AMD Core Unlock - Athlon X2 5200 to Phenom FX

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UPDATE: Important info for anyone looking to buy a 5200+ for unlocking. Athlon 5200+ CPUs based on the CACEC AC stepping code are Deneb (Phenom II X4) based. Deneb based 5200+ CPUs are the ones which may be unlockable. 5200+ CPUs based on other steppings (like NAEGC AE) are native dual-core and do not have any dormant cores to unlock.

Bought an Athlon X2 5200+ CPU for £31 from scan.co.uk and was successfully able to unlock it to a "Phenom FX-5200+" quad-core with L3 cache!

CPU part number is
AD5200OCK22GM

Links:
Flickr set containing LinX, wPrime, Cinebench and Prime95 bench/stress results:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronage/sets/72157625749687678/

Scan.co.uk 5200+ listing:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-athlon-x2-5200plus-am3-dual-core-processor...

Wallpaper shown on PC, AMD Magny Cours die shot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amd_unprocessed/4465307385/in/set-72157623710388...

Spec:
Noctua U12P w/dual NF-P12
ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO
4GB (2 X 2GB) Corsair XMS3 1600MHz 7-8-7-20 2T
AMD 5850 1GB (reference)
Corsair TX650W

Next up, Zosma ;)

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[AjiMisH]

hey..i have AMD Athlon II X2 260 3.20Ghz..can i unlock? please reply

[Aaronage1]

@AjiMisH Unfortunately no :(

Athlon II X2 CPUs with 2MB L2 cache are native dual-core parts

[MyAqaa]

on and on and on and on............spit it out already

[Aaronage1]

@MyAqaa I have to be thorough.

Take the point about this only working with AM3 5200+ CPUs, I don't think I could have been any clearer about that but I still get questions about whether it will work with AM2 5200+. Look a few comments down for an example. If I hadn't made an effort to be thorough I would have had waaaay more questions like that - it's not fun having to reply to the same question over and over :)

[reaper57abvbg]

I have AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.6GHz AM2 can I unlock it?

[Aaronage1]

@reaper57abvbg Unfortunately the model you have is a native dual-core and doesn't have any cores to unlock

[reaper57abvbg]

@Aaronage1 Thx for your answer!

[Aaronage1]

@billonicle ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO :)

[billonicle]

what board is that?

[MrJake1702]

how would i unlock cores on an AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core Processor and an ECS GeForce6100PM-M2 motherboard?