Amd Phenom Ii X2 550 Black Edition Core Unlock
I have AMD Phenom II X2 550 Processor, i don't remember is it X2 550 Black edition model or just simply X2 550 Can i unlock it to quad core with ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3.
Hello everyone, I have successfully managed to unlock my dual core AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition. Upon unlocking to four cores it didn't require any extra voltage, just pressed 4 key on my ASUS motherboard and to my surprise the computer booted up with all four stable cores. I can confirm all four cores work and they are stable because I have owned this processor for 3 years now and it has never caused a single bit of problems e.g. Temperatures issues, freezing etc. It runs super cool at about 15 degrees idle, min load 33 degrees and full load 45 degrees. It is cooled by ASUS Royal Knight cooler I am so happy!!
Hello everyone, I have successfully managed to unlock my dual core AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition. Upon unlocking to four cores it didn't require any extra voltage, just pressed 4 key on my ASUS motherboard and to my surprise the computer booted up with all four stable cores. I can confirm all four cores work and they are stable because I have owned this processor for 3 years now and it has never caused a single bit of problems e.g.
Temperatures issues, freezing etc. It runs super cool at about 15 degrees idle, min load 33 degrees and full load 45 degrees. It is cooled by ASUS Royal Knight cooler I am so happy!! Dog if your processor is idling at 15C you have a COLD room. I'm more inclined to think that your processor is incorrectly reading the temperature of the cores on-die. I'd also suggest that you run prime95 on all cores for at least 2 hours for stability testing to make sure your CPU isn't secretly throwing incorrectly computed math everywhere. Just because you were able to unlock all cores doesn't mean they're working properly.
Amd Phenom Ii X2 550
With all that said, if your cores are stable and functioning properly then congrats! Nothing quite like getting more performance for free. Hello everyone, I have successfully managed to unlock my dual core AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition. Upon unlocking to four cores it didn't require any extra voltage, just pressed 4 key on my ASUS motherboard and to my surprise the computer booted up with all four stable cores. I can confirm all four cores work and they are stable because I have owned this processor for 3 years now and it has never caused a single bit of problems e.g. Temperatures issues, freezing etc. It runs super cool at about 15 degrees idle, min load 33 degrees and full load 45 degrees.
It is cooled by ASUS Royal Knight cooler I am so happy!! Hey, Can you please tell me which exact motherboard did you use?
Since AMD introduce Phenom II, which improves from it's predecessor in both power consumption and performance. The favorite bit of enthusiastists is it's ability to unlock cores. AMD had triple cores in Phenom cpus, which was originally a quad core but one core was locked. Afterwards, with the birth of 790GX + SB750, A.C.C. (Advanced Clock Calibration) was introduced. AMD claimed it can enhance OC ability, as long as using it with A.O.D. Although A.C.C.
Enhanced OC ability, Phenom is still far behind intel core 2 cpus. Later AMD introduced SB710 to replace SB750 for a reasonable price,(Actually a SB750 without Raid5 function) making AMD platforms more competitive in cost/peformance view, which is more friendly to average users.
When the Phenom II X3 series came out, some user found that if you enable A.C.C. In bios, you can unlock the disabled core, Adding further strees test, you may physically make triple cores to quad cores. According to AMD, this function should be a bios bug, but it won't stop enthusiasts trying. Recently, every motherboard makers see this as a 'MUST HAVE' option in their motherboards. Interestingly, some X2 cpus can also be unlock to X4 ones.
With the cheap price of X2, more people are willing to try thier luck to unlock cores. If you can unlock your cpu, you are a lucky guy. If not, it's your destiny, or try another one. This is as interesting as OC. Here is a simple guide to unlock cores. PLATFORM: CPU:AMD Phenom II X3 720BE& X2 550 RAM:ADATA DDR3 1800+ 2GX2 MB:ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO(though stock 0211 bios do have unlock ability, but bios since 0218 is recommanded) VGA nboard(HD4200) HD:SEAGATE 7200.9 160G POWER:FSP ZEN 400W OS:XP X86 SP3& WIN 7 X64 RTM POST screen.
System Name Boddha Getta Boddha Getta Bah! Processor AMD FX 6100 @ 4.432Ghz @1.382 Motherboard ASUS M5A99X EVO AMD 990X AMD SB950 Cooling Custom Water. EK 240MM Kit, Supreme HSF - Runs 35C Memory 2 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance White LP @ 1.35V Video Card(s) XFX Radeon HD 6870 980/1100 Storage WD Caviar Black 1.0TB, WD Caviar Green 1.0TB, WD 160GB Display(s) Asus VH222/S 22: (21.5' Viewable) 1920x1080p HDMI LCD Monitor Case NZXT White Switch 810 Audio Device(s) Onboard Realtek 5.1 Power Supply NZXT Hale 90 Gold Cert 750W Modular PSU Software Windows 8.1 Profession 64 Bit. Sir, may I know the stepping code of your Phenom II X2 550? I'm interested buying the similar board which is the ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO I wonder if its gonna give me the same 50% chance of unlocking and making it run stable or better. I've read in another forum that there are some Phenom II X2 550 BE with stepping codes that have bigger chance of unlocking and being stable using other boards.
Phenom Ii X2 550 3.1ghz Am3 Black Edition
By the way, here's the stepping code of mine 0922APMW I know that these ASUS 785G/SB710 boards are just new in the market so I just wanna read more reviews before buying one. Kindly reply. Can you help me I have the same Board but a Athlon II 620 (i bought it because i heard that it over-clocks so well even if i had nothing to do with over-clocking before). Well my problem is if I raise the FSB up the Ram Frequencies raise and i don't know how i can set the ram multiplier in CPU-Z it allways says 3:10?! Can you help me?
The best would be a screenshoot or a Photo of the menu i have to use and a short explication. Thank you very much in advance.
I have G.Skill DDR1333 Ram with the Timings 7-7-7-21 The CPU is pretty cool btw so 231.13 (3003 Per Core) should be no problem I guess the problem is the 93Mhz more for the Ram. And witch voltage would be good do you think or shall i try by letting it adjust automatic? EDIT: (Please attach to previous post) Ha I found out how it would work after the Bios Update to the current version (4410 i think or something like that) The pre-installed version was hilariously old it was the second released and i got the board like two weeks since today. It now adapts the Ram correctly i set it to 533Mhz so now it is running at 640Mhz a little less then the 667Mhz it would run normally but i can live with that.
Somehow the timings werent set totally correct the tRAS was 20 insted of 21 so i raised it just to make shure not to damage my Ram. Just if someone is interested: My Current settings (seem to work well tested with Orthos (30minutes) and GRID). Only for DDR1333Ram FSB = 240 Multiplier = 13 (let it stay as default) RAM Frequency = 533Mhz (It will bring the Ram Multiplyer to 3:8 from 3:10 witch makes the ram clock lower) Vcore= Auto NB/HT = 9 (Lowering it is the more reasonable thing to do i believe)Check your Ram timings aftwerward and note that this Setup is only for DDR1333 Ram The Ram Results at 640Mhz as mentioned, the CPU is @ 3.12GHZ (13x240) per Core witch is not bad at all I think (Thats 520Mhz More per Core witch means 20% higher Clock).