Techmogamer :
First off id like to say i had an Fx-6300 in this motherboard and it would only show 2 cores i put an thlone 2 X4 640 which is supposed to be a 6 core unlockable cpu but im only getting 2 cores it also said that the cpu model is unknown can somebody please help iv already updates and flashed the bios what next i dont want to reinstall windows bc i have allot of files i cant lose im a gamer and i have youtube videos and save files and games on my main hdd
Hi,
firstly can you post specifications of your motherboard? Also, please can you describe *where* you're only seing '2 cores'? If it's in Windows, and you came from a single / dual core config I vaguely remember you might have to install a patch to get it to recognise the extra cores (this is assuming Windows 7).
If however your *motherboard* only recognises 2 cores then it's likely it's faulty.
Final thought, where did you hear you could unlock an Athlon 640 to a hex core?! The Phenom II X4 960T could be unlocked to 6 core (as it has turbo mode it has to be based on the 6 core Thuban die). However Phenom also had a quad core die (used from most Phenom II X4, X3 and Athlon 2 X4 and X3 processors) and a dual core die for the Phenom / Althon 2 X2 chips (note some of these were harvested
quad core chips which could unlock). I've even heard of a Phenom II X 4 965 being a harvested Thuban X6, but *never* an Athlon 640?!