Core disabled with E6300!!

[jz2linkinpark]

Hey guys!
I'm new to this forum,nice to meet you
i recently purchased a new computer based on the E6300 processor and Gigabyte GA-945P-S3 motherboard,my problem is that when i ran a series of benchmark tests,i realised it was not giving the performance expected from the core2duo series,so i ran the cpu-z utility and i realised that one of the cores of my processor was disabled,so can anyone tell me how to re-enable it?

 

[aggressor]

You simply can't disable a core. Are you sure CPU-Z says its gone? They changed the layout in 1.36, so you can't select them as if they were different processors any more. Instead it'll say Cores: 2 next to it.

 

[jz2linkinpark]

heres the entire cpu-z dump file:
http://www.upload2.net/page/download.../cpuz.txt.html
and pics of cpu-z
http://img162.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cpu0mg1.png
http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?i...nboard0sj3.png

after i press alt-tab while playing a game and then pressing ctrl-alt-del,but in the box 'totals' my 'handles is only 6555, my 'threads' is 396 and 'processes'is 28,surely some one must know how to re-enable the core!

 

[phile]

Are you using the latest BIOS version for your board?

-phil

 

[jz2linkinpark]

i am using bios F1

 

[Bobthelost]

Make a guess.

 

[n7]

I suspect you need a bios update.
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_List.aspx?CPUType=Socket+775

I'm not 100% sure which is yours, since the name you listed doesn't quite match anything there that i can see.

 

[Mogadon]

It's this one:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2324

The S3, a somewhat crippled version of the DS3 if I remember rightly.

 

[Gary Key]

I suspect this system is setup (is it really new?) for a single core CPU. Under Device Manager, Computer - What does XP report here?