AMD Phenom II X2 555 Question? *PLEASE HELP*

[thy_brandon]

I know how to unlock the cores, but my main question is what voltage do I put up to make my cores stable and beabled to run properly it'll be a AMD Phenom II X4 555 once the cores are unlocked so I can run games abit better, and i've included some pictures maybe somone could tell me what voltage to put up.



and what is the minimum voltage to run the X4, as you can see all my stuff is on auto, and on the CPU-Z the voltage is 1.024 and sometimes to spikes to 1.360 volts for like few seconds and goes back down, and also I'm not trying to overclock i'm just trying to open the cores and make them stable.

Thanks, B.

 

[simon12]

Are the extra cores stable enough to boot to windows? CPUz shows only 2 are active. If its not stable enough to boot into windows its unlikely it will run stable with a voltage increase. Its the processor voltage you want to change and all chips are different, do not exceed 1.5V what ever if you are using the stock cooler keep a close eye on your temps and don't go over 1.4V unless its in very small steps and you are sure the load temps are not going over 60C.

 

[thy_brandon]

Are the extra cores stable enough to boot to windows? CPUz shows only 2 are active. If its not stable enough to boot into windows its unlikely it will run stable with a voltage increase. Its the processor voltage you want to change and all chips are different, do not exceed 1.5V what ever if you are using the stock cooler keep a close eye on your temps and don't go over 1.4V unless its in very small steps and you are sure the load temps are not going over 60C.

I just turned the other 2 cores off for now, but I can boot up windows just when I play games at times the computer will randomly just bluescreen, but I can also can play other games and I won't crash ever it's depends on the game, and I'll try to increase the processor voltage and see what happens.

 

[eightdrunkengods]

Do you ever get bluescreens with only 2 cores?

You might check your memory configuration - particularly if you are using 4 sticks of RAM. The Phenoms have fussy memory controllers and it's sometimes tricky to keep the system stable if you're unlocked, overclocked, and you try to run with all the RAM slots populated.

 

[simon12]

It does sound like a voltage increase should stabilise it, but as I said keep an eye on your load temps. I have a 550BE unlocked to 4 cores over clocked to 3.7GHz at 1.45V (and its been running fine for over 3 years) and thats only the C2 stepping with yours being C3 you could likely get more with alot of tweaking and stability testing as long as you have a good cooler.

 

[thy_brandon]

It does sound like a voltage increase should stabilise it, but as I said keep an eye on your load temps. I have a 550BE unlocked to 4 cores over clocked to 3.7GHz at 1.45V (and its been running fine for over 3 years) and thats only the C2 stepping with yours being C3 you could likely get more with alot of tweaking and stability testing as long as you have a good cooler.

yeah i've been playing games with the 2 extra cores now, and put the voltage to 1.325 and it seems to be fine now, and my temperature has been fine i've stress tested and cleaned out my computer today and replied new thermal paste so, and I don't plan on overclocking since it's a stock fan, and don't feel like investing any money into a older rig computer.