Can you flash a cpu?

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

How about this- modding an hdd into an ssd via ram and ssd read and write caching- primo cache application, this is a standard 5tb hdd here:

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Ok so again its a tangential statement , to the thread it means little, and im not being nasty here but ,it's just as useless as me mentioning I've got a bad back right now especially because that's nothing new as well.

 

[jaggerwild]

Thats a RAM disk, First you post the thread. Then you think your posting stuff we haven't seen but we have?
Next you gonna teach use to rev our cores up?

 

[eidairaman1]

I think we are getting a little off subject now and also it seems like this thread was hijacked let's get back on topic before a moderator comes in here.

who ever start with the Z on stuff a needs to start a new thread or something and use that instead of someone else's

 

[Rehmanpa]

So can you modify a ryzen mobo bios to enable those cores or are they lasered off during production

 

[MrGenius]

So an r9 290 being flashed to a 290x does not have those shaders disabled physically? Also how would you tell if it's been disabled physically vs software?

http://www.overclock.net/t/1567179/...iji-unlockability-tester-ver-1-6-and-atomtool

So can you modify a ryzen mobo bios to enable those cores

Not very likely.

or are they lasered off during production

Maybe(read probably). Or just defective to begin with so unlocking them would gain you nothing.

 

[Ruru]

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Eons ago... Phenoms... Options built into firmwares... BIOS flash... Noobs.

Maybe you could edit the microcode so the bios only had reference settings for the high end chip?

Please enjoy the image of this Barton that has been pencil modded then overclocked using jumpers on the mainboard before enthusiast was a market segment. I dont even think the modder had paid for his CPU insurance.

P.S, not even mad

That looks like Thunderbird, not Barton. I used to have pencil modded Thunderbird back in the day.

 

[R0H1T]

How about this- modding an hdd into an ssd via ram and ssd read and write caching- primo cache application, this is a standard 5tb hdd here:

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That's not modding, Primo is a known (caching) solution for eons, I've used their Ramdisk some 4~5 years back, this is just the next logical evolution

 

[uuuaaaaaa]

Anyone know if someone is working on an attempt at flashing these? If so does that mean one could potentially flash a ryzen 1600 into a 1700?

It wont unlock.

Hold on! Ryzen 7 1600 and 1600x from week 36 manufactured in Malaysia seem to be full blown R7 1700 and and 1800x cpus, at least some of them!

http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-5-1600x-cpus-8-working-cores-spotted-wild/

 

[R-T-B]

Yes, all CPUs are flashable.

Microcode is loaded (flashed) into pretty much every consumer CPU from the bios on every boot.

Look at me, I'm a smart froggy.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Back to the question,

...and I am wondering, "Is it possible to flash a ryzen... .

No you can't flash a cpu

Correct. Understand "Flash" came from "flash memory", a type of erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) device. The "flash" term came about by the developer of flash memory because the high energy UV light used to erase such EEPROM devices reminded him of the flash of camera's flash.

CPUs are programmable devices, not reprogrammable. That is, their programming cannot be erased then programed again with different code like an EEPROM can. Existing programmed features can often be enabled and disabled, but not changed.

Microcode is loaded (flashed) into pretty much every consumer CPU from the bios on every boot.

Sorry, but that is not true. Flashing implies reprogramming the code in a device. That does not happen at boot. All the BIOS does is apply user defined allowed options (set in the BIOS Setup Menu) to the defaults already coded (burned) into the firmware of the chipset/BIOS. Those changes are stored in the CMOS device. And CMOS devices are not "flashed". Data is "saved" in the CMOS memory device in a very similar way as data is saved in regular DDR3 and DDR4 RAM. If you remove power from RAM or the CMOS device, the data is lost. If you remove power from the EEPROM, the data is retained.

See volatile vs non-volatile memory.

Once the hardware boots, the OS boots and the code from those processes are "loaded" (not "flashed") into the CPU and system RAM.

"Loading code" is totally different from "flashing code" and should not be confused.

 

[Rehmanpa]

Yes, all CPUs are flashable.

Microcode is loaded (flashed) into pretty much every consumer CPU from the bios on every boot.

Look at me, I'm a smart froggy.

Is anyone working or has worked on trying to create something that could unlock one of these processors?

 

[eidairaman1]

Is anyone working or has worked on trying to create something that could unlock one of these processors?

Not here, I'd hop on the information super highway and look for it.