If you really want the story... I had an MSI Motherboard which had constand BSODs after replacing everything in the computer, it was narrowed down to the MB. I RMAd the NEW motherboard, they replaced it with a MB someone else had RMAd. It had more problems than mine did, but I expected a new MB. They refused. I called tech support(on my bill they don't have a toll free #). The tech rep said it was my fault the MB wasn't stable because I couldn't run the ram I had in that MB. I asked if that was true, then why is it on your QVL list. His response was OH!. His next statement was that my problem was I needed to upgrade my CPU. I told him that this was an AM3 socket, and I am running a PhenomII X6 CPU, and asked what CPU would he suggest. He hung up on me, and since then MSI has refused to respond to phone calls or emails. The MB died and is currently residing in the dump. That is the abbreviated version, but MSI has seen the last dollar they will ever get from me. YMMV. That story is the unabridged truth.