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GA-970A UD3P UNLOCK PHENOM 960T TO 1605T PROBLEM

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GA-970A UD3P UNLOCK PHENOM 960T TO 1605T PROBLEM
« on: January 18, 2016, 12:23:51 am »
Hello.i have a problem with my MB 970A UD3P,i have a stabel 6 core phenom(1605t),thats the unlocked 960t.Before my cpu was on msi 870s c45,and it was unlocked and used for about 2 years.now i bought ga970a ud3p,and when i try to unlock them to 1605t,i get only a black screan after restart.Do someone know how can i unlock them?i tryed with the latest bios,but i have the same problem...
My english is not soo good,so sorry if i have smoe mistakes :)

AgentFXA

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Re: GA-970A UD3P UNLOCK PHENOM 960T TO 1605T PROBLEM
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2016, 07:46:52 am »
But your 960T does work as such I guess - it's just the unlock of 2 more cores?

Unfortunately there is a 80% chance the unlock fails with such old CPUs and if overclocked (at any time) the chance of success is even slimmer. Time for a more recent CPU or wait for Zen.
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Re: GA-970A UD3P UNLOCK PHENOM 960T TO 1605T PROBLEM
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2016, 09:01:00 pm »
yes,it works,butits better when it runs on 6c...:)....can someone help me with this?