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CPUValidated since PCBValidated since BIOSNote
Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (CZ),2MB,rev.F3,65W,SocketAM2ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX2 220(ADX220OCK22GM),2.8GHz,512KB,rev.C3,65W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX2 240e(AD240EHDK23GM),2.8GHz,1MB,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX2 250e(AD250EHDK23GM),3.0GHz,1MB,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX2 255(ADX255OCK23GM),3.1GHz,512KB,rev.C3,65W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX2 255(ADX255OCK23GQ),3.1GHz,1MB,rev.C2,65W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX2 255e(AD255EHDK23GM),3.1GHz,1MB,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX2 260(ADX260OCK23GM),3.2GHz,1MB,rev.C3,65W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX2 265(ADX265OCK23GM),3.3GHz,1MB,rev.C3,65W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX2 270(ADX270OCK23GM),3.4GHz,1MB,rev.C3,65W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX2 280(ADX280OCK23GM),3.6GHz,1MB,rev.C3,65W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX3 405e(AD405EHDK32GM),2.3GHz,512KB,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX3 415e(AD415EHDK32GM),2.5GHz,512KB,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX3 440( ADX440WFK32GI),3.0GHz,512KB,rev.C2,95W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX3 445( ADX445WFK32GM),3.1GHz,512KB,rev.C3,95W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX3 450(ADX450WFK32GM),3.2GHz,512KB,rev.C3,95W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX3 460(ADX460WFK32GM),3.4GHz,512KB,rev.C3,95W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX4 610e(AD610EHDK42GM),2.4GHz,512KB,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX4 615e(AD615EHDK42GM),2.5GHz,512KB,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX4 620(ADX620WFK42GI),2.6GHz,512KB,rev.C2,95W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX4 620e(AD620EHDK42GM),2.6GHz,512KB,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX4 635(ADX635WFK42GI),2.9GHz,512KB,rev.C2,95W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX4 640(ADX640WFK42GM),3.0GHz,512KB,rev.C3,95W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX4 645(ADX645WFK42GM),3.1GHz,512KB,rev.C3,95W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Athlon IIX4 655(ADX655WFK42GM),3.3GHz,512KB,rev.C3,95W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
FX-4100(FD4100WMW4KGU),3.6GHz,4C,95W,rev.B2G,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-4150(FD4150WMW4KGU),4.0GHz,4C,95W,rev.B2G,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-4170(FD4170FRW4KGU),4.2GHz,4C,125W,rev.B2G,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-4200(FD4200FRW4KGU),3.3GHz,4C,95W,rev.B2G,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-4300(FD4300WMW4MHK),3.8GHz,4C,95W,rev.C0,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-4320(FD4320WMW4MHK),4.0GHz,4C,95W,rev.C0,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-4350(FD4350FRW4KHK),4.2GHz,4C,125W,rev.C0,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-6100(FD6100WMW6KGU),3.3GHz,6C,95W,rev.B2G,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-6120(FD6120WMW6KGU),3.5GHz,6C,95W,rev.B2G,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-6200(FD6200FRW6KGU),3.8GHz,6C,125W,rev.B2G,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-6300(FD6300WMW6KHK),3.5GHz,6C,95W,rev.C0,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-6330(FD6330WMW6KHK,3.6GHz,6C,95W,rev.C0,AM3+)ALL0211 GO
