[SOLVED] BIOS says CPU not supported on the system.. But partspicker says it is compatable with my MB.

[mattking93]

I have a Gigabyte - GA-78LMT-S2P Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard, And i just bought an AMD FX 8350 and installed it.

However when i boot up i get an error saying that the system doesnt support the CPU and that it is underclocking to maintain stability.

Multiple pc building sites have told me that this cpu and the mb are compatable with each other, so i have no idea what is going on

 

[yorben_vandyck]

your motherboard has a 95 watt limitation for AM3+ processors so the FX-8350 (125 watts) will not work

 

[lolnole]

The other poster is correct. You should always check the motherboard's CPU support list beforehand.

For each version of your motherboard:

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-78LMT-S2P-rev-31#support-cpu
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-78LMT-S2P-rev-40#support-cpu
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-78LMT-S2P-rev-5x#support-cpu

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It's not compatible with the board only the 95w versions of FX CPU's are shown on all 3 revisions:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-78LMT-S2P-rev-5x#support-cpu
AM3+ support doesn't always every CPU in that lineup is compatible.

 

[Dugimodo]

I would say it depends what version of the board you have, except none of them list the 8350 anyway.

PC building sites are not where you check compatibility, you go to the manufacturers support page for your motherboard and check the list they provide.

for example https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-78LMT-S2P-rev-31#support-cpu
You'd want to check thats the right list before trusting it, there seem to be 3 revisions of that board.