Acer Power M8 unlocked BIOS

[elrasho]

Hello,

I have an Acer Power M8 PC and want to upgrade the CPU. It's currently got an Athlon 64 X2 3200+. I bought an Athlon 64 X2 5200+ dual core and when I put it in the motherboard bleeps constantly.

I tried updating the BIOS to this one: R01B4Windows but when I run the WinFlash program it says 'Hardware lock - check jumper settings' or something like that. However I can't see any jumpers on the motherboard to change??? The motherboard is a Foxconn MCP61SM2MA-ERS2H (http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ProductDet...uage=en-us).

When I try to use the Foxconn Live Update tool it tells me my motherboard isn't supported.

Please can someone help me the flash the BIOS so that I can use the Athlon 64 X2 5200+ CPU.

Thanks

[elrasho]

I'm a noob! The motherboard is actually an ECS mcp61sm-am

However now when I power it on it hangs at the verifying DMI Pool Data screen. Before this screen I see this:



Please help

[elrasho]

Here are the screenshots and a picture of what looks like the model number of the motherboard:












Hope this helps, would be great to get this PC up and running again. The images are in order in relation to the menu options, but you need to go from bottom to top.