- AMD 970 + AMD SB950
- Phenom II X6/ X4/ X3/ X2 (except 920/ 940)/ Athlon II X4/ X3/ X2/ Sempron
- DDR3 2400+(OC)/ 2100(OC)/ 1866(OC)/ 1800(OC)/ 1600(OC)/ 1333/ 1066 non-ECC, un-buffered
Update. Check the chipset heatsink pegs
08/07/2015
This review is from: ASRock 970M Pro3 AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 + AMD SB950 6 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Pros:
This is basically an addendum to my last review a few months ago. It's still the only real option if you want a "modern" chipset on a AM3+ microatx form.
Cons:
My system died. I booted it up after coming home from a hard day at work and after about a minute the screen suddenly froze. I tried restarting it, but no POST. I wondered if maybe my mild OC/Unlock with my 960T processor might not be cutting the mustard anymore, so I powered the system off, didn't seem that warm, and reset the CMOS. Then I powered it back on. No post. Err... that's not good.
The next day I decided to pull everything out of the case and try getting the system to POST. When I did, I found that one of the two pins that hold the chipset heatsink down had popped up so there was no contact between chipset and heatsink. The system ran fine for months without me going into the case, so I'm unsure how this happened.
Overall Review:
All I can say is look over the pins that holds the heatsink onto the AMD chipset. If it doesn't look pushed in real well, you might want to do something about it.
Now I just have to figure out how to send this in for warranty work. I didn't see exactly how that works on the ASRock website...
Manufacturer Response:
Dear Valued ASRock Customer
Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
We will be more than happy to assist you, if the mainboard is malfunctioned.
Please contact us at http://www.ASRock.com/Support/tsd.asp
Thank you
ASRock Support
Tech Support Email: http://www.ASRock.com/Support/tsd.asp
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