I've got a HP desktop computer with a I-7 quad core chip set. I decided for the first time to ck the core operation in the Task Manger. I only see one graph and I think there should be 4 or more. Looking at the Device Manager under the Processor tap there are 8 sub cores shown all with drivers and working according to Win 7. In the Msconfig under tabs Boot and Advance there is only 1 core shown with no option to add others.
This machine is still under warrantee and talking to HP about this I got not much of a conclusion of any problem. I guess it was the luck of drawing that tech. After a couple of hours with him looking at my computer he wants to send me a packing box to send it in to HP to ck it out as to hardware, but doesn't think anything is wrong.
The issue with that is I'm sure when I get the PC back I'm looking at a daunting task of reloading all of my software and files which would be a pain.
So, I guess I'll ask is the CPU cores controlled in the BIOS and perhaps mine were not set up with the right config? Also maybe the mother board won't support this quad chip.
I'd appreciate any thoughts yall may have.
Thanks,
Royg
Specs From Belarc:
Desktop PC
Hewlett-Packard h8-1360t 1.00
Processor
3.40 gigahertz Intel Core i7-3770
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
8192 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Not hyper-threaded
Mem
10198 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Board: PEGATRON CORPORATION 2AD5 1.03
Serial Number: 120523840001072
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: AMI 7.15 07/02/2012
Went into the BIOS and Hyper Threading was enabled as was Multi-Processors. So maybe if that's the case with Hyper Threading enabled, then you would only see one graph in the Task Manager. I don't know why Belarc didn't see this.
This machine is still under warrantee and talking to HP about this I got not much of a conclusion of any problem. I guess it was the luck of drawing that tech. After a couple of hours with him looking at my computer he wants to send me a packing box to send it in to HP to ck it out as to hardware, but doesn't think anything is wrong.
The issue with that is I'm sure when I get the PC back I'm looking at a daunting task of reloading all of my software and files which would be a pain.
So, I guess I'll ask is the CPU cores controlled in the BIOS and perhaps mine were not set up with the right config? Also maybe the mother board won't support this quad chip.
I'd appreciate any thoughts yall may have.
Thanks,
Royg
Specs From Belarc:
Desktop PC
Hewlett-Packard h8-1360t 1.00
Processor
3.40 gigahertz Intel Core i7-3770
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
8192 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Not hyper-threaded
Mem
10198 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Board: PEGATRON CORPORATION 2AD5 1.03
Serial Number: 120523840001072
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: AMI 7.15 07/02/2012
Went into the BIOS and Hyper Threading was enabled as was Multi-Processors. So maybe if that's the case with Hyper Threading enabled, then you would only see one graph in the Task Manager. I don't know why Belarc didn't see this.