flowtek

got mine today as promised , thx to thInk3r, staryoshi and everyone else for this great 550 thread and their info sharing



Clock: 3600 x4
200 x 18
vcore 1.31v
HTlink 1600 / 1.2v
NBclock 1800 / 1.2v
Ram 1066 / 2.1v
OCZ Vendetta2



http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=599546

just like staryoshi suggested me, jan 09 bios, unlocked out of the box

thx
flo

thlnk3r

RendoR, are you sure this isn't a Firefox related problem? Have you tried reinstalling Firefox? Try testing with Internet Explorer to see if that helps. Do you have any addons or modification done to Firefox? Did you modify the about:config?

Flowtek, great job

The CPU-Z screen shot is showing a 940...I thought you picked up a 550BE? Or am I a tad confused here

Good luck

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flowtek

man i just realized ,.. naaaah, you knew it was an X4 B50 , got me there

thx
flo

thlnk3r

Flowtek, wow disregard my last post. I was looking at the "Socket AM2+ 940"

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Multiverse

Has anyone had any luck with the May 09 bios? I flashed my bios to the newest they had available and my computer locks up when it tries to boot with all 4 cores enabled. I've read where a lot of people are having success with the Jan. 09 bios so should I do a reflash?

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Multiverse, I have feeling Biostar might of made some changes to the BIOS that prevents the unlocking of the disabled cores. I'd recommend going to the Jan. 09 bios and giving that a shot. I know Gigabyte made changes to their newest bios release to prevent the unlocking portion

Good luck

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flowtek

opps,.. got you bro

reflash with jan 09

anyway, is this bios faulty or something wrong with cpuz that no matter htlink value i put cpuz always shows 1600?

thx
flo

staryoshi

When I mention the Jan bios, it's for the TA790GX 128mb, so I'm not sure about A2+. However, I can say with much certainty that if they disable ACC in one motherboard, they're likely to do it in the other Is there a May AND a June bios available? If so, you may (pun) have luck with the May bios, but not the June, as these chips were not available in May if my memory serves...

Now that I've found my happy place for the graphics card, I'll start tearing into this cpu more. Whether that be by a) overclocking further or b) scaling back the OC a bit and undervolting it, I'll definitely work on tweaking it a good deal.

$97 for a 3.5Ghz Quad? Rox The cost of my CPU and GPU combined equal that of a PII X4 940
By the way, I highly recommend this MSI HD4830, quality parts beget insane overclocks and great temps. (25% oc !=O!)

Contagion

very nicely done.
what your link speed on that? (x16; x8; Auto)
thnx

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Quick question: My thermal sensors for each CPU no longer function in monitoring programs such as AMD Overdrive, Everest, etc. I can only see the "main" cpu temperature, which I assume is where it contacts with the HSF. If I clear the CMOS on my motherboard and revert back to dual core, will it work again? Or is it permanently disabled? Not a big deal, really, just curious.