13 year old needs help

[slick_tech15]

hey i want to update my bios on my ecs nforce4 a939 mobo. rite now when i run cpu-z, it doesnt recognize my amd 3800 x2. but on the ecs website it says not to update if your system runs fine. should i? thanks for all the help

 

[003]

yes

 

[slick_tech15]

so the reason why cpu z doesnt know which kind of cpu i have is because of the bios?

 

[TMT]

Don't fix it, if it isn't broken.

TMT.

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

Don't fix it, if it isn't broken.

TMT.

It's broken most likely, because the PC is not seeing the second core, meaning it's acting like a single core CPU

Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, go into peformance. If you see two little CPU graphs you are using dual core (Or hyperthreading or multiprocessors, but that does not matter in this thread)

 

[slick_tech15]

thanks a lot. i think it only recognizes 1 cpu. thanks

 

[slick_tech15]

i updated the bios but the task manager still only shows one cpu chart thing. any help?

 

[TheGr8schlotzky]

do you have the windows update that supports ht/dual core processing?

 

[slick_tech15]

lol yeah wow im stupid i just realized it works now. i didnt see the seperator seperating the cpu thingy into 2 haha. thanks guys