Okay I know this is an older motherboard but was looking for help with this processor
Motherboard is a GA-MA69VM-S2 - BIOS version F10E
Upgraded from a Dual core 4000 (which works perfectly by the way)
new processor is an AMD Phenom II X4 955 95w, the specs on the website point to this being the fastest processor for this board:
http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=2500AMD Phenom II X4 955 3200MHz 512KBx4 6MB Deneb 45nm C3 95W 4000 F10E
system works and can install Windows 7, Proxmox, Ubuntu Server with the dual core 4000 installed(I'm using this as a virtualization server)
as soon as I clear the BIOS and install the Phenom Windows 7 hangs on install and any version of Linux installed gets a kernel panic
on boot BIOS detects the phenom: CPUID:00100F43 Patch:00AF
I have tested the processor in another motherboard and it installs everything fine
I have tried re-flashing the BIOS and issue persists
Issue is also not memory as I have swapped the memory from the other system into this one
I have 16GB of DDR2-800 (4 sticks of 4GB) Tried with 8GB (taking two out) and the 8GB from my other machine
issue is not video as I have swapped the video card from the other system as well
removed all other expansion cards (had a gigabit nic and usb/firewire card installed in PCI bus)
I have disabled cool & quiet thinking that was the culprit but issue persists
Changed SATA from IDE to AHCI and back, even tried RAID
all of this troubleshooting to me points to the motherboard and BIOS
Would there be a BIOS upgrade since F10 is beta or experimental? From what I am seeing this motherboard CPU combo is not compatible.
