Vista (64bit Ultimate) reports only 1 Core on new AMD X2 CPU

paximus · External Since: Apr 05, 2007 Posts: 3

Can anyone confirm this?

Running Vista 64bit Ulitmate and upgraded my Single Core AMD to an X2.
I was expecting Device Manager and Task Manager to show 2 cores but instead
only shows one.

Does Vista show Dual Core CPU's as a single device by design or is there
something wrong here and if so....anyone know how to resolve this?

Thanks in advance

Iron Feliks · External Since: Mar 05, 2007 Posts: 23

"paximus" <paximus.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F43AB944-6316-42F7-B132-891B5DB0F18C@microsoft.com...
> Can anyone confirm this?
>
> Running Vista 64bit Ulitmate and upgraded my Single Core AMD to an X2.
> I was expecting Device Manager and Task Manager to show 2 cores but
> instead
> only shows one.
>
> Does Vista show Dual Core CPU's as a single device by design or is there
> something wrong here and if so....anyone know how to resolve this?
>
> Thanks in advance

I see two cores in Vista Ultimate x64..

paximus · External Since: Apr 05, 2007 Posts: 3

Ok...done some research and it appears that the HAL needed to be replaced.
This sorted it.

"Iron Feliks" wrote:

> "paximus" <paximus.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F43AB944-6316-42F7-B132-891B5DB0F18C@microsoft.com...
> > Can anyone confirm this?
> >
> > Running Vista 64bit Ulitmate and upgraded my Single Core AMD to an X2.
> > I was expecting Device Manager and Task Manager to show 2 cores but
> > instead
> > only shows one.
> >
> > Does Vista show Dual Core CPU's as a single device by design or is there
> > something wrong here and if so....anyone know how to resolve this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
> I see two cores in Vista Ultimate x64..
>
>

"Phil · External Since: Jun 06, 2007 Posts: 12

On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 07:16:01 -0700, paximus
<paximus.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Ok...done some research and it appears that the HAL needed to be replaced.
>This sorted it.
How did you do that?
My 64 bit Ultimate Vista lists two cpus in Device manager but not in
performance manager or even when I run Intels ID program.
Yet bios is up to date and if I boot to Xp on other drive, both cores
are being used.

Thanks in dvance

>
>"Iron Feliks" wrote:
>
>> "paximus" <paximus.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F43AB944-6316-42F7-B132-891B5DB0F18C@microsoft.com...
>> > Can anyone confirm this?
>> >
>> > Running Vista 64bit Ulitmate and upgraded my Single Core AMD to an X2.
>> > I was expecting Device Manager and Task Manager to show 2 cores but
>> > instead
>> > only shows one.
>> >
>> > Does Vista show Dual Core CPU's as a single device by design or is there
>> > something wrong here and if so....anyone know how to resolve this?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>>
>> I see two cores in Vista Ultimate x64..
>>
>>