Unlocking cores with an MSI motherboard and Phenom CPU?

marks360

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Does anyone have any experience with MSI motherboards? I have an MSI 770-G45 and I am attemptimg to unlock my AMD Phenom II x2 555 BE. I have the Auto core unlock enabled and Advanced Clock calibration set to Auto. Doesn't appear to be effecting anything? Went into the core screen and only showing 2 active cores. Any ideas on what else I should try? Any voltages I should change? What voltage value is recomended. I have a coolermaster 512 Cooler on the thing, so it should run plenty cool. Should I mess with the FSB switches? or should I wait until I unlock the cores? The dip switches offer up to 20% increase in FSB frequency.
 

jcamel24

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+1 to that! Went through 2 of them, 3rd one is on it's way. Don't even know what to do with it!
 

marks360

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what is a good brand of motherboard for core unlocking and overclocking? Something not to crazy expensive. similar to my MSI 770-g45? Because I am having problems with it posting properly, can't enter the BIOS all the time, unlers I clear CMOS.