AMD Motherboards: Processor Support
by Wesley Fink on June 28, 2005 1:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Socket 939 Motherboards with Dual-Core BIOS
In addition to the Official X2 Support list from AMD, manufacturers are releasing x2 BIOS updates for their motherboards. Below is a list compiled from the manufacturers that claim x2 compatibility with their BIOS update.In general a board must be Socket 939, and the x2 updates, at least for the present, are mainly limited to the nVidia nForce4 family and a few VIA K8T890/K8T800Pro motherboards. The new ULI 1689 chipset also features x2 support, with AGP 8X on the M1689 and PCIe with the M1695. There are also several older VIA AGP boards in the X2 support list. ATI Crossfire AMD and SiS 756 also support dual-core, so new motherboards using these chipsets will support the new X2 Athlon 64.
"Check Web Site" means we could not find BIOS support for x2 processors at the website, and that you need to check the website or contact the manufacturer for an updated support lisitng.
Dual-Core BIOS Revision is the earliest listed BIOS to support Dual-core. Later BIOS for the same board can reasonably be expected to also support x2 processors.
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AMD Dual-Core BIOS Releases |
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Manufacturer |
Model Number |
Dual-Core BIOS Revision |
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Abit
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Fatal1ty AN8 SLI AN8 SLI AN8 Ultra AN8 AN8-V |
1.5 (6/16/05) |
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AV8 - 3rd Eye AV8 |
2.1 (6/16/05) |
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Albatron |
K8SLI K8NF4U K8NF4X |
1,07a (Beta) (5/30/05) |
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AOpen |
Check Website |
Check Website |
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ASRock |
K8 Combo Z (ULi) K8 Upgrade-VM800 |
2.1 (5/19/05) 1.4 (6/03/05) |
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Asus |
A8N-SLI Premium A8N-SLI Deluxe A8N-SLI A8N-E |
1005 1010 1008 1004 |
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A8V Deluxe A8V |
1013 0205 |
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Biostar |
N4SLI-A9 NF4UL-A9 NF4ST-A9 |
nslia614 nf4ua614 nf4sa614 |
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Chaintech |
VNF4/VNF4 Ultra |
V5.0 (6/03/05) |
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S1689 (ULi) |
0523 Beta (5/23/05) |
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DFI |
LANParty nForce4 SLI LANParty UTnF4 SLI-D LANParty UTnF4 SLI-DR LANParty UTnF4 Ultra-D LANParty UTnF4 Ultra-DR |
NFLD510 Beta (5/10/05) NOTE: 6/23/05 Recommended |
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LANParty UT LP NF3 Ultra-D |
Shipping BIOS |
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ECS |
KN1 Extreme nForce4 A939 |
1.1A (6/02/05) 1.0D (6/02/05) |
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KV2 Extreme KV2 Lite |
1.2C (6/27/05) 1.1B (6/27/05) |
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Epox |
9NPA+ SLI |
Beta 05.05.26 |
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Foxconn |
NF4UK8AC NF4K8AA |
See Website (www.foxconnchannel.com) |
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Gigabyte |
K8N Ultra SLI Check Website for other nF4 |
F3 (6/28/2005) Check Website |
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K8U-939 (ULi-AGP) |
F1 |
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Jetway |
939GT4-SLI 939GT4-Ultra |
Check Website |
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MSI |
K8N SLI Platinum K8N Diamond K8N Neo4 Platinum K8N Neo4-Fi K8N Neo4-F |
3.4 (6/02/05) 1.4 (6/02/05) 1.5 (6/03/05) 1.5 (6/03/05) 1.5 (6/03/05) |
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MSI K8T Neo2-F/FIR |
9.1 (6/08/05) |
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RS480-M2 (ATI) RX480-M2 (ATI) |
3.4 (5/13/05) |
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Soltek |
SL-NF4PRO-939 |
1.1 (6/02/05) |
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SL-K8TPro-939 SL-B9D-FGR SL-K8T-939FL |
W1.5 (5/25/05) G1.3 (5/16/05) F1.1 (5/23/05) |
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DEMO24 - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - link
I know someone with a venice chip, and 4 gigs of ram in a DFI SLI-dr board and hes running 1T. I dunno why yours doesn't work for you. There are specific BIOS dates in the 5/10 form for different kinds of memory. Maybe that would fix it.KeithDust2000 - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - link
Wesley, I mean why are there no benchmarks availableusing the new capabilities? I´m very interested in that!
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - link
#24 - The FX57 is also 90mm Rev. E. We mention several times in this article that the new Rev. E memory controller adds additional asynchronous memory speeds to DDR500. This is not just a feature of FX57, but applies to all Rev. E processors including x2.The BIOS has to implement the new programming for the additional memory ratios to be available in BIOS.
KeithDust2000 - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - link
Hi Wesley! What´s up with the 533Mhz Memory support included in the FX-57?"The shift to the 90-nm SOI process also means that the FX-57 differs in some small ways from the FX-55. Originally, the FX-55 supported just DDR-400 speeds; the FX-57's memory controller now will interface with DDR-533, and has some other small improvements, Seckler said."
http://www.extremenano.com/article/AMD+Ponders+Dua...
No one seems to be covering that!?!
KeithDust2000 - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - link
testOldDummy - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - link
nice article, just a good general roundup of topics. well doneMyrandex - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - link
My motherboard has X2 support but it isn't listed. It is the Giga-Byte K8N Ultra SLi. From the Giga-byte website:F3 2005/6/28
Support Athlon 64x2 dual core CPU
Googer - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - link
Thanks Wes,I have been looking for an article like this one for little while now.
matthewfoley - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - link
supposedly there is a beta bios out for the MSI K8N neo2 Platinum that has dual core support...http://www.lejabeach.com/MSIK8N/7025nms19B5.zip
matthewfoley - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - link
This is an interesting thread on the nF3 dual core topic...http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid...