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Old 11-09-2011   #203
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Originally Posted by VIRGIN KLM View Post
3. Aren't we now able to enable the 8th SPU of PS3 and use it on GameOS?(Don't tell me that it's too dangerous and that by default Sony had dissabled it to tackle production failures, it's not an answer to my question and I already know that)
Firstly it IS because sony want to increase die yields and disabling a faulty core means it still gets used fine, secondly even if you did enable it it wouldn't do anything as none of the games would take advantage of it having been coded for the 6 SPE's that they normally have access to, given the 7th is locked for crypto stuffs and not accessible by gameOS directly anyway

So enabling it would really serve no purpose and chances are its damaged anyway so would lead to potential system stability issues should it be enabled and used.
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