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Selling Motherboard Question

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January 7, 2014 9:55:36 AM

Hi guys, if the following seems completely idiotic then bare with me but i have no idea. Apologies if this is in the wrong section, i don't know where else to put this.

I am selling my old pc hardware components, GPU, CPU, Motherboard and Case. When i had it all built i over clocked the GPU slightly, unlocked a core in my CPU (Phenom II x2 555, unlocked goes to Phenom II X4 B55 BE).

Now, if i am selling them is there something i have to do to put them back to how they were originally? Eg. Processor. What about the motherboard BIOS settings? I want to sell them how they was originally to avoid deceiving my buyer.

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January 7, 2014 10:15:04 AM

go into bios and load optimized defaults. save let the dmi update and your done. this will return everything to stock settings.
you can then dismantle the pc and sell the parts.
all the parts other than the motherboard will slot in to a new machine and be loaded with that machines defaults. so if the bios on the new machine doesnt support the unlocking the cpu will remain a stock 555, it will be up to the buyer to unlock it again.
your resetting the bios for the next owner of it, as it would auto oc the new cpu if you didnt.
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January 7, 2014 10:22:36 AM

Ok thank you for the reply guys. I think im going to reset everything as suggested by HEXiT, although i will also let the buyer know i previously unlocked/overclocked parts as suggested by KillBot.

To clarify, the CPU is currently unlocked, and if inserted into a new person's machine it will be Phenom II X4 B55 BE instead of Phenom II x2 555?
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January 7, 2014 11:21:33 AM

no it will be a 555 x2 always. but an unlock-able 1 which gives it some value.
it was never a b55 be. they may be the same basic chip but the 555 was binned for a fault somewhere on it that disqualified it from being labled B55 be. either a bad instruction on 1 or 2 of the cores, an error in the cache or just need to much voltage so didnt meet the thermals required of the b55be.

by default when you plug it into the motherboard it says it has 2 cores you have to tell bios to over ride that. you cant then unplug the chip take it to another pc with a different or the same but stock bios and plug it in expecting the cores to be unlocked. it doesnt actually physically affect the chip in that way.
its a software over ride at the bios level that unlocks the chips not a hardware 1
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