Still confused over K9A2-CF v1 cpu support

Hello,
my first post so please be nice to me!
I have a K9A2-CF v1 motherboard with a Phenom Agena 9500 sitting in it. I flashed the AMI BIOS from 1.2 to 1.5 at the behest of the MSI support team some months ago to resolve a memory stability issue, which seemed to do the trick.
My initial understanding was that this revision of this motherboard would only support a CPU that took up to 95 Watts, and this understanding is still probably correct.
However when i revisited the CPU support page today I noticed that the description no longer seems to differentiate between v1 of the motherboard, and v2 (which apparently does support 125W chips).
The page has presumably changed, since I noticed it was used by a fellow member in a topic along these lines to support the argument that v1 and v2 are differentiated in this way:-
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According to the CPU support page: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?v=1&func=prodcpusupport&prod_no=1333&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=#menu
The answer is no.
Psy
Taking this page at face value as it stands now, it would appear that my motherboard can indeed support 125W chips. (I am inclined to disbelieve this, but here's hoping)!
Could somebody with relevant expertise please (yet again) please confirm that the page is no longer accurately reflecting the difference between v1 and v2, or if there is some vital detail that I have overlooked when interpreting the CPU support table.
Separately but not totally unrelated, I also notice that on this page a CPU is listed "Phenom X4 Agena HD9850WCJ4BGH 9850" which is rated at 95W. Is this likely to work with my V1 motherboard? Since there is no longer any differentiation between what works with v1 and v2 I am unsure!
Thanks and Regards

Quote from: Henry on 28-October-08, 09:20:55
everything would work but the 125w cpu`s could/will damage the mainboard
Silvah is correct.
Yes the MSI website no longer differentiates between the two and for the most part applies to both but the no 125W CPU still applies to the V1 as nothing has changed for it. The smoking, fried CPU VRM MOSFETs are still the problem and that will not change. Be aware that extremely OCd 95W CPUs with increased voltage could also cause the same damage to the V1 MB.
Hello board.
I just waiting my MSI K9A2-CF, but really I don´t know what rev. v. it will be. I imagine it should be the most recent version since I bought the mobo from a big online dealer on Mercado Libre.com (spanish eBay) whom have lot of sales daily. Anyway, just at this moment does the fried CPU VRM MOSFETs issue hold on others revisions of K9A2-CF than v1 ? or it is a past thing instead?

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If you have a K9A CF V1 any CPU over 95W should not be used. If you have the K9A2 CF V2 then you can use the 125W CPU. It seems like someone at MSI decided to make it look like the V1 MB never existed. The hardware (CPU VRM MOSFETs) on the V1 MB did not magically change with the CPU support page.
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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.
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Dear P-G,
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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.
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