890gxm-g65 and AM3+ support

My computer has a gigabyte board and am getting ready to upgrade my CPU from the FX-4100 to the 6300 piledriver...
My nephew lives with me and is an amateur computer ethusiast ... I myself have never done anything with bios updates and such but here is my question
His board is the MSI 890gxm-g65, it normally supports the am3 socket CPUs.. but looking at MSI's website.. it says with a bios update it can support AM3+ CPUs.. according to Everest Ultimate.. his current bios version is 1.6.. I am wondering if that bios will support the FX-4100 or if i need to get him an updated bios version and need to better understand how to update or "flash" the bios.. any help would be appreciated.. thank you in advance
also i know this is an old question.. the AM3+ support for these boards came out a couple years ago.. I am just new to bios updating and flashing.. and not sure how to proceed.. I know that this particular board will support the AM3+ socket CPUs.. but i am not sure his boards BIOS is the right version or not

That MB requires at least BIOS 1.C for FX-4100.
Download BIOS file here:
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/890GXM-G65.html#/?div=BIOS
Use the forum flash tool to flash the BIOS, see here how to do it:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=119375.0

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Pls help MSI 890GXM-G65

tomorrow i buy MSI 890GXM-G65 and AMD Phenom II X4 840 AM3 3.2GHz 2MB Cache 45nm HDX840WFGMBOX
no any information MSI 890GXM-G65 cpu support for phenom II X4 840 HDX840WFGMBOX msi offical site i waiting answer
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S.

I have one in my 890FXA-GD70 board and it works fine (not on CPU support list for my board too, I notice), don't see why it shouldn't work in your 890GXM-G65 board also.

890GXM-G65 working with 1,6v RAM - Is that ok?

Hello, folks. I built my first rig last year, with the 890GXM-G65, and I am considering a few updates, which made me realize that I made a mistake . Now that I am more aware of things in a rig, I saw that my mainboard requires 1,5v RAM, but I have 2 x 2GB Corsair DDR3 1.333MHz TW3X4G1333C9 G (1,6v). I read somewhere that using memory with voltage higher than the mainboard can compromise or even burn the processor. Is that right? Is the 1,6v RAM putting my processor or the mainboard at risk?
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Hello, folks. I bought an 890GXM-G65 and I am having a doubt regarding the installation. The audio connector from the front panel splits in two. One connector reads “AC’ 97” and the other “HD Audio”. My motherboard manual says nothing about which one should I use to plug into the JAUD1.
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Quote from: Stu on 07-November-10, 22:34:34
Ujee,
Please keep discussion of your problem in your own thread, don't hijack others.
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Help - MSi 890GXM-G65 error

Hello
New build with MSi 890GXM-G65 and AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition was working perfectly for a few hours.
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screen shot here - if you open that pic icon in a new tab
I'm not sure how to even start in terms of trouble shooting.
any guidance would be so appreciated,.
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Quote from: xmad on 06-September-12, 03:52:06
Also try a full cmos clear as well.
Thank you for that tip, the Full CMOS Clear, that seem to do it for me, appreciate the FAST response.
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Bios: Version 1.x
VGA: Integrated ATI Radeon HD4290 GPU
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890GXM-G65 no S.M.A.R.T. support in bios.

Hi.
Few days ago i buy mobo 890GXM-G65, today wanted to check S.M.A.R.T. on one of my hdd, and i have a surprise, smartctl gives me that answer:
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SMART support is: Disabled
SMART Disabled. Use option -s with argument 'on' to enable it.
Ok, i try with this: smartctl -a -s on /dev/sda and i receive that:
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=== START OF ENABLE/DISABLE COMMANDS SECTION ===
Error SMART Enable failed: Input/output error
Smartctl: SMART Enable Failed.
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T perm
issive' options.
Ok, so i reboot OS, check every option in bios and don't see nothing about S.M.A.R.T. bios version is 1.B (last). This mobo realy don't support S.M.A.R.T. features or this my "luck"?

Quote from: Svet on 20-July-11, 01:16:26
SMART don't really shows accurate info, often makes mistakes.
Maybe is not accurate in 100% (especially if we speak about Seagate drives, or windows soft like hd tune), but still is really helpful
Quote from: Svet on 20-July-11, 01:16:26
Also thing its available only in native IDE mode.[/color]
I think it doesn't matter (until today i never have problem on ahci or ide), but i check and still this same.

890GXM-G65 AM3+/black socket

Hi all. Just wanted to know if the 890GXM-G65 will be getting a black socket/AM3+ revision in the near future...since it is certified AM3+ but the one on the site still has a white/AM3 socket (BD/FX chips won't fit). Thanks.

Ask MSI: >>How to contact MSI.<<
As we are not MSI we don't know.

