Enabling HT on 2.8e ??

[Soulkeeper]

i just got my new 2.8e to replace the DOA 2.8e that newegg first sent me
but i seem to be having problems getting HT to work
I am using winxp pro and have set HT to "enabled" in the bios
the problem is i am getting low benchmark scores and the taskmanager only shows one cpu graph
device manager however shows two cpu's

i'm sure this question has been asked before but i couldn't seem to find anything that would help either with a search here or on google

can anyone give me a few hints ??

i'm just hoping this cpu isn't somehow DOA too



thanks

 

[Budman]

In task manager did you chose 1 cpu per graph?

look in VIEW>CPU HISTORY> click on one graph per cpu.

 

[Soulkeeper]

Originally posted by: Budman
In task manager did you chose 1 cpu per graph?

look in VIEW>CPU HISTORY> click on one graph per cpu.

that is the only option
and i can't select or deselect it

 

[Budman]

that's definately weird.

Here's what mine looks like.

 

[Soulkeeper]

did you have to mess with any kind of winxp settings to get HT to work ?
or did you just plop it in and it worked after enabling HT in the bios ?

 

[Budman]

last time I did that i went from a 2.26ghz 533 cpu and then put a 2.4c in it. Winxp detected the new cpu & all was fine after that.

I got no ideal why xp didn't detect your cpu.

 

[Budman]

In device manager is the Computer a ACPI multiprocessor PC ?

and under processors do you have 2 cpus ?

 

[Soulkeeper]

in device manager it shows two cpu's
but the only things with ACPI mentioned are as follows:

- computer
advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) pc

- system devices
ACPI fan
ACPI fixed feature button
ACPI thermal zone
microsoft ACPI-compliant system

 

[Jayczar]

Originally posted by: Budman
that's definately weird.

Here's what mine looks like.

mine too.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
in device manager it shows two cpu's
but the only things with ACPI mentioned are as follows:

- computer
advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) pc

- system devices
ACPI fan
ACPI fixed feature button
ACPI thermal zone
microsoft ACPI-compliant system

That's probably where the problem lies,you need to change your pc to a multiprocessor pc.

Here's what it should be.

 

[Soulkeeper]

ok i'm gonna try clearing the cmos again
maybe it's just some kinda bios deal

brb

 

[Soulkeeper]

welp it looks like i got another defective prescott !!

geez
i cleared the cmos and i get the same result
also i noticed that the max3 undervolts this proc to 1.34v by default (most recent bios and older bios)
i tryed upping the voltage to where the actual was 1.4 but that didn't help

anyone have any ideas ?
should i send this one back too ?

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
welp it looks like i got another defective prescott !!

geez
i cleared the cmos and i get the same result
also i noticed that the max3 undervolts this proc to 1.34v by default (most recent bios and older bios)
i tryed upping the voltage to where the actual was 1.4 but that didn't help

anyone have any ideas ?
should i send this one back too ?

did you do a clean install?

Have you tried changing your computer to an ACPI multiprocessor pc? you can try & force it by going into your computer properties (in device manager) and then clicking on update driver,then install from list, then dont search i will chose.... , then select ACPI multiprocessor pc. reboot.

 

[Soulkeeper]

the hardware wizard only shows the following in the list:

advanced configuration and power interface (acpi) pc
standard pc

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
the hardware wizard only shows the following in the list:

advanced configuration and power interface (acpi) pc
standard pc

Are you using Windows XP ?

Here's what it looks like in mine.

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Budman/untitled.JPG

 

[Soulkeeper]

yeah i only have the middle and the last option
i am using win xp pro

is there maybe some way i can download the acpi multiproc pc driver ?
i'm gonna search around the MS site and see if i can't find something

this is odd indeed

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
yeah i only have the middle and the last option
i am using win xp pro

is there maybe some way i can download the acpi multiproc pc driver ?
i'm gonna search around the MS site and see if i can't find something

this is odd indeed

A clean install would fix that,maybe a repair install.

 

[Soulkeeper]

i have service pack 1 installed
would installing service pack 1a maybe fix this ??

well thanks for the help
i guess i'll have to try to do some kinda repair installation
this could take awhile

 

[Soulkeeper]

is there any way to do this without losing all my game/app installs ??

I am at the blue install screen now and typing from a laptop

 

[jdogg707]

ya, I had this problem on an install and after doing a clean install it worked just fine. You can do a repair installation without losing any of your data, only the Windows Updates you have applied. It should give you the option after it searches for previous Windows installations to repair the install, you will then select C:\Windows (Default) and it will go from there...kind of like it did on Windows 9x machines.

 

[Soulkeeper]

thanks
i'll try that now

 

[Soulkeeper]

well it looks like MS wants me to pay them another 300 bucks everytime i do a repair
these crooked bastards

i can't believe this

 

[Soulkeeper]

alright i finally got this thing working
it took me all day
but after talking to MS to get the activation key i got it all working
and it now say ACPI Multiprocessor PC


crazy stuff i tellya

 

[jdogg707]

Glad to hear it finally worked out!

 

[Soulkeeper]

this processor rocks
i'm glad i got it

if for nothing else HT makes me happy
it feels good to run two threads of seti on high priority and have the system still be responsive

i tryed 3ghz last night with 1.44v but it gave me a BSOD
i'll try again later today

it also runs about 10c hotter than the system in my sig at it's default settings
i noticed the difference between idle and load temps is pretty high too
but this isn't too bad
55c under load