990fxa-UD3 F6f FX 8120 only four cores showing

[blinkn]

System
990fxa-UD3 rev 1.1 F6f
AMD FX8120
8GB AMD Performance RAM
Sapphire 6850
Windows 7 64-bit

I was having the Steam games not playing issue... The Steam forums directed me to the Gigabyte site suggesting the F6 bios update the page linked to the 990fxa-UD7 bios page. I then went to UD3 page downloaded the file, flashed the bios and Steam now works but i am only showing 4 cores in both the device manager and in the task manager. All 8 cores showed under bios F5...

Any help would be amazing...

[autotech]

Try this type msconfig into run when it opens got to boot tab and then advanced options at the top left is a box check it and pick your cores. Now if that doesnt work or it is already checked uncheck it and restart. Report back what happens please there is a last resort but lets do this first. Make sure you restart after changing it.

[blinkn]

I went in to msconfig and the box was unchecked and when i checked it it only allowed me to select 4 cores...
I then restarted it and tried again to no success...

[autotech]

Well for the last resort then reformat windows a clean install should fix it. I hate being the bearer of bad news but thats the way it goes.

[blinkn]

i was hoping you weren't going to say that lol...
but if its what must be done...
Thanks for your help!

[autotech]

your welcome im still searching for a way around it but so far thats the fix.

[blinkn]

It worked!
I'm in the process of re-installing EVERYTHING lol
Thanks again for the help!

[autotech]

You welcome glad it worked.