AMD 955 BE X4 3.2 Locked Core???

[Aztrocreep]

ANTEC 902V3 CASE
AMD 955 BE X4 3.2
ASUS M4A87TD EVO MOTHERBOARD
GSKILL RIPJAWS X SERIES DDR3 1600 8GB
ZOTAC GTX 460 1GB 256BIT
OCZ AGILITY 2 60 GB SYSTEM
SAMSUNG SPINPOINT F3 1 TB DATA
ZALMAN 9500A CPU COOLER
NZXT SENTRY2 FAN CONTROLLER
XFX BE 750W POWER SUPPLY
ASUS VH236H 23" 2ms HDMI MONITOR
WIN7PRO 64BIT


I noticed that the CPU WEI score was at 6.9 when I first ran the test. I also looked at my processor in the BIOS which had 3 cores unlocked not the fourth that was available. I manually unlocked the core in the bios, reran the test and the score went to 7.3 after that. I wonder what the reason is for the fourth core being locked out of the box, and by unlocking it am I opening up a can of worms????
Processor AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor 7.3 7.3
Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB 7.5
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 7.5
Gaming graphics 4095 MB Total available graphics memory 7.5
Primary hard disk 24GB Free (51GB Total) 7.7

Thanks in Advance

 

[iceclock]

the black edition means that ur processor is unlocked meaning it can be overclocked more easily than a processor which isnt black edition, and u should have all cores unlocked unlocked doesnt mean that one core has been unlocked, all 4 cores should be unlocked by default

 

[Aztrocreep]

the black edition means that ur processor is unlocked meaning it can be overclocked more easily than a processor which isnt black edition, and u should have all cores unlocked unlocked doesnt mean that one core has been unlocked, all 4 cores should be unlocked by default

So since my processor had only 3 cores unlocked out of the box, and I had to manually unlock the forth in the BIOS, is there a problem I should be concerned about?Thanks

 

[iceclock]

i dont beleive so, if everythings running fine, i wouldnt worry about it, maybe try updating ur bios to the latest version just to make shur everythings fine

 

[Aztrocreep]

i dont beleive so, if everythings running fine, i wouldnt worry about it, maybe try updating ur bios to the latest version just to make shur everythings fine

Thanks BIOS was updated before build

 

[iceclock]

ok cheers