X2 550 Unlocking & Overclocking Consolidated

[richierich]

Yeah, I reseated the RAM and the error went away. However, I'm pretty sure that my batch truly has two defective cores that won't unlock. I've tried almost everything now, and no matter what I do, it always hangs right before the Windows green loading bar screen.

Anyone else have a 0923APMW?

Sounds like you are still having the crcdisk.sys error. Try booting into safe mode. You may want to repair your windows installation.

[Team Vernia]

That's weird. I'm able to unlock in hybrid mode with the F2 bios. I went from F2c to F2, though so maybe that's why. It's fixed all my memory stability issues, but my 550 runs hot as well when unlocked. I'm on stock cooler, but I wonder if it's a temp reporting issue as well. I had to rma my video card, so I'm computer-less right now, but when I get the new card I'm getting a Freezer Pro 7 as well, so hopefully I'll have some success with the temps.

[ImmortalKenny]

Sounds like you are still having the crcdisk.sys error. Try booting into safe mode. You may want to repair your windows installation.

I've reinstalled/repaired windows a few times now and when I have ACC set to auto, I get stuck at crcdisk.sys when trying to boot into safe mode no matter what. However when I have the BIOS set to defaults, my computers hangs for about a minute at the crcdisk.sys message, then boots into safe mode. Could this be related to a faulty CPU, Mobo, HDD?

Other than that, when ACC is disabled, the CPU runs perfectly.