GA-MA74GM-S2 and AMD Dual Core 5050e

[Beesafree]

Hi, im at my wits end on this problem and i cant figure it out.....

i recently had a virus on my pc that would cause it to freeze, so in an attempt to fix it i reset my bios, i still couldn't figure it out....
i brought it into a computer shop and they fixed the freezing problem but now i only have one of my cores working....

i believe it is because the reset button was pressed, in my ignorance... and now i've tried scouring the internet for answers and i can't come up with anything in vain

i use my computer for gaming and it doesn't have enough oompf to play even simpler games...

i know a core is down because before i could set affinity in my task manager, and now i cant i also looked at the msconfig and for number of processors i can set is only 1... also, the bios doesn't appear to have anything relating to multiple cores being enabled and disabled, i have searched that tirelessly

please help... i can provide any additional info needed- just ask

TL;DR
processor is only running one core because of a bios reset (i think)

[Vezina]

Who knows what the guys did.Maybe one core was defective and they turned it off in BIOS.

If this persists and the hardware warranty has finished I would tell you to go for a FM2 combo ,even with a cheap 5300 APU ,instead of buying new old hardware.

[Beesafree]

i'd hate for that to be true XD
can anyone link me to a bios update for this?

i don't know what the bios is related to... i assume the motherboard, but all the dl's i tried said that it was incompatible....

[Vezina]

Press DEL at boot up around the time when the logo show up ,go into the settings and see what amount of CPU cores is enabled.
Press Ctrl +F2 in the first BIOS page ,if it s a non-UEFI or Hybrid BIOS to see all settings.
If the option is greyed out RMA the CPU and mobo.

LE:The setting should be in Advanced BIOS Settings