Enable the second core on the su3500?

Can anyone tell me, for sure, if it's possible?

Thx!

 

I'm sure if it could be done, one of the experts on this board would have done it by now. But the thought has crossed my mind too.

 

I doubt it, even if it were possible theres a chance the 2nd core is damaged and wouldnt work properly anyway as thats what happens to damaged SU4100's etc, they just disable a core and sell it as a single core SU3500.

 

Bingo!

Although I know in the past, Intel has labeled much higher clocked chips as lower clocked ones to meet demand. And I'm sure if the demand was high enough they'd do the same with the SU3500, just disable one core. Perhaps there's a small number that could manage dual core at same clock speed, but most likely not many if at all. Plus I don't think the demand would be that high for this chip, as I don't see it in many machines.

 

This would be interesting if it were possible..... To enable it you'd have to sand off the heatspread.

 

but is there 2 cores present?
i heard that it has only one core

 

It's a Penryn chip, so it has one core disabled.

 

I saw a handful of AMD Phenom X3 CPUs which are X4s with disabled 1 core. There are batches on which you can enable the 4th core just like that. It happens through the BIOS though and we all know how an Acer's BIOS looks like - locked better than a prison But yes, I guess with a BIOS modding you can enable that option

 

Yeah, if Intel implemented the same mechanism in its processors, which is unlikely.

 

It's exactly what I thought! The cost of a SU4100 and a SU3500, for example, are the very same to product. And even the cost of a SU9600 is the same of the others. What defines which one will be the high-end is the quality of the production (good quality results in good stability in higher frequencies and fully functionality). So, what would happen if you optimize the production so much that at least 90% of the processors could be labeled as high-end?
That's what I'm talking about.
If anyone rear about those magic tweaked BIOS that could possibly do the job, please, let me know.

see ya!

 

Like surfasb said, unlikely that Intel would allow it simply through BIOS. AMD seems to be more power user/hacker friendly. Where Intel likes to lock things down because they would rather you spend the money on a different chip.

 

My hunch was there was no BIOS revision to support the Core 2 Solos. So the disabling mechanism isn't BIOS related.

Just a hunch though.