Unlocking Cores AMD Phenom II X4 955

[Bubba0]

I have a ASRock M3A770DE with a AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition I'm trying to unlock the cores. I go to ACC in the bios and pick per core or any of the other options and it still shows 2 cores. Is there anything else I need to change or maybe my Processor is unlockable?



System Specs:

ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

SAPPHIRE 100293-2GL Radeon HD 5570 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-730SS 730W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Modular LED Power Supply

Bios 1.70

Win 7

 

[Bubba0]

LoL, Now I know why I got so many replies, nobody really gives a sh!t, you guys are in it for the points. Thats good though. I do appreciate all the suggestions

 

[GObonzo]

actually i was interested because i have almost the same setup at the moment, that's what drew me in to begin with. surprised you did get so many others though. i've never gotten a response on any posts i've made here.

 

[Bubba0]

actually i was interested because i have almost the same setup at the moment, that's what drew me in to begin with. surprised you did get so many others though. i've never gotten a response on any posts i've made here.

I was JK with that GObonzo, do appreciate all. I'm still having problems though, getting random BSOD. stop 0x8000000000000002, 0x0 bugchecks. When I reinstalled Win 7 I put in 64 bit, might of been a mistake, what you running? Which slots you have your ram in, I have mine in the white, manual said to get 1600 run in white, but still shows 1600 if I have them in the blue. Gonna change to 11.3 ATI drivers and see if that helps, read 11.4 are alittle buggy. One other thing, my mouse gets sluggish after awhile of surfing, does'nt do it while gaming just surfing the net.

 

[Bubba0]

One other question, do you have cool and quite enabled?

 

[GObonzo]

no, i used it for a short time but it was making the system really unstable with this motherboard. i use a program called K10STAT that does the same type thing but you can set the different speeds and voltages for your cores as you want them. you can run 4 different power states like Cool & Quiet but you can customize. here's a good tutorial [http://unfusedjournal.blogspot.com/2011/02/k10stat-tutorial.html]. not jus for underclocking like most guides you'll find. i use it for my overclocking too so i don't have to wait for the bios everytime i want to change something. you can find download links searching google, probably even on here. newest version is 1.4.1, i think.

 

[Bubba0]

I've had it enabled, just turned it off this morning, maybe thats why I was getting random BSOD. I'll run it like this and see what happens. I'll check that link out. Thanks

 

[Tony Almeida]

i had same problem and no pain way is: Administrative Tools/System Configuration/Boot, select Advanced Options, UNCHEK Number of Processors option, reboot...enjoy

 

[GObonzo]

if you've overclocked anything after the fix come to my site and post your speeds & specs. also let me know if you have any trouble if you do try.
https://sites.google.com/site/overclockersreference/