BIOSTAR A740G M2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Gaming

Reviewed By: TonyFordz on 4/27/2009

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: I bought this board because it can support up to 16GBs of memory, its upgradeable for future upgrades in the since I doubt anyone will need 16GBs of memory any time soon. Works great for gaming on Windows XP Pro (32-bit). I am running an AMD 9550 Quad on mine no problems so far.

Cons: Wish it had more PCI slots, and wish I bought mine on NewEgg lol got both my board & CPU in a bundle for 209.00 free shipping.

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Reviewed By: on 4/10/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

Pros: Nice features for such a cheap board...6 sata, 4 DIMM slots, 1066 ram support with am2+, pcie X1 and X16, 3 USB headers for up to 6 external ports.

Cons: Yes it can only support a 95w cpu, but who is going to be running more than a 95w CPU with a $60 board? Are you serious? Why the complaining? Who runs less than *atleast* a 780G board with a phenom II?

Other Thoughts: Bought this locally used for $40, great deal for these features. Using it to upgrade my brothers PC, I have an ASROCK 780G board with an AM3 710 phenom II CPU and love them both, but the Bios with the Biostar's boards are easier to navigate IMO.
With this board I'm putting a 4600+ dual core and 2X2gb of ddr2-800 ram in it. Should make for a decently fast system for really cheap.

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not good

Reviewed By: www.boistar.com on 2/23/2009

Tech Level: average - Ownership: less than 1 day

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: none now

Cons: posted January 28, 2009 05:24 AM
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Biostar Implements 95Watt CPU Lock-out!

In an effort to curtail Power FET failures on certain Motherboards, Biostar has implemented an above 95Watt Lock-out in latest BIOS of those motherboards.

What this means is that if you have a CPU that has a higher then 95Watt Power rating, and flash one of the newer BIOS, the system will shutdown after the CPU is detected. There appears to be no easy way to recover and flash back to an older BIOS once the BIOS has been flashed, other the the 2 methods listed below.

To date, the following Motherboards have the 95Watt Lock-out:

TA780G M2+ starting with the A78GM114.BST BIOS.

TA770 A2+SE starting with the A78BA114.BST BIOS.

TA760G M2+ starting with the A76GM113.BST BIOS.

A740 M2+ starting with the A74GMB18.BFS BIOS.

TF720 A2+ starting with the N78VA114.BST BIOS.

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