pc not seeing all cores

dannywaugh1 · 4 Aug 2007 at 15:07

ok i have build up my new rig and it is only showing up 2 cores not 4.
this time it is the right cpu!

deadite66 · 4 Aug 2007 at 15:11

i remember another thread on the forum were OC sent out the wrong CPU to someone, a duel instead of a quad core.

dannywaugh1 · 4 Aug 2007 at 15:12

deadite66 said:
i remember another thread on the forum were OC sent out the wrong CPU to someone, a duel instead of a quad core.

yep thats me. i have done another post, as this time it is the right cpu and windows vista aint seeing the 4 cores

paradigm · 4 Aug 2007 at 15:20

You re-installed since?

dannywaugh1 · 4 Aug 2007 at 15:31

yes i have reinstalled windows since

mattyrigby00 · 4 Aug 2007 at 15:34

run cpu-z (google it) and see what it says

dannywaugh1 · 4 Aug 2007 at 15:36

mattyrigby00 said:
run cpu-z (google it) and see what it says

yep says theres a quadcore q6600

hp7909 · 4 Aug 2007 at 15:39

dannywaugh1 said:
{snip}also i have 2 hdd and windows vista only pics up 1 hdd but if u go into device manager theres 2? but i can use it.

Formatted the 'missing' HD?

Growlingfish · 4 Aug 2007 at 15:40

dannywaugh1 said:
also i have 2 hdd and windows vista only pics up 1 hdd but if u go into device manager theres 2? but i can use it.

Is the unseen HD formatted? You might have to do this if it isn't: Admin tools->Computer Management->Storage->Disk management (this is on XP, don't know about Vista)

dannywaugh1 · 4 Aug 2007 at 15:48

Growlingfish said:
Is the unseen HD formatted? You might have to do this if it isn't: Admin tools->Computer Management->Storage->Disk management (this is on XP, don't know about Vista)

sorted the hdd

Dave M · 4 Aug 2007 at 15:53

Any BIOS updates for it?

dannywaugh1 · 4 Aug 2007 at 16:03

Telescopi said:
Any BIOS updates for it?

nope there no bios update on the intel website

mattyrigby00 · 4 Aug 2007 at 16:05

does cpu-z say 2 cores at the bottom but quad core as the cpu name? tried resetting the bios?

dannywaugh1 · 4 Aug 2007 at 16:29

ok i have sorted the problems heres what i did.

go to System Properties, then go to Device Manager, and find the APCI Proccesser or whatever its called on your computer, uninstall the device then it will ask you to restart your computer click ok then go into the bios to advanced chipset features then to cpu config, in there there is an option to enable the cpu cores looks like this cpu core 0
cpu core 1
cpu core 2
cpu core 3

only 2 of them will be enabled, enable the other 2, save changes and restart, when windows loads up it will install the drivers again to use all cores.