updating bios problem

xpcpu · 25 Apr 2012 at 14:44

i have an Asrock N68s-ucc that will only show the 2 cores of my 7750 black edition.
i'm on bios 1.50 and want to update to 1.70 to see if that allows the other cored to be unlocked, the problem is if i use the windows updater it stops working virtually straight away and if i use the F6 option it cannot find the bios file.

i have made a bootable usb stick and placed the bios file into it but it is not recognized when scanning drives :mad:

what am i doing wrong :confused:

mickyflinn · 25 Apr 2012 at 20:07

ASRock Instant Flash
ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS flash utility embeded in Flash ROM. This
convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without
entering operating systems first like MS-DOS or Windows. Just launch this
tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive, floppy disk or hard
drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without preparing an
additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility. Please be noted
that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 file system. If
you execute ASRock Instant Flash utility, the utility will show the BIOS files
and their respective information. Select the proper BIOS file to update your
BIOS, and reboot your system after BIOS update process completes.

xpcpu · 25 Apr 2012 at 20:10

i've tried but for some reason it will not recognize the 1.70 rom file.

and the windows utility says 'rom file size wrong' .

xpcpu · 25 Apr 2012 at 20:41

updated bios to 1.6 and still no extra cores

looks llike this 7750be is stuck with 2 cores

is there anychance the problem could be that i'm using DDR2 instead of DDR3?

El Jimben · 27 Apr 2012 at 12:29

xpcpu said:
updated bios to 1.6 and still no extra cores looks llike this 7750be is stuck with 2 cores

is there anychance the problem could be that i'm using DDR2 instead of DDR3?

Highly unlikely, you might just be unlucky. How have you updated to 1.6 when the ASRock website says that there is no such BIOS version?

xpcpu · 27 Apr 2012 at 13:24

i searched all over for a different 1.70 bios that worked and tried about 8 different downloads but with all the same problem, for some reason i changed the search criteria and i cam across an asrock bios page for the motherboard that had a bios 1.60 that i had not seen before so i downloaded the windows flash utlilty and it flashed to 1.60 and the mobo is working fine.

except the cores still will not unlock.

i cannot for the life of me remember the search criteria but i still have the flash utility for the 1.60 bios.

i have just won a Phenom 2 x3 BE so will be trying that in the board when it arrives.

edit: Link

http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=N68C-GS UCC&o=All