Question 1

Is the oprating system 32 or 64?

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this motherboard works with both 32 bit and 64 bit operating system. I have used it with both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 in 32 bit as well as 64 bit. It all depends on which OS you have, the 32 bit or the 64 bit.

Question 2

What BIOS version does this come with out of the box? I'm only looking for people who bought it recently, I just ordered this and a Richland 760K. I'm just now realizing that it may not be compatible. 
The site says 7721vB1 for Richland cpus. But I also seen the answer where these two were bundled. (CPU free bios flashing should be standard.)

Accepted Answer

Jimmy,

I'm not exactly sure which version of BIOS is loaded on the motherboard out-of-box, but I've done several builds in the past few months using the Richland 760K and this motherboard with no compatibility issues. So you should be fine with that combo.

Question 3

Does this one support Richland???

Accepted Answer

If you have another GPU to install to update the BIOs they say it can be done but your best bet in my opinion...my opinion...is stick with the Manufactureres recommended processors and move or move to another Board with the same features that is designed for use with the Richland Processor and avoid the BIOs update hassles of using a Trinity CPU to update then installing the Richland.Alot of things can be done but best practice and performance lie with utilizing the Manufacturers tested Hardware.

Question 4

What is the difference between this board and the MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 other then the hdmi port?

Accepted Answer

Hi. I bought the MSI-A75MA-P33 FM2 AMD A75 board. Looking @ the specs for the 2 boards, it looks like the E35 board has a few more features and ports. HDMI, 2 more USB, more audio, and 1 more PCIe 1x port. If you are going to use this for multimedia, the HDMI may come in handy. The P33 board I bought can use either a separate card for video, like I am doing with a GeForce 8400GS, the Geforce card I have has an HDMI port on it, or you can install one of the FM2 CPUs that has on chip video. The processor setup on the E35 board works the same way. I don't have any experience with the on-chip video so I can't comment on how well it works. I do know that a separate video card will ease some of the load on the processor, giving you a little more speed. The extra PCIe 1x port is nice to have in case one of the on-board features goes bad, like audio, then you would have a slot to add an audio card and avoid having to replace the motherboard. Overall I would recommend this MSI board, I have built a number of systems with MSI boards and have had few issues. Good luck :)

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