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Old 02-27-2009, 07:17 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Interesting article on Engadget, someone hacked a Phenom II X3 to work as a Phenom II X4 lol

AMD's triple-core Phenom II X3 goes quad-core via BIOS hack - Engadget

Obviously not a very good idea to do so, but cool nonetheless.
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Interesting article on Engadget, someone hacked a Phenom II X3 to work as a Phenom II X4 lol

AMD's triple-core Phenom II X3 goes quad-core via BIOS hack - Engadget

Obviously not a very good idea to do so, but cool nonetheless.
I saw this a few places. The consensus is that everyone that was able to unlock the 4th core reports that the chip just isn't stable.

Although neat for a tweaker, just isn't worth it.
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That's not very old lol. I had not heard about it. Interesting, but not very practical.
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This is on extremesystems.... Acording to them quiet a few people get a core that isn't stable, and some get a 4th core that is stable... But this does require a certain chipset combo and a certain BIOS version to unlock the core.
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This is on extremesystems.... Acording to them quiet a few people get a core that isn't stable, and some get a 4th core that is stable... But this does require a certain chipset combo and a certain BIOS version to unlock the core.
yep That's one of my source from my first post.

BTW. 48 hours ISN'T "old" news.

I think someone just wanted to insert "old news is old". lol
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Well its been posted three times already on this same site...so yeah its old.
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