Aspects of Unlocking

[Mac29]

Just trying to verify what others have found:
If I can unlock my Athlon II, the whole cpu could be unstable, not just the 'new'
core. And you obviously can't go back to it being locked again. Or is that simply
due to changed BIOS features and you can simply revert to original settings to
run the cpu as it was?

Thanx,

Mac

 

[jvroig]

If I can unlock my Athlon II, the whole cpu could be unstable, not just the 'new' core.

The unlocked cores might be unstable, and naturally affect the stability of your computer, since they will get threads assigned to them just as much as the stable cores.

And you obviously can't go back to it being locked again.

You can, through the same way that they were unlocked - ACC Core Control options, usually. If you find that you are not stable with the unlocked cores, simply have the two cores disabled again, and you will be fine.

 

[Spikesoldier]

when you set ACC in the bios to see if the cores work if you get a no POST you can always do a CMOS reset and get back to stock settings.

id try the unlock and test for stability at the frequency you wanted to run. id go for max frequency though, dont let a unlock hold you back unless you absolutely need it.