At my work we currently use all HP Workstations. The issue I am having is that it seems the second core of the Core 2 Duo cpus is not available for use. In the task manager there is no second core and no option to show a second core. However in the Device Manager both cores are showing. I had a system admin try running cpu-z on one of the workstations and it showed up as only having 1 core. The strange thing is that it seems to be affecting multiple models.
Currently I am using an HP Compaq DC 7900 SFF workstation with a Core 2 Duo E7400 that is not showing a second core. Some older workstations are running E6550 as not showing the second core, and some even older workstations are running E6300s and are showing the second core.
All of the workstations are running Windows XP Sp2, some of the pcs have been rebuilt recently and I suspect that it may be a Windows XP Issue. I checked in the bios to ensure that multiprocessors are enabled and they are.
For more info:
Processor Stepping: 0001067A 00000A07
System Bios is: 786G1 V01.11
ME Firmware Version 5.0.1.1111
Currently I am using an HP Compaq DC 7900 SFF workstation with a Core 2 Duo E7400 that is not showing a second core. Some older workstations are running E6550 as not showing the second core, and some even older workstations are running E6300s and are showing the second core.
All of the workstations are running Windows XP Sp2, some of the pcs have been rebuilt recently and I suspect that it may be a Windows XP Issue. I checked in the bios to ensure that multiprocessors are enabled and they are.
For more info:
Processor Stepping: 0001067A 00000A07
System Bios is: 786G1 V01.11
ME Firmware Version 5.0.1.1111