FX-8100(FD8100WMW8KGU),2.8GHz,8C,95W,rev.B2G,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-8120(FD8120FRW8KGU),3.1GHz,8C,125W,rev.B2G,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-8140(FD8140WMW8KGU),3.2GHz,8C,95W,rev.B2G,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-8150(FD8150FRW8KGU),3.6GHz,8C,125W,rev.B2G,AM3+ALL0202 GO
FX-8300(FD8300WMW8KHK,3.2GHz,8C,95W,rev.C0,AM3+)ALL0202 GO
FX-8310(FD8310WMW8KHK, 3.4GHz, 8C, 95W, rev.C0, AM3+)ALL0202 GO
FX-8320(FD8320FRW8KHK,3.5GHz,8C,125W,rev.C0,AM3+)ALL0202 GO
FX-8320E (FD832EWMW8KHK, 3.2GHz, 8C, 95W,rev.C0,AM3+)ALL0202 GO
FX-8350(FD8350FRW8KHK,4.0GHz,8C,125W,rev.C0,AM3+)ALL0202 GO
FX-8370(FD8370FRW8KHK, 4.0GHz, 8C, L3:8M, 125W, rev.C0, AM3+)ALL0202 GO
FX-8370E (FD837EWMW8KHK, 3.3GHz, 8C, L3:8M, 95W, rev.C0, AM3+)ALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX2 545 (HDX545WFK2DGI),3.0GHz,80W,rev.C2,SocketAM3,Dual-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX2 550 (HDZ550WFK2DGI),3.1GHz,80W,rev.C2,SocketAM3,Dual-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX2 555( HDZ555WFK2DGM),3.2GHz,512KB,rev.C3,80W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX2 565(HDZ565WFK2DGM),3.4GHz,512KB,rev.C3,80W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX2 B59(HDXB59WFK2DGM),3.4GHz,rev.C3,89W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX4 840 (HDX840WFK42GM),3.2GHz,95W,rev.C3,SocketAM3,Quad-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX4 850 (HDX850WFK42GM),3.3GHz,95W,rev.C3,SocketAM3,Quad-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX4 905e (HD905EOCK4DGI),2.5GHz,65W,rev.C2,SocketAM3,Quad-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX4 910E(HD910EOCK4DGM),2.6GHz,65W,rev.C3,SocketAM3,Quad-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX4 925 (HDX925WFK4DGI),2.8GHz,95W,rev.C2,SocketAM3,Quad-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX4 945 (HDX945FBK4DGI),3.0GHz,125W,rev.C2,SocketAM3,Quad-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX4 955 (HDX955FBK4DGI),3.2GHz,125W,rev.C2,SocketAM3,Quad-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX4 960 (HDX960WFK4DGM),3.3GHz,95W,rev.C3,SocketAM3,Quad-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX4 965 (HDZ965FBK4DGI),3.4GHz,140W,rev.C2,SocketAM3,Quad-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX4 970 (HDZ970FBK4DGM),3.5GHz,125W,rev.C3,SocketAM3,Quad-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX4 975 (HDZ975FBK4DGM),3.6GHz,125W,rev.C3,SocketAM3,Quad-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX4 980 (HDZ980FBK4DGM),3.7GHz,125W,rev.C3,SocketAM3,Quad-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX6 1035T(HDT35TWFK6DGR),2.6GHz,95W,rev.E0,SocketAM3,6-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX6 1045T(HDT45TWFK6DGR),2.7GHz,95W,rev.E0,SocketAM3,6-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX6 1055T(HDT55TFBK6DGR),2.8GHz,125W,rev.E0,SocketAM3,6-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX6 1065T(HDT65TWFK6DGR),2.9GHz,95W,rev.E0,SocketAM3,6-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX6 1075T(HDT75TFBK6DGR),3.0GHz,125W,rev.E0,SocketAM3,6-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX6 1090T(HDT90ZFBK6DGR),3.2GHz,125W,rev.E0,SocketAM3,6-CoreALL0202 GO
Phenom IIX6 1100T(HDE00ZFBK6DGR),3.3GHz,125W,rev.E0,SocketAM3,6-CoreALL0202 GO
Sempron 140,SDX140HBK13GQ,2.7GHz,1024K,rev.C2,45W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Sempron 145,SDX145HBK13GM,2.8GHz,1024K,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Sempron 150,SDX150HBK13GM,2.9GHz,1024K,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Sempron X2 180,SDX180HDK22GM,2.4GHz,512Kx2,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
Sempron X2 190,SDX190HDK22GM,2.5GHz,512Kx2,rev.C3,45W,SocketAM3ALL0202 GO
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