Hi ... i am 1st time on this forum so if not posted on right place i am sorry... so i have motherboard msi ms-7309 and i have AMD Athlon 64x2 36000+ cpu with Socket AM2 (940)  .. so i read on some forums that i can put am3 socket cpu on am2 socket ... and here in Bosnia we cant buy any am2 sockets so i wanted to buy am3 socket cpu.. like  this one (http://unimatrix.ba/shop/product.php?id_product=167) and i wonder can it be instaled on my mother board ...

my motherboard information :

Manufactuerer : MSI
Model : MS-7309
Chipset :Nvidia mcp61  rev.a3 
Southbridge : Nvidia mcp61 rev. a2
LPCIO Fintek  F71882F


Bios: 
Brand: MS-7309
Version : V1.8
Date : 05/22/2007 


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Welcome

It looks like your board can support the Athlon II 250 just make sure you update your BIOS to the latest version before installing the new cpu.

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Dont be just like u can support it.... are u 100 % sure cuz i dont wanna buy and realise it cant fit and its not for my mb

AM2+, AM3 and AM3+ cpu's all use the same socket, so yeah it will fit on your board.

Now when I looked up the model number you gave at MSI four boards came up and the two I looked at both supported 65w AM3 cpu's like the AthlonII 250.
Now since I didn't know witch board your using I can't be a 100% sure.

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PII 1100T (Extinct)
Asus M4A78T-E (should be Extinct)
4Gb of Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz DDR3 (Going strong)
2x1GB 5850's (On their last lags)
Corsair HX850W (Awsome)
NZXT Phantom case (too ***** big)

You can always go to the MSI forums and ask them. They would know better then anyone on these forums.

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5311Mhz Validation

Ok I did a little more research and if this is your board than sorry your out of luck.

As you can see it dose not support any AM3 cpu's


Sorry man, I only looked at the first two that came up and after taking a closer look at them thay had MCP61(P) chipset


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PII 1100T (Extinct)
Asus M4A78T-E (should be Extinct)
4Gb of Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz DDR3 (Going strong)
2x1GB 5850's (On their last lags)
Corsair HX850W (Awsome)
NZXT Phantom case (too ***** big)