CPU mystery

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Remco

Hello,

Recently I've installed a normal webserver (Win 2003 Prof.)
The machine has a Pentium IV processor, 2 hard discs (120GB) and a Fasttrak
100 Raid controller.

The machine is running, problem is that the system displays that it has 2
CPU's which is wrong.

Is there anybody who has some experience or advice about this mystery?

Thanks in advance,

Remco
 
Remco said:
Hello,

Recently I've installed a normal webserver (Win 2003 Prof.)
The machine has a Pentium IV processor, 2 hard discs (120GB) and a Fasttrak
100 Raid controller.

The machine is running, problem is that the system displays that it has 2
CPU's which is wrong.

Is there anybody who has some experience or advice about this mystery?

Thanks in advance,

Remco
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You must have one of the newer "hyperthreading" P4 CPUs which will appear to
the O/S (Windows XP and higher) as 2 separate CPUs. Look up Intel's press
releases on hyperthreading for details.

http://www.intel.com/technology/hyperthread/
 
Mike said:
You must have one of the newer "hyperthreading" P4 CPUs which will appear to
the O/S (Windows XP and higher) as 2 separate CPUs.
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Actually, NT4 and higher.

Don't know about NT3.x - haven't tried that golden
oldie with an HT cpu. :-)
 
Mike Brown - Process Manager said:
You must have one of the newer "hyperthreading" P4 CPUs which will appear to
the O/S (Windows XP and higher) as 2 separate CPUs. Look up Intel's press
releases on hyperthreading for details.

http://www.intel.com/technology/hyperthread/
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Thanks,

Is there a tool to get more information about the system then just getting
basic info by Device Manager.
I can't access the BIOS because the server is physically somewhere else in
the country.

If I use just 1 virtual CPU and thread priority low, then the system crashes
while executing large processes like zipping of a few hundred MB's of files.
What tool should I use to figure out what is causing the problem?

Greets,

Remco
 
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