Phenom II X4 955 BE work in socket AM3+?

On the AMD spec page, this CPU shows it works only on socket AM3. Will it work in a socket AM3+? Are AM3 and AM3+ different or the same? Answer AM3+ is actually a modified AM3 Socket which was designed for future CPUs which will use the new Bulldozer microarchitecture. AM3+ sockets fully compatible with … Read more

AMD Phenom II core speed keeps going up and down, cool & quiet is off

I have an AMD Phenom II X4 955 that keeps going up and down between 800mhz and 3.2ghz. The multiplier also goes up and down between 4x and 16x. It does this several times a second regardless of load — resulting in an incredibly frustrating hiccup. I disabled Cool & Quiet in BIOS — didn’t … Read more

AMD 700, 800 series chipset. I’m lost [closed]

This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet. For help making this question more broadly applicable, visit the help center. Closed 9 years … Read more