Only one cpu running

[David47]

My system shows 8 cpu but in task manager only one is running. I use XP Pro 32 bit with Intel i7 and an ASRock H61M-VS motherboard. Do I need to re install XP (which would be lots of work as Ihave lots of other software) or is there an easy and relatively foolproof way to enable all 8 to run?
Many thanks if you can help.

 

[unksol]

Your system only has one CPU. it has 4 cores and 8 threads.

Why(on earth) are you running XP 32 bit on an i7? Where did this drive come from that it already has a ton of programs on it? If you just pulled it out of an.old.PC there's a whole host of other potential problems. If it came out of a single core PC its not going to work right. Is XP at least updated to service pack 3?

First go into task manage/view/CPU history and make sure you don't have it set to only show one graph for all CPUs. Make sure any max cpuid settings in the BIOS are disabled.

 

[correon]

You should run Win 7 64 bit for better performance and multitasking

 

[4745454b]

Assuming you are using a separate graph for each core, just change the CPU driver in the device manager. Upgrade it to the multi core driver.