Wez Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Howdy All, We recentl purchased a couple of ECS 945G-M3 rev3.0 motherboards which some Intel Core Duo 2 E6550 CPUs and they wont post. According to the instructions these chips should work but they dont, we dropped an older P4 into the mobo and bingo it posted. ECS have not exactly been very helpful as they havent even replied to our mails. EDIT: just to add, anyone got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Thanks for letting us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chumpalot Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Bios upgrade on the motherboards perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 Thanks for letting us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Flash the bugger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I'll take a Core2 off your hands and give you an old P4 Prescot in return Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 "The motherboard supports Intel Socket 775 processors, including the Celeron and Pentium 4/D/XE CPUs which operate on the 533/800 and 1066 MHz Front Side Bus." - from review. "Intel Core 2 Duo E6550, S775, 2.33 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail" - from shop info Maybe FSB is a problem in this specific combination I would use ASUS anytime over anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 looking at different mobos now, didnt notice the CPU was 1333FSB. We did try a BIOS update but that didnt work either, not suprising since the FSB is wrong. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Can't you go in to the bios and manually set the fsb ? that should get them to post. Also what are the power supplies being used. Does the mobo have any diagnostic LED's to look at. Does it have any jumpers for different set ups etc etc. What memory are you using too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 Right we have found that very few mobos actually support 1333FSB, so far we have found one MSI and an ASUS. With the new CPUs installed in these ECS boards they dont post at all, even after a BIOS update, nothing at all, no bleeps, no screen, nothing. When we put the older P4 chip in they are fine. Looks like when messed up on the order and didnt notice the CPUs had 1333FSB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 So bite a bullet and go for ASUS Sell ECS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I used to work for Elitegroup (ECS). They were always saying stuff would be supported in printed materials before they'd even got the CPUs to test on! It all went down to theory. Probably require a BIOS flash to update the CPU tables. Quality wasn't so good either so you'd often find a board that said it supported a higher bus rating, but would be pretty unreliable at that speed. They're cheaper for a reason. [edit] just read you have flashed and the CPU sounds like the wrong type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 Ordered the ASUS boards instead, we will use the ECS with some slower chips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 ECS are hopeless, non-existant support and complete denial of well known faults.... I'm never buying another one of their boards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 ECS are hopeless, non-existant support and complete denial of well known faults.... I'm never buying another one of their boards! Sounds about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I'll take a Core2 off your hands and give you an old P4 Prescot in return A John Prescot? Or is the the duo.. ie 'two cores' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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