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Tehseen_Akhtar   01-29-2012 at 04:22:58 PM

Hello,
Well my brother has a core i7 but its locked..
someone told my brother that if he removes an ic and places it back then it will unlock..
the ic is something like "winbond 25Q64BVSIG"
Is it true..
can anyone help me with this..

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GhislainG   01-29-2012 at 06:08:30 PM
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i7 processors are not locked, but he may have a model that can't be overclocked. Removing and reinstalling a serial flash chip on the motherboard isn't the smartest idea.

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Inanition02   01-29-2012 at 06:31:29 PM

Not true...and likely to ruin the mobo.

 

And as said above, he probably just has a multiplier locked one. No way to fix that.


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Tehseen_Akhtar   02-08-2012 at 05:09:28 AM

GhislainG wrote :

i7 processors are not locked, but he may have a model that can't be overclocked. Removing and reinstalling a serial flash chip on the motherboard isn't the smartest idea.



well you were right that was a dumb idea.. :kaola:
anyway its working now :bounce:
my brother just flashed the bios :sol:

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