Phenom II X6 support for ASUSTeK M3A78-T

[presola]

Dаmn, I almost forgot about this thread Let's hope those highly qualified BIOS engineers finally solved the USB initialization issue this time.

[presola]

Looks like ASUS haven't completely forgotten about us - BIOS 1907 is on the way

For now the changelog consists only of new supported CPUs:

- Athlon IIX3 420e (AD420EHDK32GM), 2.6GHz, 512KB, rev.C3, 45W, SocketAM3
- Athlon IIX3 450 (ADX450WFK32GM), 3.2GHz, 512KB, rev.C3, 95W, SocketAM3
- Athlon IIX4 615e (AD615EHDK42GM), 2.5GHz, 512KB, rev.C3, 45W, SocketAM3
- Athlon IIX4 645 (ADX645WFK42GM), 3.1GHz, 512KB, rev.C3, 95W, SocketAM3
- Phenom IIX2 560 (HDZ560WFK2DGM), 3.3GHz, 512KB, rev.C3, 80W, SocketAM3

[presola]

And some new supposedly supported in BIOS 1907 CPUs too:

- Athlon II X2 225 (ADX225OCK22GM), 2.9GHz, 512KB, rev. C3, 65W, Socket AM3
- Athlon II X2 265 (ADX265OCK23GM), 3.3GHz, 1MB, rev. C3, 65W, Socket AM3
- Athlon II X2 270 (ADX270OCK23GM), 3.4GHz, 1MB, rev. C3, 65W, Socket AM3

[presola]

Wow, looks like AMD is trying to release processors having every possible number combination

- Athlon II X3 455 (ADX455WFK32GM), 3.3GHz, 512KB, rev. C3, 95W, Socket AM3
- Athlon II X4 650 (ADX650WFK42GM), 3.2GHz, 512KB, rev. C3, 95W, Socket AM3
- Phenom II X6 1045T (HDT45TWFK6DGR), 2.7GHz, 95W, rev. E0, Socket AM3, 6-Core
- Phenom II X6 1075T (HDT75TFBK6DGR), 3.0GHz, 125W, rev. E0, Socket AM3, 6-Core

[TheBigWookie]

And some new supposedly supported in BIOS 1907 CPUs too:

- Athlon II X2 225 (ADX225OCK22GM), 2.9GHz, 512KB, rev. C3, 65W, Socket AM3
- Athlon II X2 265 (ADX265OCK23GM), 3.3GHz, 1MB, rev. C3, 65W, Socket AM3
- Athlon II X2 270 (ADX270OCK23GM), 3.4GHz, 1MB, rev. C3, 65W, Socket AM3

I tried to download 1907 from ASUS website yesterday ..vut when I clicked on 1907 - I got 1905 version instead. I loaded that one anyway, it had been a year or so since I had updated the BIOS on my M3A78-T machine. I was trying to decide whether to get a new 880G board and some DDR3 RAM and a Phenom 2 CPU .. or just getting a new CPU and use this board and DDR2. I was looking at the 965 or the X3 740 or the 1055T.

Anyone else able to download the 1907 BIOS? Any recommendations on the upgrade?

Thanks

[presola]

1907 isn't ready yet, so it's normal that you got 1905 instead.

About the upgrade - I'd say it's still not worth investing in a new mobo and memory. It'd definitely be a better choice if you're building a new rig, though. I for example have recently bought myself a Athlon II X2 445 rev. C3, which luckily enough happened to have a stable working fourth core. Unfortunately, due to the nature of my current job, there's no time for overclocking...

[TheBigWookie]

1907 isn't ready yet, so it's normal that you got 1905 instead.

About the upgrade - I'd say it's still not worth investing in a new mobo and memory. It'd definitely be a better choice if you're building a new rig, though. I for example have recently bought myself a Athlon II X2 445 rev. C3, which luckily enough happened to have a stable working fourth core. Unfortunately, due to the nature of my current job, there's no time for overclocking...

Right now I have a Phenom 9950 Quad Core - 2.6 Ghz - I have OC'ed to 3.1 Gh ... it is sort of warm 41-> 44 degrees but that isn't so bad.

Looking at the some fun charts from CPU World Site the Phenom 2 - 965 Quad core might be up to ~ 25% faster in games (Doom Hi Level) and interesting enough the X3 740 is nearly as fast as the 965 and OC'able and unlockable too .. and is relatively cheap as well.

[presola]

You do know that not every X3's fourth core can be unlocked, right?

[TheBigWookie]

You do know that not every X3's fourth core can be unlocked, right?

Oh yeah ... it's a crap shoot whether you can that extra core enabled or not .. and then that core could be unstable.

[fastleo63]

Anyone else able to download the 1907 BIOS? Any recommendations on the upgrade?

A couple of days I flashed the new BIOS.
No problems. All personalized BIOS settings (SATA mode, base clock, multipliers, etc..) were preserved, a clear indication that this version features only a CPU list update...