955 be now reading as 775 be

[failboater]

i have a amd 955 BE but after some serious stress testing my cpu is reading it as a 775 BE. What did I do and can it be fixed?

 

[failboater]

With more investigation I'm becoming more and more dumbfounded. Its like my CPU has just changed itself into a new model. A model that AMD has never made (to my knowledge). Im not even sure how this could have happened as my core temp was around 45c (might have hit 50c for like a second). I have never heard of such a thing. Anyone out there got any info on whats going on here?

 

[failboater]

So my BIOS is still reading it as a 4 core 955 BE but when i get into windows I'm only registering 3. Anyone got any ideas?

 

[Kamen_BG]

You really need to show us a CPU-Z Validation.

 

[Kamen_BG]

Are you sure you haven't turned off the fourth core in the motherboard's BIOS?

 

[failboater]

Positive. I hadnt touched my BIOS nor did I know I could even disable a core.
http://i.imgur.com/IyULf.jpg - cpuid

 

[jay_nar2012]

It still says 955.

 

[failboater]

yeah the CPU-Z still reads it as a 955 but its the only thing outside of my BIOS that does. I was being dumb and using other software. Anyways problem remains. The 955 BE is a 4 core chip and mine is only reading 3.
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2527008

 

[jay_nar2012]

Search 'msconfig' in the start menu and press enter, go to the boot tab, go to advanced options, on number of processors, set it to 4 press okay and restart and see if it worked.

 

[failboater]

Search 'msconfig' in the start menu and press enter, go to the boot tab, go to advanced options, on number of processors, set it to 4 press okay and restart and see if it worked.

I tried that and it would only display 3 cores. Had to go into BIOS and clear CMOS and then reinstate the core manually. Credit on this one goes to truegenius. Thanks for the help though.

 

[jay_nar2012]

Your welcome, Truegenius, hes didn't post on this thread, glad the problem is solved.