K9A2-CF CPU Support update

Hi!
Have read a lot of post stating that the K9A2-CF has to be V2 to cope with a high wattage CPU.
Not being sure what to think of this since MSI now have only one list for CPU support stating that all CPU's are supported now, I contacted MSI support and got the information that my K9A2-CF can handle them.
Searched some more and only found the V2 in US. In Europe and Global sites there is no such MB just the "simple" K9A2-CF.
Just wanted to do an update on it since I've seen no other mentioning about it. (I might have missed it if there is, searched through the forum though without finding any)
Quote below from MSI:
Quote
Dear P-G, 
Thank you for contacting MSI Technical Support.
Yes,the motherboard can support Phenom 9950 CPU well,please refer to the CPU support list as following:
CPU support list
Best regards,
MSI Technical Support Team

Quote from: Henry on 01-November-08, 02:37:57
That 'CPU Support List' is for the K9A2 CF V2 only, eliminate any 125W on the list for the V1 MB. If your MB does not have K9A2 CF V2 like in this pic do not use 125W or highly OCd 95W CPU. Read the thread that Russ-xp has the link to. It was a bad idea for MSI to sweep the V1 under the carpet and hide it like it never existed. Doing that for sure is going to end up with more dead V1 MBs for people that don't have the sense to ask about it like you have. I guess they'll just replace the V1 with the V2 under warranty when needed and leave it at that but that's just my way of thinking. The earliest V2s had a sticker like this in the pic.
So, what the support team have told me is wrong? That's the only conclusion I can come to since I do NOT have the above mentioned sticker on my board.
Have once again contacted the support team, waiting for response now.
Thx for the replies, actually missed that post by aardvark0

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