Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:19:40 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Phenom II 975 BE shows 0 celsius Message-ID: <20110802001940.5ec25799@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <201108011921.39245.lobo@bsd.com.br> References: <201107312128.29322.lobo@bsd.com.br> <20110801185230.GA81791@over-yonder.net> <201108011921.39245.lobo@bsd.com.br>
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On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 19:21:38 -0300 Mario Lobo wrote: > On Monday 01 August 2011 15:52:30 Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 09:28:29PM -0300 I heard the voice of > > > > Mario Lobo, and lo! it spake thus: > > > Unfortunately this Mobo died and only found AM3 boards for which > > > my phenom 955 doesn't fit. > > > > Not that it helps you now, but the 955 _is_ perfectly compatible > > with AM3. It's only the initial 920 and 940 that were AM2-only. > > I was just following this: > > http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/CPU-6-socket-am2-plus-phenom-ii- > compatibility-alert.aspx It says "Although Socket AM3 processors can be used on Socket AM2+ motherboards, the opposite is not possible". I'm using a 955 in a M4A88T-M/USB3, which is minor variant of your AM3 board. My understanding is that the 955 is an AM3 processor. BTW in my case only the temperature is correct, but is only given for the first 2 cores.
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