rsa67 :
I'm trying to unlock 3rd and 4th cores when i turn "ec" to hybrid and acc to auto, why won't my amd phenom 2 x2 550 post? mobo is a gigabyte ma790x ud4p, bios ver f5...
Hi,
Hybrid/Auto is correct, I unlocked cores 3 & 4, 3 days ago with help from this thread here:
OvrClkr wrote :
No, its still a dual core..... You can't unlock with a motherboard that has an nvidia chipset. Only SB710's and SB750's will unlock
http/www.tomshardware.com/forum/253156-29-phenom-turns-phenom
Also read this
Unlocking Blocked Cores pg15 at xbitlabs, they deal with Overclocking the 550 as well:
http/www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/phenom-athlon-ii-x2_15.html
Good luck,
Jim
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P AM3 DDR3 AMD 790X ATX
CPU: Phenom II X2 550 BE Callisto 3.1GHz
RAM : OCZ OCZ3P13334GK 4gb kit (2gb x 2) 1333mhz 7-7-7-ddr3
Video Card: MSI N9800GT-T2D512-OC V2 GeForce 9800 GT 512MB
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA
DVD-Rom/Rw: Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B
Sound: Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
Monitor: Hyundai 19" L90D+ D-SUB
OS: WindowsXP Pro 32
CASE: Antec 900
Edit: BIOS F2