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17-06-2004

GA-8S655FX Ultra and Pentium 4 Prescott 3.2Ghz and 3.4Ghz

Problem

When installing Pentium 4 3.2Ghz or 3.4Ghz Prescott, the system may tend to be very unstable, reboot or may cause memory errors.

Reason

GA-8S655TX Ultra Revision 1.0 does not support Prescott CPU's greater than 3.0Ghz/FSB 800.
GA-8S655TX Ultra Revision 1.1 supports up to 3.4Ghz/FSB 800 Prescott.

Solution

Our current stocks of GA-8S655TX Ultra are Revision 1.0. This will work up to the 3.0Ghz Prescott only.

Products Affected

GA-8S655FX Ultra PCB Revision 1.0 Pentium 4 Prescott 3.2Ghz / FSB 800 Pentium 4 Prescott 3.4Ghz / FSB 800