ECS A85F2-A Golden for AMD Socket FM2 APUs Review

Name: ECS A85F2-A Golden for AMD Socket FM2 APUs
Brand: ECS

cadaveca

on Feb 22nd, 2013,

in Motherboards.

Manufacturer: ECS

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BIOS Walkthrough

BIOS Options
Clocks	Range	Step Size
CPU BCLK:	90.00 MHz ... 200.00 MHz	1.0 MHz
Memory Dividers:	x8 (800 MHz), x10.67 (1067 MHz), x13.33 (1333 MHz), x16 (1600 MHz ), x18.66 (1866 MHz), x21.33 (2133 MHz)
Voltages	Range	Step Size
APU Core:	Default... 1.925 V	0.020 V
DRAM Voltage:	1.200 V... 2.010 V	0.010 V
FCH Voltage	1.10 V... 1.210 V	Varies
APU NB Voltage:	Default... 1.775 V	0.020 V

ECS has a new BIOS now, with a new quick access page as seen on other products and a regularly-styled BIOS interface for advanced configuration. There are quite a few options here, including an option to turn off Turbo; it automatically disables APM at the same time to ensure good full clock overclocks on all cores. Unfortunately, there is no screenshot ability built in yet, and I hope they do add it in soon to give users an easy way to compare configurations. I've taken some pictures of the screen options and placed them below. The quality of the pictures highlights one of the other issues I have with the BIOS, since the white text on a black background provides a lot of contrast, which made it hard to take pictures. It is also a bit hard on the eyes, since the brightness of the screen is dependent on how many options are available.