Thread: Unlocking Cores on an AMD Processor
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Old 11-04-2014, 12:33   #7
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Re: Unlocking Cores on an AMD Processor
Basically I got a Phenom II dual core but it was a quad core locked down to a dual core. The motherboard I got was only capable of a max of 85w CPU's, the now unlocked quad core was 105w, so when loaded up to 100% usage, it burnt something out because of the extra power draw. I suffered crashing all the time not long after I unlocked it. I tried swapping the memory out but that made no difference. After looking into it I found the power requirements thing and assumed that was what caused it.
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