Intel OR840 M/Board and XP Pro

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Hi,

Does anyone know whether the Intel OR840 Dual Processor Board works well with XP Pro.

I have been having some inquiries lately about possible upgrade to XP Pro.

From what I have heard so far, it does not seem to use the dual processors even though it detects them. I am told the CPU usage history will indicate only a single processor chart rather than the usual dual charts for dual processor.

I may be wrong on this. Any ideas would be highly appreciated.

Many thanks.
 
Hi

XP Professional supports 2 physically separate processors and
hyper-threading.

If it is working properly, with Hyper Threading enabled, then it should look
like there are 4 CPUs present - 2 logical (or virtual) CPUs for each
physical processor.

XP Home, on the other hand, does *not* support physically separate
processors. It does, however, support hyper-threading which creates 2
logical (or virtual) processors which share the workload. In such a case 2
identical logical processors will be seen.

hope that helps
Pete
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Bayo Selere said:
Hi,

Does anyone know whether the Intel OR840 Dual Processor Board works well with XP Pro.

I have been having some inquiries lately about possible upgrade to XP Pro.

From what I have heard so far, it does not seem to use the dual processors
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even though it detects them. I am told the CPU usage history will indicate
only a single processor chart rather than the usual dual charts for dual
processor.
 
Bayo Selere said:
Hi,

Does anyone know whether the Intel OR840 Dual Processor Board works well with XP Pro.

I have been having some inquiries lately about possible upgrade to XP Pro.

From what I have heard so far, it does not seem to use the dual processors
Click to expand...
even though it detects them. I am told the CPU usage history will indicate
only a single processor chart rather than the usual dual charts for dual
processor.
I may be wrong on this. Any ideas would be highly appreciated.

Many thanks.
Click to expand...

Hi,

It _should_ work, but I must confess I've never installed XP Pro on an OR840
board. Check that the MPS (Multiprocessor Spec) option in the BIOS - if
present - is set to 1.4, to ensure that the dual processors are correctly
detected.
The latest BIOS for the board can be downloaded here:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/workstation/or840/INDEX.HTM

Hope this helps..
 
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