opteron 170 help

[encephalopathy]

don't laugh

installed opteron 170 today as upgrade
it says dual core in the bios
it says dual core in windows properties

i only get 1 graph in windows task manager
i can't check between the cores in cpuid

how can i tell that both cores are actually working?
are there amy amd updates i need to install moving from an opty 146 to a 170?

cheers

 

[easyrider]

Have you the latest bios?

 

[encephalopathy]

ah now theres a point - asrock dual sata II and i think i am using ocwb 1.2 bios from ages and ages ago as it didn't have the 274 htt ceiling on it - will go and hunt down the latest bios

thanks easyrider

 

[steve258]

Go to device manager and under the "Computer" it should say something like "Multiprocessor PC" as opposed to "Uniprocessor PC". To change it select re-install driver option and manually select the correct one.

Also there are dual core drivers and optimisor available on AMD site, not sure if they also apply to opterons though as they are designed for X2s.

 

[encephalopathy]

cheers

i now have 2 cpu graphs in windows task manager - so both cores are working

thanks!