Windows 7 only sees one core in celeron m 530?

[mikeuvu]

I just bought an AOpen miniPC that came with an Intel Celeron M 530, I installed Windows 7 RC x86 on the machine. However when I look at system resources I only see on core being reconized. I have the latest BIOS for my model. Any help? Thanks.

 

[Helloworld_98]

it's a single core processor.

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=29733&processor=530&spec-codes=SL9UY,SL9VA,SLA2G,SLA6Y,SLGFL,SLGFY

 

[mikeuvu]

I can't seem to click on the link you provided. However Tom's Hardware says the 530 is a dual core.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-dual-core-celeron-m,3495.html

I read Intel's site yesterday and they seem to address the celerons as dual core processors. Where am I getting confused? Thanks.

Edit: Sorry I cut and pasted your link and got to the site. I see what you are talking about. I guess my question is then, how can I maximize the performance of this cpu and why the conflicting TH new article? Thanks.

 

[Helloworld_98]

link to the article?

you can't really do anything to add performance of that CPU since it's a mobile processor. you could exchange the HDD for a nice fast SSD though which would help with loading times.

 

[mikeuvu]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-dual-core-celeron-m,3495.html

here is the link to the Tom's Hardware Article. The processor is a 64bit processor, so would I see a performance boots by using the 64bit version of windows 7? Thanks for your help.

 

[Helloworld_98]

^ no, unless you have more than 4GB of ram total.

and I guess the tom's article was incorrect about them being dual cores because everything on intel's site says they are single cores.

edit: infact, I have one of the 530's in an old laptop so I know it's a single core first hand.

 

[mikeuvu]

It was a bundle deal that cost practically nothing, just trying to optimize as much as possible. That article from Tom's was misleading, oh well. Anyone know of a good, cheap replacement processor? The motherboard takes memron processors.