N2Gaming

I am already under the impression that the Phenom II 940 BE will work right now becuase this board already supports am2+ up to 125w phenom processors. So I'll just wait a while because I just don't want to be the first turkey to verify it will work at the prices they are at right now. I'll wait to save a few bucks...

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Fossil

They should, but right now no M2N board "officially" supports it. I've only heard of the M2N-SLI unofficially supporting it. If I recall in that same topic, the M2N32 had problems accepting the chip. I could have misread it though.

True that! Though I have a feeling the recent price drops in response to Intel slashing prices will mean no price drops for a while.

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G-Byte

As long as I can put in my new(ish) 9850be I am going to be happy. then my 5kbe goes into it's mobo's baby brother with a 9800gt and the 1st 9800gtx+ stays in my main system.

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N2Gaming

I'm working on installing win 7 beta to see what all the hype is all about...

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Fossil

Let us know man! I've thought about getting a 2nd smaller HD to give 7 a whirl as well.

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N2Gaming

better hurry up i read somewhere that feb 9 or tnth is the last day you can download it. it will only be good for 6 months any way as they plan to release in by aug 1 and then u will have to purchase it or reinstall other os...

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Fossil

Yeah I remember reading about that. I'm downloading it as we speak and got my key ready to give it a test run down the road.

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N2Gaming

Hi all, I just installed win 7 with out a hitch on the first try. Only thing that sucks so far is no drivers for wifi.

Also I just added Riva tuner to the guides and utilities listed on the opening post of this thread.

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N2Gaming

did you have any luck getting it onto dvd for install?

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thewebmaster179

I´m actually very intrigued about this unnoficial phenom II compatibility. It could very well mean sticking with this mobo for quite a while more than I planned, which I´d really like.
I doubt Asus will take the effort to upgrade the BIOS for further compatibility since this board means no profit for them anymore.
In the official Asus forums, it seems a few people have managed to run a PII 940 by upgrading the BIOS to the most current version and resetting the CMOS, though it can´t seem to recognize the CPU brand on its own.

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