Is my tri-core now a quad-core?

[X-2]

Hi everyone,

I have a newly built computer with the AMD X3 440 3.0 ghz.
I changed the ACC to "All cores" before examening how the cores were listed before.
It now lists the cores as

Core 0
Core 1
Core 2
Core 3

Does this mean I have successfully unlocked the CPU? I'm just not sure about the Core 0.

Thanks

 

[loneninja]

What does windows tell you? Is it seeing 4 threads under the task manager? Has the name of your processor changed?

 

[X-2]

I have not installed the operating system yet. I've only gotten a chance to work with the bios.

 

[loneninja]

Than it may or may not have all 4 cores enabled, I can't say for sure. I would set it back to 3 cores to install windows with, if that 4th core did unlock and it's not stable, your going to have problems with the install.

 

[X-2]

How do I check to see if they are fully stable?

Thanks for the confirmation!

 

[X-2]

Hey I installed Win 7 and it says I still have only three cores?

 

[X-2]

Nevermind, got it working!

 

[Motopsychojdn]

You may also find it resets to three cores and standard clock speed after a bsod or freeze,
just pop into bios to check or (task manager)
ofc if you have Cpu-id on it, just use that
Moto

 

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