pure virtual function errors with XPS 5

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Anyone else seen any "pure virtual function" errors with dual core HT Dell
pentiums?

New XPS 5 with 3.2GHz HT has triggered some of these errors when running
Photoshop CS (not CS2) and Outlook Express.
I suspect it's related to threads not syncronizing with the dual cores or
with HT. (Although I've never seen the problem with single core HT pentiums)

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Dual core and HT are mutually exclusive. Which do you have ?

- NuTs

"Ned Hamilton" <noone@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone else seen any "pure virtual function" errors with dual core HT Dell
> pentiums?
>
> New XPS 5 with 3.2GHz HT has triggered some of these errors when running
> Photoshop CS (not CS2) and Outlook Express.
> I suspect it's related to threads not syncronizing with the dual cores or
> with HT. (Although I've never seen the problem with single core HT
> pentiums)
>
>

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"Nick" <tanstaafl@pobox.com> wrote in message
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>
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 22:03:19 -0500, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, "NuTCrAcKeR"
> <nutcracker@internationalhacker.org> wrote:
>
>>Dual core and HT are mutually exclusive. Which do you have ?
>
> ??? They are not mutually exclusive: at least one of Intel's chips has
> both. It's available as an option for the Dimension XPS Gen 5.
>
> I think the CPU is called Extreme Edition or something like that. Look on
> Dell's web site, or check hardware review sites.
>
> Dual core and Hyperthreading; also overclockable.
>
> --
> Nick <mailto:tanstaafl@pobox.com>


They do appear to be mutually exclusive; it's either a D chip or a non-D
with hyperthreading. To do otherwise would be redundant:

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/le [...] more.aspx?

Cut and paste if the link doesn't hold.


Stew

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Both HT and dual core. 4 processors show up in Task Manager.
What planet have you been living on?

"NuTCrAcKeR" <nutcracker@internationalhacker.org> wrote in message
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> Dual core and HT are mutually exclusive. Which do you have ?
>
> - NuTs
>
> "Ned Hamilton" <noone@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:NfUFe.59674$3j2.1974197@twister.southeast.rr.com...
>> Anyone else seen any "pure virtual function" errors with dual core HT
>> Dell pentiums?
>>
>> New XPS 5 with 3.2GHz HT has triggered some of these errors when running
>> Photoshop CS (not CS2) and Outlook Express.
>> I suspect it's related to threads not syncronizing with the dual cores or
>> with HT. (Although I've never seen the problem with single core HT
>> pentiums)
>>
>>
>
>

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On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 06:15:36 -0500, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, "S.Lewis"
<stew1960@mail.com> wrote:

>Link didn't work. Showed all XPS CPU choices, and the D cores starting
>where the HT chips ended. No CPU listing both.
>
From the 'Customize it' for a Dimension XPS Gen 5:

Pentium® Extreme Edition Dual Core w/ HT Tech (3.20GHz, 800FSB)

Just put that in another thread below this one a little earlier today. That
was copy and pasted from Dell's site a little earlier today. Same thing was
there a few weeks ago when I was customizing the XPS 5 I'm using now.

Dual core and hyperthreading, at 3.2Ghz, which is what the original poster
mentioned.

I agree the Pentium D is strictly dual core with no Hyperthreading, but
neither of the two people I was responding to mentioned a Pentium D.

Whether or not the OP actually has the Extreme Edition I can't say, but the
chip described certainly does exist and is available as an XPS 5 option.

--
Nick <mailto:tanstaafl@pobox.com>

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Just because your computer is acting strangely or one of your programs
doesn't work right, this does NOT mean that your computer has a virus.