GA-880GA-UD3H - unlock cores on Phenom II 555 BE

[Cruxader]

I haven't read this entire thread, but I've read enough of it to know you guys will probably find my experience interesting.

I'm running an AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE processor (just like most of you) on a Gigabyte GMA-880-UD2h Revision 2.0 board. This is my second GMA-880-UD2H Rev 2.0 board. On the first board, I was able to unlock all 4 cores on my 555 BE processor, stable, no problems. The first board however, after about 4 months, ended up with a bad DIMM slot. I RMA'd it to Gigabyte and after the second repair attempt, they just sent me a new board altogether. EXACTLY the same model number and revision number, but a new board because the serial # was different. Since I've gotten the new board, my 555BE will NOT unlock whatsoever. The additional cores don't even appear in the BIOS when I try to use Core Unlocker. We're talking the BIOS only "sees" 2 cores.

This is quite annoying for me. I can't fathom why core unlocker would work on one board and then NOT work on EXACTLY the same board (other than the serial#)!?

Something fishy is going on here.

[dieg0]

I haven't read this entire thread, but I've read enough of it to know you guys will probably find my experience interesting.

I'm running an AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE processor (just like most of you) on a Gigabyte GMA-880-UD2h Revision 2.0 board. This is my second GMA-880-UD2H Rev 2.0 board. On the first board, I was able to unlock all 4 cores on my 555 BE processor, stable, no problems. The first board however, after about 4 months, ended up with a bad DIMM slot. I RMA'd it to Gigabyte and after the second repair attempt, they just sent me a new board altogether. EXACTLY the same model number and revision number, but a new board because the serial # was different. Since I've gotten the new board, my 555BE will NOT unlock whatsoever. The additional cores don't even appear in the BIOS when I try to use Core Unlocker. We're talking the BIOS only "sees" 2 cores.

This is quite annoying for me. I can't fathom why core unlocker would work on one board and then NOT work on EXACTLY the same board (other than the serial#)!?

Something fishy is going on here.

Hello Cruxader, to guess gigabyte response if you sent as an email! (Response from gigabyte) your 555be is of poor quality! As explained before and now unlock! it will not be bad programming of the bios chip with 880! Lords of gigabyte is pathetic that so teased customers! (former client in my case do not buy anything else in my life gigabyte) and if they can not do something does not deceive people by selling more!

[Dark Mantis]

No he doesn't work for Gigabyte, like the rest of us he is a volunteer. runn3R is the only one on the forum who is an employee as he is the Forum Administrator.

If you want to contact Gigabyte then you can email GGTS here:

Just enter your email address and click on the language of choice.
GGTS   http://ggts.gigabyte.com/

Please expect several days for a reply.

[dieg0]

No he doesn't work for Gigabyte, like the rest of us he is a volunteer. runn3R is the only one on the forum who is an employee as he is the Forum Administrator.

If you want to contact Gigabyte then you can email GGTS here:

Just enter your email address and click on the language of choice.
GGTS   http://ggts.gigabyte.com/

Please expect several days for a reply.

Hello Dark Mantis, many users thank you for your selfless work of the forum (including me), but you say send an email to gigabyte is useless! I speak from experience, I bought a udh3 880ga and this will not unlock or a hammer, the euro managed to sell losing 30 and bought an Asus with the same chip 880 and the first and 100% stable Vcore 1.40 and each core to 4. And I get tired of your day to send messages to probe unlock gigabyte because the Asus motherboard from a friend and the first release the two remaining cores, if they do not send 50 messages and only sends them either received a single response that was his 555be is of poor quality! And unlocking cores and CO 2 to 4g with 24 hours with Prime or a mistake and given me problems since you unlock even once! So I promise to you and to gigabyte is not the 555be poor quality, which is of poor quality is its programming to unlock the chip cores with 880 gigabyte of

[Cruxader]

I got a response form Gigabyte tech support. I'm about 99% certain they didn't read my post.

Their answer was this:
Dear customer,

Phenom II x2 555BE is dual core only, there has no guaranty processor could be unlocked, user can try update mother board to latest F6E check if cpu is unlock able.

Best regards,

Gigabyte technical support team

Hello? Did you not just read that the SAME processor unlocked on the SAME model and revision of the motherboard previously?
I'd like to know where I can get the 6E bios update too. The only thing on there website is the 6 beta edition of the BIOS.

[Cruxader]

Oh, okay. I didn't realize that 6E was the beta bios, but here is the kicker, it says RIGHT on the download page that core unlocker is disabled in that version of the bios file.

Awesome tech support Gigabyte....

[dieg0]

Have been fixed and the problems of release? Will be no

http://es.beruby.com/promocode/uCYoX1

[bsalon]

MODERATOR EDIT: copied text deleted.

[Dark Mantis]

Thanks, Tiger, I missed that setting.  The board booted nicely with all 4 enabled.  Memtext86+ now reports it as a PhII X4 B55.  Once I get my drives set up, I'll see how it does in Windows.

Thanks again.

bsalon

Just another one of your copied posts by other members. It won't be tolerated so I suggest that you stop.