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    Phenom II X2 550 BE

    bugger
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    Phenom II X2 550 BE

    Apart from taking my cooler off is there any way of finding out what stepping my one is ?
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    Phenom II X2 550 BE

    Cheers anyways guys :toast:
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    Phenom II X2 550 BE

    Just update BIOS to 1304 & checked but no 'unleashing' mode :(
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    Phenom II X2 550 BE

    Ye kinda thinking that. Been looking elsewhere & seems like it's pot luck with what you get.
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    Phenom II X2 550 BE

    Had a look at the [all cores] & [per core] & got a bit scared lol. Seems like you can set a variable % to the cores ranging from -4% to 12%. Couldn't see how this would help though, although i'm probs just being dim.
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    Phenom II X2 550 BE

    The only options I got under ACC are [disabled] [auto] [all cores] [per core] I'll have a look & see what that gives me. Was wondering whether I need to have a proper AM3 board for this to work.
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    Phenom II X2 550 BE

    I want to enable the spare 2 cores on this & have read that this can be done by setting ACC to Auto in BIOS. Well i've done this but still only got 2 cores :ohwell: My mobo is an asus M3A78-T (BIOS is v1103) Also heard that the BIOS has to be 'buggy' or badly written for this to work. Anyone...
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    Display resolution not remembered after reboot

    I've tried both - no joy.:banghead:
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    Display resolution not remembered after reboot

    Recently replaced a 9700 pro card for a 9800 pro in my sons' xp system. I also changed the driver from 5.11 to 6.4 catalyst. No matter what drivers I use, the system will not remember any changes to the resolution settings. That is, the minimum is 800x600 and if i try to set it to any thing...
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    Win XP automatic updates

    My system is set to receive AU & it has downloaded the latest version of WGA. I don't want to install this & I keep getting the yellow icon in the system tray nagging me to install. I want to delete the download & then turn off AU but I can't find out where the AU downloads are stored...
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    Cooler dilemma

    It's fitted with the HIS cooler & I was wondering if it's worth switching to the AC cooler.
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    Cooler dilemma

    I've got a HIS X850XT Iceq 2 card & I'm thinking of changing the coolier to an AC Silencer5 rev.2 Is the AC cooler quieter & better than the HIS cooler & worth changing to? Cheers
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    Which x800 to go for?

    Cheers for the info, it's helped a lot:respect: I'll probably get a gto. Out of curiosity tho, don't spose you'd know what the equivalent nvidia card would be?
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    Which x800 to go for?

    I'm thinking of getting an x800 card but i'm not too clear on the suffixes ( pro, xl, gt, xt, gto, blah, blah) :confused: & what they mean for performance. Muchly appreciated if someone could give me the low down. Cheers
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