5ghz-speed.php.

So i went to the MSI website to get the latest bios as it was required and i could only find one that supported the 8000 series chips. Feeling a little confused i posted a question on the MSI forums only to be told by an MSI moderator that the board does not officially support the 9000 series processors so as u can imagine im a little annoyed. After all its their Flagship AMD AM3+ board. The likes of Gigabyte, ASUS and Asrock support the 9000 series processors on their 990 chipset boards.

Ive used MSI products for many years since Socket 7 and the AMD K6-2 processors and have always been happy but this has put me off a bit.

24-05-2014, 01:01	#1
alanbjames R.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Swansea, South Wales UK. Age: 74 Services: XL Phone, XXXL Gig1 BB SH4 (wired). Posts: 2,753	Really Annoyed at MSI and planning to complain I have MSI Flagship AM3+ motherboard which is the newest version 2.2. Here is the board.. http://www.msi.com/product/mb/990FXA...l#/?div=Detail As u can see it has the 990FXA chipset on it so its the latest chipset board. When i was thinking of upgrading my processor i was going to go for one of their 9000 series CPUs and after reading articles like this i thought all will be ok. http://www.pclaunches.com/processors...5ghz-speed.php. So i went to the MSI website to get the latest bios as it was required and i could only find one that supported the 8000 series chips. Feeling a little confused i posted a question on the MSI forums only to be told by an MSI moderator that the board does not officially support the 9000 series processors so as u can imagine im a little annoyed. After all its their Flagship AMD AM3+ board. The likes of Gigabyte, ASUS and Asrock support the 9000 series processors on their 990 chipset boards. Ive used MSI products for many years since Socket 7 and the AMD K6-2 processors and have always been happy but this has put me off a bit.