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Hi iv got a fairly old mother board a asus m4a89gtd pro/usb3 i was told if i did a bios update it will be able to support am3+ socket cpu?<\/p>\n
anyone know if this is possible?<\/p>\n
CPU im trying to fit will be an AMD FX-6300 black edition<\/p>\n
THANKS ![\":slight_smile:\"](\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=12\" "\\":slight_smile:\\"")
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It isn’t compatible, the pin layout is slightly different between AM3 and AM3+ I believe + has an extra pin or two.<\/p>\n
In a nutshell you can put an AM3 CPU into an AM3+ socket but not vise versa. Sometimes a BIOS update can expand the compatible CPU list but not in this case as its a physical difference that is the problem.<\/p>\n
Hope this helps.<\/p>","upvoteCount":2,"datePublished":"2016-03-04T16:12:37.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/motherboard-to-new-cpu/478322/3","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"leeproctor","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/leeproctor"}},"suggestedAnswer":[{"@type":"Answer","text":"
Hi iv got a fairly old mother board a asus m4a89gtd pro/usb3 i was told if i did a bios update it will be able to support am3+ socket cpu?<\/p>\n
anyone know if this is possible?<\/p>\n
CPU im trying to fit will be an AMD FX-6300 black edition<\/p>\n
THANKS <\/p>","upvoteCount":2,"datePublished":"2016-03-04T14:56:34.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/motherboard-to-new-cpu/478322/1","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"callumpeet2","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/callumpeet2"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
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