MA770-UD3 Phenom II x2 555 BE Unlock help

[absic]

Just to note for other users seeking to see if they can unlock with the same hardware, I found it very difficult to find any information regarding the motherboard I am using because it's the most recent revision of the model.

So again, unlocking the Phenom II x2 Black Edition 555 can work on the GA-MA770-UD3 Rev 2.1.

I ought to just add a rider to what Distreiga has said.
Not all X2 or X3 CPU's will be able to be unlocked, even if you use this mobo. It will depend on how lucky you are with the CPU you buy.

[Distreiga]

Thanks again, I meant to allude to the "no guarantee" part.

[Distreiga]

Happy to say that I also achieved a minor overclock with all 4 cores up to 3.64GHz only by increasing the multiplier to x18.

Stressed tested for 2 hours in Prime 95. Looks stable, temps not above 53C.

Dark Mantis, Core Temp can't read my temperatures but easy tune 6 can. I wonder why?

[Dark Mantis]

Offhand I can't think of any reason why it should have a problem with your machine. As far as I know it works on all platforms. I will take a look and see if I can find out why. Maybe absic will know as he's more of an expert on the AMD side.

[Distreiga]

From what I've read, when you unlock the cores on the Phenom II, the Temperature sensing no longer functions.

Unsure why Easytune 6 still works though... It is a Gigabyte utility though. My be readings directly off the mobo.

[absic]

I think you will find that this is a software issue and not due to the CPU.
Core Temp is not very reliable when it comes to reporting the temps, as I have discovered in various test scenarios with AMD systems. It might perform better on Intel, but I wouldn't trust it. Even on my own system, that I monitor with hardware, CoreTemp shows my 1090T about 3° - 5° lower than EasyTune 6 or AMD Overdrive which both report it more accurately against the hardware reported temps.

Other software utilities that you could use to show you the CPU temp are Everest or Speedfan.

[Distreiga]

Edit: Found it, nevermind.

I'll just stick to Easy tune and go from there.

Absic, where did you get the TJmax for my cpu? I can't find it anywhere. I would just like to confirm that it's 70c.

Thanks,

[Dark Mantis]

Thanks for the heads up regarding the AMD platform absic. It normally behaves quite well in  my experience on Intel systems.

[absic]

Checked it out on the AMD site. It's a bit tricky to locate and the only way I managed to do so was by doing a comparison of CPU's. Here's a link for you: http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUSideBySide.aspx?id=622&id=624&id=560

The same info can be found on this review: http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/pii_555/

Hope this helps

[Distreiga]

Exactly what I was looking for actually. You guys are the best.

[Dark Mantis]

If I can just correct you there, absic is the best when it comes to AMD

[absic]

Ah! It's team work really and we just aim to help and to hopefully please.