Retail BIOS Flash

07.26.06

I Flashed my T6216 (MSI MS-7207) with K8NGM2-IL/K8NGM2-L (MS-7207) V1.5 BIOS Release using a floppy drive:

a:\Afud408.exe a7207nms.150

No switches

I know the T6216 doesn't come with a floppy but a floppy connector is available when you open the case and I plugged one temporary.

I have too many options enabled that I don't know where to start!
So, anybody who have a MS-7207 in their EMachine and want to unleashed all the motherboard features, you have the green light to do it!

blaster69

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T6420 Dual Core Upgrade!

12.26.06

It took about 30 minutes to install the CPU [Athlon 64 x2 4400+ (Toledo)]. It booted right up and is working normally. I did not even have to upgrade the BIOS even though eMachines has a newer version on their support pages.

Addendum: I need to update this subject. When I installed the X2 CPU I thought it was working properly as 2 processors were shown in Device Manager and CPUZ showed it as a dual core. I later discovered that Task Manager only showed one CPU. Also, when looking at Computer under Device Manager, it showed ACPI Uniprocessor, not ACPI Multiprocessor. I tried the AMD Dual Core drivers which did not change anything. I also updated the BIOS to the latest on the eMachines web site. I was only using one of the 2 cores.

A lot of research showed that a new install of windows was needed which I did not want to do since the machine has MCE and restore disks that you create with the initial set up.

After hours searching google, etc, I found a utility that changes the processor type from Uniprocessor to Multiprocssor. It is located at: HERE
The Readme file is in German, but I took a chance and installed it and it worked!

I now have 2 working processor graphs showing in Task Manager and multitasking does not seem to slow anything down. My 3DMark05 score went up over 100 to 4122. I don't know if that is good or not, but I am very pleased with the results.

ChiefCook

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