eggie Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Hi there,I recently got a ECS KV2 Extreme and an AMD 4600 X2. The main reason I got this mainboard was because I didn't want to upgrade my graphics card because atm its more than good enough for what I need.I am however having a couple of probems with the dual core part of the processor as it won't pick up the second core. I realise it's a fairly old mainboard and was wondering if it was simply a case of updating the bios so that it'll work dual core. If it is then does anyone know where I'd be able to get some, I've had a look on ECS's site to no availHELP!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidSage Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 ECS IMO make horrid mobo's. I'm not surprised you are having issues....BUT Yes. It is just a matter of updating the BIOS. Though the Cool n quiet feature still causes lock-up's. ECS's site has the BIOS updates you need.There are better boards out there that still have agp slots (even a few mobo's with both agp and PCI-E). It would be a good investment if you already spent $$$ on older RAM and AGP vid cards and don't plan on upgrading in the near future.Gigabyte makes a good one. (I upgraded a client's PC in a similar sit. They are quite happy with it.)http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-K8U-939ASRock makes one as well though I have heard some dodgy opinions about it. ASrock 939dual SATA2kv2 bioshttp://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/Prod...DetailName=BIOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 If the BIOS update doesn’t work you could look at the 939NF4G-SATA2 from ASRock as well. It has onboard video with pixel shader 3.0 and can share up to 128MB of RAM. Before onboard was horrible, now chipmakers have become smarter . Also this board has a PCI-E 16x slot so you can upgrade the onboard video later.What kind of AGP card do you have now? I can tell you if the onboard performs worse or better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggie Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 The card I have atm is a Nvidia GS6800 512mb ddr3. This is why I don't really want to swap it out because it is a fantastic card and really cant justify getting one of similar quality put with pci-e. Does anyone else have any other recommendations. I was going to get an Abit AV8 because all of the Abit boards that I have used since now have been fantastic but I'm considering taking this board back because it is just lacking a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I would not take a board with a VIA chipset if I was you; Go with the ULi shipsets, they are in my eyes better. That video card is indeed a nice AGP card . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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