I think that the UNLOCK refers to OVERCLOCKING - that is how I have seen the
term used. Perhaps others may give more details for you specific situation.

Peter Shkabara
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I am building a new computer to hook up to our HDTV, primarily to watch and
record on-line programs through Windows Media Center. I have an AMD Athlon
X2 7850 Black Edition AM2 CPU.  I had this CPU in an MSI MB that didn't work
out. While setting up the BIOS I noticed an "Unlock Core" function.  I have
not seen this before and do not know anything about why multi-core CPU's
need to be unlocked. I assumed if the CPU has multiple cores, all would be
working. Then I discovered the unlock function.

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