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Unlocking cores on an AMD Penom II 550 BE (batch 0924BPMW)

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billdo02   08-12-2009 at 10:20:34 AM

Ok everyone! I realize this may not be the right place to post this...

But...... this seemed the most appropriate place to post.

So I have a 550 Black Edition mounted on a MA770T-UD3P with flashed bios F3c. I have 4 GB of good RAM, verified using the processor as a straight dual core.

My new build works fine... as a dual core. But everytime I try to unlock the cores my W7 freezes at Windows startup screen. :cry:

I realize it's a crapshoot on getting a processor that will unlock the cores.

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overshocked   08-12-2009 at 10:38:23 AM

Add some voltage my friend ;)


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evongugg   08-12-2009 at 03:42:01 PM

Phenom II: Unlocking Cores, Cache, And A Free Lunch : Introduction

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,2273.html

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theholylancer   08-12-2009 at 03:52:07 PM

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=227004

errrrrrrrr

bad mojo on that batch, 3 total reported, 2 fail and 1 successful.


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billdo02   08-12-2009 at 04:34:59 PM

make that 3 fails..... grrrrrrrr

I cranked it up incrementally all the way up to 1.7........ windows started to do something but the comp shut off.

ok... guess I will OC it for now and replace in the future

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theholylancer   08-12-2009 at 05:17:38 PM

well dude, tough luck on these lol, I know if i see a 0922APMW I will pick that sucker up right away, but they seems to be rare atm lol, they are one of the older batches that had high unlock percentages.

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billdo02   08-13-2009 at 07:30:49 AM

well it overclocks well.... got it at 3.82 and stable. not a bad little bugger actually. I know the Athlon II x2 250 is suposed to OC better and it is cheaper.... but resale on my 550 then buy a new CPU now wouldn't make any sense. at 3.82 Ghz it does everything I ask of it now and screams through it.

I will hang onto it until the x4 965 comes down to $160 or so. ~6 months I think.

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theholylancer   08-13-2009 at 08:30:03 PM

but, the prices will drop when i5 hits

or so they say, I have no clue how good a dual core with HT is going to unthron a true quad core, but the true quads (with or w/o HT) on 1156 will be a pita for AMD...

and if they have 80 dollar overclockable mobos out there with it, then AMD is bound to drop prices or else they cannot compete.

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videl   08-28-2009 at 10:45:44 PM

Very interesting...my 550 unlocked on a very similar setup...
Check these threads out, if you're interested...
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] rns-phenom
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] g#t1809013

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