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They're not OEM only, and they're not vaporware as BIOSs have support for them, although the BIOSs were only released about two weeks ago and not all board partners may have yet released an update to add support for them, and AMD doesn't want to release a product without support. Something else to note, ASUS added support for another processor as well with the 2200GE/2400GE BIOS update, the dual core Athlon 200GE. Interesting...
Sorry, but your logic is flawed.
Motherboard makers support all CPUs, OEM or not.
The OEM/Tray designation is for CPUs that are sold as is, off the tray so-to-speak. Wholesalers then buy trays from the CPU vendor and sell them individually. The problem here is is that NONE of the wholesalers have the 2200GE or the 2400GE in their catalogues, which leads me to believe one of two things:
1) AMD has poor yields of 35W parts and is only going to sell directly to Acer/HP/Dell, etc... (This is not an unreasonable assumption. AMD has specific sales divisions dedicated especially for each vendor with unique sales contacts for given vendor
2) The product is vaporware
Your BIOS theory doesn't sit well. Take the Asus B350M-A for example (I sold two systems based off of them last week):
BIOS 3203 dates from January.
Honestly, I'm not trying to troll here... I've got an open order for a system based on this platform. The regular 2200G ran too hot for my liking in the small form factor case I am using. I spent the better part of the day dialing random extensions at AMD, and I could not for the life of me get anyone on the phone to answer any questions.
AMD - you really ought to provide a better venue for addressing these types of inquiries. A forum has its uses, but I could go over to Intel's site and have a rep on the live chat answering my questions within minutes.
