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Robert Hancock <hancockr@nospamshaw.ca> wrote in message news:<ckCZd.688502$6l.111051@pd7tw2no>...
> Bill E wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:11:38 GMT, "FrankB"
> > <frankbon@remove.me.ntlworld.com.ukukuk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>"Bill E" <ill@ea.se> wrote in message
> >>news:6kia31t0cam8o0fvpui824f3ql4k44bi1b@4ax.com...
> >>
> >>>My fresh install of Windows XP Pro SP2 fails to enable the HT
> >>>mode of my P4 3.2 Prescott. I only get a single CPU. I ran Intel's
> >>>test utility and it passed the cpu and chipset test but failed the
> >>>bios test. I tried the latest beta bios and it still fails. Is this a
> >>>common problem or do I possibly have bad board?
> >>
> >>
> >>Make sure you have at least BIOS 1015 version
> >>P4C800-E Deluxe supports the new cpu's (Prescott) from this version
> >>
> >>Frank
> >>
> >
> >
> > I've gone as high as beta 1021 of the bios and the Intel test still
> > fails the bios part while passing the cpu and chipset tests.
> > Windows didn't install the multi processor kernel.
> >
>
> What does your system type show as in Device Manager? On a HT system it
> should be ACPI Multiprocessor PC. If it's ACPI Uniprocessor PC or isn't
> ACPI at all, that would be the problem. In that case, things to check
> would be any options to do with ACPI or the MP table in the BIOS.
I also had similar problems with the board. My system was a P4C800
deluxe, P4 3.2E prescott, TT butterfly 480W PSU, Corsair LL 3200.
Unfortunately the board has died on me and I have been unable to get
it up since. My Bios drivers were exactly the same as yours. I'd
reccomend a roll back of your bios to the previous version (get rid of
that beta bios version). Have you tried restoring your defualt bios
settings? Also, just out of curiousity, how does mozilla firefox run?
Because I had a lot of problems running mozilla with the prescott CPU
(it would always momentarilly hang).
I RMA'd my board 1 year ago, and am contemplating whether to bother
again (I can't stand Asus tech support). Anyhow, I have since bought
a new motherboard (MSI) and am never purchasing an Asus product again.