04-11-2010, 05:31 PM
I am new to these forums, so if at first I don't give the full information needed for help, please forgive me.
I have an (old) ECS Elitegroup Nforce3-a754 motherboard and (very like member Peregrine) just got a good deal on a used mobile Athlon64 4000+ processor. However, when installing the processor into the board, the system won't start up at all. After a bit of searching, I've found that there are a number of Nforce3 250Gb based boards that do support this processor, but mine isn't listed. I've upgraded the Bios to ECS' most recent one (1.0f) but this makes no difference - I also flashed a Biostar bios , which works well with my Sempron 3300+, but again doesn't start with the 4000+ processor.
Please does anyone know if it's possible to fix the issue, and if so, what do I have to do?
I have an (old) ECS Elitegroup Nforce3-a754 motherboard and (very like member Peregrine) just got a good deal on a used mobile Athlon64 4000+ processor. However, when installing the processor into the board, the system won't start up at all. After a bit of searching, I've found that there are a number of Nforce3 250Gb based boards that do support this processor, but mine isn't listed. I've upgraded the Bios to ECS' most recent one (1.0f) but this makes no difference - I also flashed a Biostar bios , which works well with my Sempron 3300+, but again doesn't start with the 4000+ processor.
Please does anyone know if it's possible to fix the issue, and if so, what do I have to do?