question on Dual PIII system ( only 1 cpu been used)

ELectroFlux

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Aug 20, 2001
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hello all


look like i am having a little problem with my dualies. i am not sure if its a problem.

there is my system,

2x PIII different stepping ( cC0, cB0 )
ecs d6vaa
512 mb ram.
win2k

when i run flaskmpeg only cpu1 have any activity in task window under system in device manager.
the second one just idel where cpu1 running at 85 to 97%.
i did reinstall my system after i put in the second cpu. under system in device manager, it show
aspi multiprocessor. is this normal??

also how do i asign task to cpu2?

thanks all for the help

elf
 

bozo1

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May 21, 2001
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W2K will offload some normal housekeeping tasks to the 2nd CPU but if your application is not multithreaded, only one CPU is going to be used for it.