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Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX rev 2.1 BIOS Query
« on: July 29, 2011, 12:00:03 am »
Hi i have recently purchased this MB and now have decided to change my CPU to a Phenom II X6 1100T BE, however upon investigation ive noticed that the 2.1 rev MB is only supported a BETA Bios (fgf) for this CPU, does anyone have any experience with this combo, and is it a good idea to use a BETA bios?

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Re: Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX rev 2.1 BIOS Query
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2011, 01:24:28 am »
Hi

In general beta BIOS versions are fine especially if you found it on this website because by the time it gets uploaded here it is almost the full version.
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Re: Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX rev 2.1 BIOS Query
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2011, 01:40:26 am »
yeah it was through the Gigabyte site, its just a friend is of the opinion that i could run into problems blue screening etc.

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Re: Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX rev 2.1 BIOS Query
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2011, 09:40:55 am »
Hi there,

as DM has said, once a BETA is officially released onto their download site they are usually pretty stable.

If it helps allay your fears, I am currently running a BETA BIOS (my 3rd one) on my own machine that hasn't been "officially" released yet and it is working fine without any BSOD's.
Remember, when all else fails a cup of tea and a good swear will often help! It won't solve the problem but it will make you feel better.

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Re: Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX rev 2.1 BIOS Query
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2011, 04:58:32 pm »
Yers I too am running a beta version and have done many times in the past with no problems at all. In fact sometimes they actually work better than the previous BIOS version because of a ammendment to the code.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy