[Help] Unlocking Phenom II X4 960T

[desiJATT]

Hello there guys, I have been tirelessly trying to unlock my Phenom X4 960T to a hex core processor from the day I bought it, but no luck. My configuration is in my signature. Here are the steps I performed to unlock it -

>Disabled Cool & Quite
>CPU Unlock to Enabled
>CPU Core Control to Manual
>Enabled the last two cores
>Rebooted - Failed Doesn't get past the Windows 7 logo
>Again booted into BIOS
>Increased Core Voltage by 0.0025V, then to 0.0050V.
>Rebooted - Failed BSOD after Windows 7 Logo ^
>Disabled both the cores, while keeping CPU Core Unlock to Enabled, and Cpu COre Control to Manual
>Entered into Windows, saw that Windows Installed a driver for AMD Six Core Processor.
>Again tried unlocking, but no luck.

Any ideas on how to successfully unlock it? Or should I just settle with the cores that they are possibly damaged ones?

 

[sumonpathak]

guess u dint win the draw....
bought from flipkart?

 

[desiJATT]

^^ Flipkart, RiGOD was able to unlock But I couldn't.

 

[RiGOD]

^^I don't think that the process is that complex if it actually has 2 extra cores. I just enabled Core Unlocker option and the extra cores showed up. Why don't you check some YouTube videos buddy? Somebody might have done a video with Gigabyte motherboard I guess.

 

[saikiasunny]

If possible just try to unlock 1 core. Many people were able to unlock 1 core instead of 6 core!

 

[Tech_Wiz]

Its a lucky draw. No Solutions for bad luck

 

[desiJATT]

^^I don't think that the process is that complex if it actually has 2 extra cores. I just enabled Core Unlocker option and the extra cores showed up. Why don't you check some YouTube videos buddy? Somebody might have done a video with Gigabyte motherboard I guess.

No videos for my board, only a 990 based chipset one, that too is having different interface than mine.

If possible just try to unlock 1 core. Many people were able to unlock 1 core instead of 6 core!

Tried, no luck on either of two.

Its a lucky draw. No Solutions for bad luck

Godamn it

 

[saikiasunny]

So nothing is possible now, sorry . Theres only 50% chance of unlocking a core!

 

[Tech_Wiz]

Yeah and +50% already eaten by RIGOD

 

[pramudit]

blaim flipkart for delivering a proccy that is not unlockable...

 

[saikiasunny]

if you Google a little bit you will notice that many people are having problem in unlocking the 960t with the 970a ud3. have you updated to latest BIOS?

 

[d6bmg]

Those who have the intention of unlocking 960T, why are you guys buying 960T at the first place? Buy 1075T, only 600/- more than that of 960T.
Those 960Ts of flipkart have bad reputation of not unlocking.

 

[pkkumarcool]

flipkart.com/amd-3-ghz-am3-phenom-ii-960t-processor/p/itmd2rysgmxrhzha

do u hav this processor?,buyers saying it overclocks well 0.o

 

[RiGOD]

flipkart.com/amd-3-ghz-am3-phenom-ii-960t-processor/p/itmd2rysgmxrhzha

do u hav this processor?,buyers saying it overclocks well 0.o

^^Yeah it does. The problem here is not OC'ing but unlocking it to a 6 core 1605T. Check the Newegg reviews too, the unlock rate is pretty high.

@desiJATT : Don't worry man, as you know for gaming 4 cores is more than enough. Even I'm running mine as stock 960T for gaming and other casual tasks considering that it has lower TDP and still performs well. Unlocks the two extra cores rarely for heavy multitasking like video encoding, 7 Zip compression etc.

And don't forget the misfortune I met with the monitor and in that case you're lucky. BTW you can check this post for my idle & load temps, TDP etc. And post your's too mate

 

[Cilus]

desiJATT, try to unlock one core at a time, many people have unlocked it into a 5 core CPU.

 

[saikiasunny]

desiJATT, try to unlock one core at a time, many people have unlocked it into a 5 core CPU.

he tried it, but no luck even there!