Will an AMD Phenom X4 quadcore 9850 work in an AP480C-S/RM motherboard

[Keota]

Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone could help me.

I'm trying to find a new processor for my RM Ecoquiet 780 machine but I'm not entirely sure what processors will work.

I know that the motherboard is an AP480C-S/RM manufactured by PEGATRON INC. and, if it is like the AP480C-S motherboards, it should take AMD Athlon64/ Sempron/ Athlon 64 X2/ AM2+CPU/ Phenom processors.

Now, what I am wondering is if this would also include an AMD Phenom X4 quad core 9850 like this one

http://www.pcupgrade.co.uk/productdetails.asp?productid=5171&categoryid=484

If not which processor would I be best off buying for my machine.

Thanks for your time.

 

[o1die]

Use cpuz, a free download to id your motherboard again. Can't find any info using the number you gave me.

 

[Keota]

Hello,

Sorry but I am currently running a Linux OS on the machine at the moment so CPUZ is not an option unfortunately.

I have managed to get this much information about my system if it helps.

# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.5 present.
52 structures occupying 1945 bytes.
Table at 0x0009F400.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: 1005
Release Date: 03/10/2009
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 1024 kB
Characteristics:
ISA is supported
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
APM is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
ESCD support is available
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
BIOS ROM is socketed
EDD is supported
5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/720 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
LS-120 boot is supported
ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
BIOS Revision: 8.14

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: RM plc
Product Name: RM ECOQUIET 780
Version: 1.0
Serial Number: WO54542403
UUID: E0ED4C3C-050A-DE11-9E3E-00248C5798C0
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: PEGATRON INC.
Product Name: AP480C-S/RM
Version: Rev 1.xx
Serial Number: Baseboard Serial Number
Asset Tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Features:
Board is a hosting board
Board is replaceable
Location In Chassis: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Chassis Handle: 0x0003
Type: Motherboard
Contained Object Handles: 0

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 21 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: RM plc
Type: Desktop
Lock: Not Present
Version: CLASS1 HD
Serial Number: WO54542403
Asset Tag: WO54542403
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
OEM Information: 0x00000000
Height: Unspecified
Number Of Power Cords: 1
Contained Elements: 0

Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 40 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: CPU 1
Type: Central Processor
Family: Other
Manufacturer: AMD
ID: F2 0F 07 00 FF FB 8B 07
Version: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 2650e
Voltage: 1.5 V
External Clock: 200 MHz
Max Speed: 1600 MHz
Current Speed: 1600 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: Other
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006
L3 Cache Handle: 0x0007
Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Asset Tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Part Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Core Count: 1
Core Enabled: 1
Characteristics:
64-bit capable

Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L1-Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1
Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 128 KB
Maximum Size: 128 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Pipeline Burst
Installed SRAM Type: Pipeline Burst
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
System Type: Data
Associativity: 4-way Set-associative

Handle 0x0006, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L2-Cache
Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2
Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 512 KB
Maximum Size: 512 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Pipeline Burst
Installed SRAM Type: Pipeline Burst
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
System Type: Unified
Associativity: 4-way Set-associative

Handle 0x0007, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
Socket Designation: L3-Cache
Configuration: Disabled, Not Socketed, Level 3
Operational Mode: Unknown
Location: Internal
Installed Size: 0 KB
Maximum Size: 0 KB
Supported SRAM Types:
Unknown
Installed SRAM Type: Unknown
Speed: Unknown
Error Correction Type: Unknown
System Type: Unknown
Associativity: Unknown

 

[o1die]

All I see is "spoiler". Try the link again.

 

[Keota]

All I see is "spoiler". Try the link again.

If you click on spoiler it should show you the full information that is hidden. I hoped it would it would reduce the post size until revealed but it doesn't seemed to have worked. I will go back and remove the spoiler tags.

 

[o1die]

If you don't see a bios file on pegatron's website, then you're out of luck. I can't get their website to load. They've been out of the motherboard business for awhile. I was also checking ebay and don't see any there except hp models made for hp and asus by pegatron. You don't want to flash the wrong bios file or use a generic flash program in the hope that you will be able to run a faster cpu. Many of those boards have a limit of 89 watts for the cpu. If the 9850 is less than 89 watts, then it might work. Good luck.

 

[JohnyGt]

As near as I can tell, if the board supports AMD2+, and like o1die says, the voltage is low enough, it should work. But AMD2+ only supports DDR2, so you'd loose out a little by not being able to run DDR3. But according to AMD site, only the 910e is low enough wattage. Several X2's and, interestingly enough, a couple X6's use less than 90.