Problems Phenom X4 and motherboards with a chipset 780G
The headaches do not end for AMD. Then it reported problems with some models of motherboards and Phenom processors, AMD confirmed the problem and stated that were the result that some motherboard manufacturers are using low-end chipsets for high-end processors and therefore greater power consumption.
The problem perhaps is not so much compatibility, but rather disinformation. The point is that the plates designed with a chipset 780G processors do not support more than 95W of consumption, then, when they are used with the Phenom 9750 or 9850, 125W consumer problems begin operating. For these more powerful processors should be used 790FX, which is designed for high-end systems.
In principle can be a confusion of users, but I recently Ifind that the 780G only supports processors up to 95W (But now I understand why Spider is the only platform with the Phenom X3), so that the fault lies with manufacturers . ArsTechnica investigated the matter and discovered that none of the manuals motherboards with the 780G, in this case marks Asus, Gigabyte, Biostar and ECS, reported on the limitation. So who is about to arm itself with a system that will set Phenom processor will have to be well into the chipset of the motherboard: 790X for 9750 and 9850, and 780G for the rest, including the X3.
