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Corona688
2.6.30 is a very old kernel kernel by now, and 9.04 a very old Ubuntu. I suspect the processor would be the least of your problems in trying to run a new board on such an old kernel -- a variety of drivers would likely be missing or broken.
There are no Phenom-related options in my much newer kernel. As I suspected it must still all go under the Opteron family. Perhaps there's some specific driver or bug they had in mind when they said 2.6.30.
Well, not sure I'm understanding what you are saying. I'm not planning to upgrade my motherboard. Ahh, let's start over. My Phenom X4 is working quite well with both my operating systems (Debian 5.0 & Ubuntu 9.04), so I have no great need to upgrade my CPU, but I have an opportunity to buy couple of new Phenom II X6 processors at bargain price. Was told on another forum that neither the Debian 5.0 nor Ubuntu 9.04 could handle Phenom II X6 due to some lack of support, bug in the kernel, or whatever. True or false?