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The BIOS
MSI went with a pretty plain Jane AMI BIOS. There are eight sub-menu's available from the top level menu:
- Standard CMOS Features
- Advanced BIOS Features
- Integrated Peripherals
- Power Management Setup
- PNP/PCI Configuration
- H/W Monitor
- Cell Menu
- USER SETTINGS
And a further five options:
- Load Fail-Safe Defaults
- Load Optimized Defaults
- BIOS Setting Password
- Save & Exit Setup
- Exit Without Saving
The Standard CMOS Features menu is very standard; nothing exciting here.
The Advanced BIOS Features are also as expected.
The Chipset Features lets you control PCIe 1.0 vs. 2.0 for the GPU slots.
The Integrated Peripherals menu allows you to enable/disable the the on-board peripherals.
The On-Chip ATA devices lets you configure the IDE mode, disable the on-board SATA controller, and set the RAID mode.
The Power Management Setup lets you control ACPI & wakeup events.
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MSI no longer supports 125W CPUs in the K9A2 CF
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K9A2_Platinum&class=mb
Here is a list of the supported cpu's from the link above:
CPU
• Supports 64-bit AMD® Phenom FX / Phenom processor (Socket AM2+)
• Supports Phenom FX CPU: FX-82
• Supports Phenom CPU: 9700, 9600, 9500 & 8000 Series
• Supports 64-bit AMD® Athlon 64FX / Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 processor (Socket AM2)
• Supports Athlon 64 CPU: 3500+, 3800+
• Supports Athlon 64FX CPU: FX-62
• Supports Athlon 64 X2 CPU: 3800+, 4000+, 4200, 4400+, 4600+, 4800+, 5000+, 5200+, 5400+, 6000+, 6400+
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