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Good day everyone.
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If you are still looking for one, cybertronpc is the only place I could find one retail, although pricey. It works great though, and 3 year warranty if retail. No warranty if bought used or on ebay or something like that. I had ordered at 3 other places only for them to get canceled, despite them saying they were in stock. I just bought it a little over a month ago and they only had about 10 left then. Could be out.
http://www.cybertronpc.com/Itemdesc~ic~MBD-MSI-890GXMA~Group~BUSINESS~Cat~COMPONENTS.htm
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890GXM-G65 MoBo info, links don't work

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Vishera link works.
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J

Simply check the product site for cpu support (like instructed in "How to check CPU support"): http://www.msi.com/support/mb/890GXMG65.html#support-cpu

890 GXM-G65 and FX8350 processor

Thanks ahead of time for all replies. I am ticked off with MSI. I've purchased their motherboards for the last 10 years for all my builds.
I purchased the 890GXM-G65 about a year and half ago, with the understanding it would support future AM3+ processors. I stated with a 985 Black processor, and now I have purchased the new FX8350, and the board will not boot or post. I called MSI and they say there is no bios update to support the FX8350, and the powers to be in China probably will not release another bios update for this board. I paid $148 for this board because it was a stout micro atx board, and now I am told no support for a class of processors they (MSI) said would be supported.
Does anyone know of a work around? Can you flash a bios for a different series of MSI 890 full Atx boards that support FX8350 to the micro atx? I'm not looking to buy another motherboard from MSI if they are not going to support their products. Any help or knowledge for the community would be great. I read a few post where "someone" said they got a FX8350 working, but I think they must have been mistaken.
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Not officially supported...probably because the Vishera can draw more power than MSI is comfortable with. That said, it has been done. (Don't blame me if you brick your board.)
Quote from: JDB4LFE on 01-November-12, 11:37:45
For those of you curious if the new Vishera Piledriver processors are supported on this motherboard....that is a positive. just got my fx-8320 in yesterday and with the bios version 1.12 it is fully recognized and overclockable. Happy gaming!!
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=162959.0
Make sure your clear your CMOS.

Automatic Phase Switching on 890gxm-g65

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HI,
maybe you are having this problem because the feature is not working in BIOS. After updating the BIOS on my 790fx-gd70 I also noticed that APS didn't work any longer. I contacted support but haven't heard from them yet.
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890GXM-G65 keyboard issues

Before I go over specs, I am having the EXACT same problem described in this thread. The OP in that thread is correct in that the bios does NOT stop at the F1/F2 prompt after a CMOS clear -- it pauses for about 1 second then continues on its way. Subsequent reboots simply end up on a failed boot page.
My config: 890GXM-G65 main board with bios revision 1.8, AMD Phenom II X6 1090T cpu, 16G ram (posts), 675W power supply (Thermaltake).
All peripherals are disconnected from the system. I cannot get a PS/2 keyboard to work nor a USB keyboard in any port. I have run into this in the past on certain servers with legacy keyboard support and one could get around the problem by plugging in BOTH a usb and ps/2 keyboard but that is not working in this case.
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MSI 890GXM-G65 Thuban Issues

Hi,
Sorry if I post this in the wrong section.
I've been using v1.0 original bios for MSI 890GXM-G65 board without any problems.
Recently I tried updating to v1.2 to enable support for X6 1055T as stated in the link below.
My cpu code is HDT55TFBK6DGR which is the 125W version and requires v1.2 bios.
http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodcpu2&prod_no=2012&maincat_no=1#menu
I am unable to turn off Cool'n'Quiet feature for the Thuban core.
Enabling or disabling the setting in BIOS has no effect at all.
Multipliers keep dropping to x4 from the stock x14.
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http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showpost.php?p=45130922&postcount=66
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Will MSI be releasing a new BIOS soon to fix these issues ?
Thanks.

Quote from: Golden Arm on 18-April-10, 06:25:26
Ah, that explains it. How's that Thuban CPU running at stock levels compared to other Quad-cores (if you have had any)?
Actually that hardwarezone link in my first post goes to my mini review of the X6 1055T.
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2731901
Unfortunately I only have synthetic benchmarks to compare the results with.
This is my very FIRST phenom chip from AMD.
The only quad I ever tried was the Intel Q6600 (used for 1-mth) before sticking to 2-core processors ever since. LOL!
Quote from: greyno3 on 18-April-10, 03:50:14
I don't see a bios update yet for the 790FX-GD70. This mb I am running is my brothers...haha. I am waiting for the 890FX-GD70.
One of our local overclocker "ridney" is using the X6 1055T on MSI 790FX-GD70 with the latest 1.11b1 bios.
He has the same cpu batch as me but he is on water. I'm not willing to go >1.52V on air for this hexacore chip (not yet anyway).
He had posted all his OC'ing @ http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=249606
The screenshot posted (towards bottom of page) @ https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=136443.0 was his!!
The reason I posted my inquiry here is because I thought there would be newer (beta) bios for the 890GXM-G65 which MAY allow me to disable turbo core.

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