Recent content by lettcco

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    Don't buy Cisco E2500 for dual-band DD-WRT (yet)

    I have flashed v104 tomato by shibby as well, and while I like the general feel of tomato over stock, I found the following problem: 1) The UI is in polish. Sure I can have google translate it with chrome, but I wish I can choose. 2) The device list keep adjusting in sizes back and forth...
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    can one of the core of C2D fail and the chip still operate?

    Thanks for the replies, ch33zw1z. I was going to get the E8500 that so many people raved about at $135 but they were sold out, so I settled for E5200 which probably works out better as it is 50 dollars cheaper and is actually a boxed cpu so if this happens again I will have 3 years warranty :)
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    can one of the core of C2D fail and the chip still operate?

    I was hoping you guys would have the answer already...but I guess it doesn't matter now. For those who have the same problem and stumble upon this thread, if you try the msconfig/hal.dll enable trick and it didn't do it for you, chances are one of your core is dead. The computer will still...
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    can one of the core of C2D fail and the chip still operate?

    unfortunately no. But I think I am about to run out to frys and pick up a E8500 combo to test it out, so I will report back.
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    can one of the core of C2D fail and the chip still operate?

    I have my E4300 on my GA-P35-DS3P for ~2years now and I just notice that my taskmgr/device manager only 1 core is showing up. I reinstall a fresh Vista and still same thing. I even boot into linux with a liveCD and also found that only one core is operational. I don't think there is any bios...