Is MSI outta thier minds?

I recently purchased the RS480M-IL and a Sempron 64 2600+ processor. i kept getting the "processor not supported" message. after fighting a 6 hour battle trying to get the bios to update i finally get it to work. the pc now boots and runs perfect. here's where i think MSI is bonkers...i called thier tech support today before fixing the bios and the rep tells me that the processor will not work on that board because it is a 64 bit sempron. he had me all worried, but i didn't give up. he then tells me that none of thier boards that they make support the sempron 64...if not then why is mine working right now? they are idiots!

All of those boards support the Semprons.
However, you should consider the fact that mobo's take a long trip to the end-user, this can take upto 1!!! year.
This isn't MSI's fault, it just depends on how much stock some of those distributors/dealers take and how long the are on the shelf.
As the Sempron is a fairly new CPU, it happens that some BIOS'ses are plain too old to recognise it.
That is why there are regular updates for the boards, so they are able to support the latest stuff.
This happens with all manufacturers and all boards, no board you buy will support the latest CPU when you buy it, there is mostly just a flash involved and then it does.

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    Quote
    How about if increase the speed of the DDR3 Memory Modules to 1866mhz. Will we have additional performance gain for the built-in graphics? Definitely!!!
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