- AMD 890FX
- Athlon Series / FX Series / Phenom II / Sempron
- DDR3 2133 (O.C.) / 1800 (O.C.) / 1600 (O.C.) / 1333 / 1066
Avoid if using for AM3+ processor
11/05/2013
This review is from: MSI 890FXA-GD70 AM3+ AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Pros:
When it worked, it worked well. Not fantastic, but good enough.
Cons:
Newegg recommended this board along with an 8-core AM3+ processor. Zambezi 3.1 GHZ. It took me months to get everything to work, which included flashing the BIOS to an updated version with a USB card. I only have average tech knowledge so doing this took some intuition. I can't imagine a novice being able to do the stuff I had to do to get it to work.
At first I thought it was Windows giving me the problem, and I installed it like 20 times. It would always randomly reset at certain points. Also, it would give me FF error right off the bat a lot and I would have to reseat the memory and mess around with it a little, then all the sudden it works.
Finally when I updated the BIOS it let me install windows, and I had only a few problems from there on. During the time it worked I had some harddrive issues where it would suddenly turn off about 20 minutes into use. Fixed that.
Then after it working for about a year, where I played a game with just a few random shut downs, I downloaded a new game and tried to play it. Within 5 minutes it shut off. Then again the same. And again. I tried to fix it and it started to just shut down during startup. Went crazy again and tried to fix it, after a few days of just reseating everything and trying it magically works again?!
I am typing this review now and I am just waiting for it to shut down again. Not really what you want when you spend $1400 on a brand new computer.
I see it is discontinued so luckily no one else can buy this. I will now avoid MSI because of this experience. I found there Live Update thing to be difficult to use. Just an overall terrible experience.
Overall Review:
Avoid this, and if you have it, go buy another MB from a different manufacturer. I keep seeing MSI sending these responses to peoples messages telling them to contact them and blah blah.... a waste of time. Just AVOID!!!!
Manufacturer Response:
Dear Valued Customer,
We apologize for the issues that you are having with this product.
If you have not go through troubleshooting yet, then feel free to contact our tech support team for assistance at 626.271.1004 from M to F, 6am to 6pm Pacific Time.
If you have gone through troubleshooting and confirmed the symptom, then please kindly visit the URL below to set up a RMA for warranty service.
http://service.msicomputer.com/msi_user/rma_form_new.aspx
Required Information:
1. Full name (first, and last)
2. Telephone #
3. Physical address (No PO box)
4. Email address
5. Serial number (located on the box, or underneath the motherboard, eg 601-xxxx-xxxBxxxxxxxxxx)
6. Please write clear details about symptoms you are having onto the Special Remark section.
Once your information and warranty are verified by the system then you will get a RMA# immediately.
You will receive a RMA email which indicates the turn-around time as well as ship-to address.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the product or special requests, received the unit back from RMA but are still having issues, please do not hesitate to call us or email us directly and we will be more than happy to assist you, thank you.
Tech Support Line: 626-271-1004 (M to F, 6am to 6pm Pacific Time)
Tech Support Email: usreview@msi.com
Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com
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- Michael C.
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