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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: trenz on January 16, 2011, 07:16:35 pm

Title: disable third core on GA-MA785GM-US2H
Post by: trenz on January 16, 2011, 07:16:35 pm

I have a GA-MA785GM-US2H  and Athlon II X3. This was purchased as a combo for a good price on Newegg. This combo is currently being used in an HTPC. The third core is unnecessary. Is there any way to disable the third core so I can help  reduce heat and watts. MSI has a setting called CPU core control that lets you turn each core (except 0) on or off. Is this feature present on the GA-MA785GM-US2H ?

Thank you

Title: Re: disable third core on GA-MA785GM-US2H
Post by: absic on January 16, 2011, 08:31:29 pm

Hi,

If memory serves me correctly then yes, the motherboard does support this but you might need to update to the latest BIOS first.

Title: Re: disable third core on GA-MA785GM-US2H
Post by: trenz on January 16, 2011, 08:56:10 pm

Thanks. I have the parts but am waiting on the case before I install everything. When I do I will update the bios if necessary and look around for this option.