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Need help enabling SSE / getting new BIOS in order to enable

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:12 am
by Dokimi
BIOS Date: 03/14/01
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS ID: 03/14/2001-8363-686B-K7VZAC-00
BIOS OEM Signon: K7VZA Ver 3.2 03/14/2001
Chipset: VIA 82C305 rev 3

Trying to enable SSE can't figure it out - probably need a new BIOS.

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:56 am
by edwin
That is an ECS board but more important, you are using an AMD CPU. If that is not a Duron, Athlon XP or Sempron you have no SSE.

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:39 am
by Denniss
Only Durons with 1.0 Ghz and above have SSE (Morgan and Applebred core), all slower models not (Spitfire core).

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:08 pm
by edwin
Hmm, even less than I thought. Thanks for the heads-up.