UPgraded from Celeron to P4 3.0Ghz chip

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My mother board supports HT, i thought this chip did also
Chip Code is
BX80546PG3000ELS7PM
Says ot supports Hyper Threading right on the box
Running Windows XP and my task manager still only shows 1 CPU

Any idea how i get 2 the HT processors ?

Thanks for your Help
Running XP Pro SP2
 
Kevin said:
My mother board supports HT, i thought this chip did also
Chip Code is
BX80546PG3000ELS7PM
Says ot supports Hyper Threading right on the box
Running Windows XP and my task manager still only shows 1 CPU

Any idea how i get 2 the HT processors ?

Thanks for your Help
Running XP Pro SP2
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You can't. You only have one CPU which is why task manager is correctly
showing only one. Hyper Threading doesn't make it two CPU's.
 
Tony said:
You can't. You only have one CPU which is why task manager is correctly
showing only one. Hyper Threading doesn't make it two CPU's.
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Wrong-o.

1 HT processor shows as 2 physical processors in TM.

You will need to a "repair install" from the CD to get the
proper HAL installed for multiprocessor.
 
Hi V Green

Is there any other option? perhaps some value in the registry i can reset ?

Thank in advance
Kevin
 
Kevin said:
My mother board supports HT, i thought this chip did also
Chip Code is
BX80546PG3000ELS7PM
Says ot supports Hyper Threading right on the box
Running Windows XP and my task manager still only shows 1 CPU

Any idea how i get 2 the HT processors ?

Thanks for your Help
Running XP Pro SP2
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You do realize that turning HT on will more than like result in making your
computer *slower*, don't you?

There are a few HT aware app on the market, but the vast majority of
apps/software/games are not HT aware.

I recommend doing benchmark testing before a repair install; record your
results; repair install to enable HT, and then benchmark again. I think
you'll be surprised.

HT in concept is a very good thing; however it has *never* been properly
implemented or supported (except by a very few software vendors).


You would have done much better to buy a AMD X2 dual core with on die memory
controller and Hypertransport bus...it blows anything Intel out of the
water...period!

Bobby
 
You have to open your BIOS and enable hyper-threading.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| My mother board supports HT, i thought this chip did also
| Chip Code is
| BX80546PG3000ELS7PM
| Says ot supports Hyper Threading right on the box
| Running Windows XP and my task manager still only shows 1 CPU
|
| Any idea how i get 2 the HT processors ?
|
| Thanks for your Help
| Running XP Pro SP2
 
A repair install is the only way to make sure the hardware is detected
properly and the correct HAL is loaded. There are some hacks floating around
for changing the HAL,but I would not recommend using them.

--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone-
 
Hi V Green

Is there any other option? perhaps some value in the registry i can reset ?
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If you want, you can just update the ACPI setting:

Open Device Manager, expand Computer, select the ACPI device, then right
click, properties, Driver, update driver, select "ACPI Multiprocessor
PC" and then install the multi processor driver.

I've done this on 70+ systems over the years and not had any issues with
it, remember to make a good backup and restore point before you do this.
 
A repair install is the only way to make sure the hardware is detected
properly and the correct HAL is loaded. There are some hacks floating around
for changing the HAL,but I would not recommend using them.
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Wrong, if you update the ACPI decice it will do all that is needed.
 
Try it both ways on the same system sometime and you may be surprised at the
performance increase with the repair install.

--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone-
 
One more question

just beacuse my taskmanager is only showing 1 cpu, my hardware/ device/ CPU
section shows 2 processor, is my system actually usin both cpu's just not
shows me both in the Taskmanager?


Kevin
 
Any idea what the file name of this multi processor driver is

and where i can locate it ? Im assuming it on my install disk and have to
expand it ??

Kevin
 
In Task Manager:
click Performance tab
then
View >> CPU History >> One Graph per CPU

If you get TWO CPU graphs, and they both show
activity, then you're already
running the MP HAL and you don't need to to
ANYTHING.
 
Any idea what the file name of this multi processor driver is

and where i can locate it ? Im assuming it on my install disk and have to
expand it ??
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Just select it from the Upgrade option, it should look for it and find
it on its own - you just select the one you want.
 
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