WIN 8 recognition?

[basforte@aol.co]

Why does Windows 8 NOT automatically recognise all 4 Cores of my CPU?

Operating System​

System Model​

Windows 8.1 (x64) (build 9600)
Install Language: English (United Kingdom)
System Locale: English (United Kingdom)
Installed: 17/11/2014 19:34:03
Boot Mode: UEFI with successful Secure Boot

Hewlett-Packard h8-1485ea 1.00
System Serial Number: CZC2426X1S
Asset Tag: CZC2426X1S
Enclosure Type: Desktop

Processor a​

Main Circuit Board b​

3.40 gigahertz Intel Core i7-3770
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
8192 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Hyper-threaded (8 total)

Board: PEGATRON CORPORATION 2AD5 1.03
Serial Number: 1234567890123456
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
UEFI: AMI 8.10 09/25/2012
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[ShintaiDK]

Could you provide a screenshot? And did you have it before windows 8?

 

[Maximilian]

Why does Windows 8 NOT automatically recognise all 4 Cores of my CPU?

Operating System​

System Model​

Windows 8.1 (x64) (build 9600)
Install Language: English (United Kingdom)
System Locale: English (United Kingdom)
Installed: 17/11/2014 19:34:03
Boot Mode: UEFI with successful Secure Boot

Hewlett-Packard h8-1485ea 1.00
System Serial Number: CZC2426X1S
Asset Tag: CZC2426X1S
Enclosure Type: Desktop

Processor a​

Main Circuit Board b​

3.40 gigahertz Intel Core i7-3770
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
8192 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Hyper-threaded (8 total)

Board: PEGATRON CORPORATION 2AD5 1.03
Serial Number: 1234567890123456
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
UEFI: AMI 8.10 09/25/2012
​

Looks fine...

Since you've tried to use your email address as a username im gonna go out on a limb and say... just leave your pc alone, don't worry about it, its fine. :thumbsup:

 

[Denithor]

Where are you looking that the four/eight cores are not showing up?

You should go into Device Manager and look under Processors. This should show eight i7 cores and the speed they are running.

You can also go into Task Manager, click on the Performance tab, on the right hand side toward the bottom you should see Maximum Speed, Sockets, Cores, and Logical Processors. Cores should read 4 and Logical Processors should be 8 for your chip.

 

[Flapdrol1337]

The default view in task manager in win8 only shows an overall graph for the cpu, right mouse button on the graph and you can change it to show the individual cores.