i have a emachine et1161-05 shows as motherboard mcp61pm-gm-6a61kcdhc-00 my bios shows as version 1.03 10/29/2008 emachines site shows a update from late 2009 to version 1.00 but when trying to run it i get need 64 bit version. i contacted then to no avail. want me to pay 100 bucks to tell me it doesnt exist. is there a new bios around here i searched but couldnt find anything. can someone point me in the right direction.main reason i wanna update is to disable integrated graphics. have a pci card on way. if i posted in wrong section sorry.
What are your choices in current bios for Graphics ? You should be able to choose now in the bios for that or possibly jumper on the board ? Post back Also the processor is what will allow you to operate in 64 bit. Right? that choice should be available if you have 64 bit capable processor.
I did a quick search and looked at what I thought was your bios. It looks like it comes bundled with awdflash and a .bat file. Can you boot to a DOS usb and run the flash.bat?
mcp61 has nvidia LAN network card usualy.. one time i lost the mac address to it! so write it down in case .. so u can reprogram it back. dos will work as its not 32 or 64
If your goal is to use pci graphics card why not wait until you get it and disable integrated driver in OS and install graphics card driver. The bios should auto shift. If not then go to plan B. Just sayin. Post back
ya it was suppose to be here today. waiting on it. looks like tomorrow. its more of a ocd thing i like everything to be updated. latest this and that lol. its a bad thing. but i did look in bios didnt see anything about disabling. but once new card is installed maybe that will change. im looking at friday night when everything is here new psu cpu and gpu and 4more gb of ram making 8. when it happens ill report back if i still cant disable integrated.
ok cpu and new psu and gpu installed. when it boots it automatically recognizes the new card. i went from a ws of 3.1 to 5.9 only cause of my drives. highes you can get without ssd. card got a 6.7. im happy. still waiting on my 4gb ram to make 8gb total to arrive.
on a side note i have a later bios on my machine for my board then emachines website has listed for the board. where can i post it for others. i did a bios backup of it.