X2 550 Unlocking & Overclocking Consolidated

[pb3176]

0922cpmw - pb3176 - gigabyte ma790x-ud4p - f7 - success link

here is my cpuz validation. i have cool n quiet enabled and the thermal control enabled.
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=671827

[Cisco Kid]

550's look decent

[ah_khoo]

another 0922apmw here...

biostar 790gx a3+ w/ 06/29/09 bios.

[trans am]

another 0922apmw here...

biostar 790gx a3+ w/ 06/29/09 bios.

very nice. I have the same board and im having a hell of a time unlocking. cpu is 550BE 0925 APMW.
im using the same bios as you. what did you do exactly to get the board to post?
I set ht link to 1600
vcore around 1.4V
ACC to Auto
coolnquiet is disabled.
am I missing anything? I feel like such a retard with this AMD rig. Its my 1st amd since 2004.

I feel like I forgot how to ride a bike or something.

[ah_khoo]

very nice. I have the same board and im having a hell of a time unlocking. cpu is 550BE 0925 APMW.
im using the same bios as you. what did you do exactly to get the board to post?
I set ht link to 1600
vcore around 1.4V
ACC to Auto
coolnquiet is disabled.
am I missing anything? I feel like such a retard with this AMD rig. Its my 1st amd since 2004.

I feel like I forgot how to ride a bike or something.

thx sir, was being lucky only coz i dun think i did something special. what i did was :

1. turn d air cond on bout 10 mins b4 i start benching
2. go into bios, up d cpu multi, up d vid and set d ht link multi to 8x. that's it.
3. turn off gpu (green power utility) & all those c&q related stuffs.
4. save & exit.
5. test d highest clock my old 3850 can handle.
6. run 06.
7. do screenshot.

0925 batch is having kinda high failure rate. i managed to test one 0925apmw on d same board, no luck in unlocking but managed to get it prime stable @ 4.0GHz w/ dual core. lotsa luck needed in getting a 0925apmw w/ healthy unlockable cores i guess.

[trans am]

thx sir, was being lucky only coz i dun think i did something special. what i did was :

1. turn d air cond on bout 10 mins b4 i start benching
2. go into bios, up d cpu multi, up d vid and set d ht link multi to 8x. that's it.
3. turn off gpu (green power utility) & all those c&q related stuffs.
4. save & exit.
5. test d highest clock my old 3850 can handle.
6. run 06.
7. do screenshot.

0925 batch is having kinda high failure rate. i managed to test one 0925apmw on d same board, no luck in unlocking but managed to get it prime stable @ 4.0GHz w/ dual core. lotsa luck needed in getting a 0925apmw w/ healthy unlockable cores i guess.

Okay, It could just be my 0925 550 is not unlockable. I am using the onboard video since i dont have this really setup as my main rig yet. 1st I want to see if the cores will even unlock.
I'll sell this one if it turns out a failure.