Re: HYPERTHREADING

From: BBUNNY (bbunny_at_bqik.net)
Date: 02/26/05


Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:23:33 -0500

Nowhere in the specifications from ECS does it say that that board
supports HT. You stated that there was not a enable disable for
HT in the BIOS. Put out another $100 for an Intel chipset board
For your CPU the Intel 875 would be the best bet IMHO. There
are too many problems with VIA chipsets.

Joe Murphy wrote:
| It came with a big sign that says it does and there customer support
| thinks it does. When booted it diplays a HT notice
|
|
| "BBUNNY" <bbunny@bqik.net> wrote in message
| news:uWKo6H5GFHA.4084@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
|| The ECS board does not support hyperthreading. See the differences
|| in the specs.
||
|| http://www.ecsusa.com/products/l4vxa2.html
||
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http://www.newegg.com/app/Viewproduct.asp?Submit=manufactory&catalog=280&manufactory=1157&DEPA=0&srchFor=D875
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|| Joe Murphy wrote:
||| Processor is a 3.06GHz Northwood D stepping. The Motherboard is a
||| ECS L4VXA2 with via vt8754 northbridge and vt8235 southbridge. I
||| replaced a 2.GHz CPU. The BIOS does recognize HYPERTHREADING and
||| displays a notice of such at bootup. Hyperthreading is enabled in
||| the BIOS.
||| The BIOS upgrade is Phoenix Technology 6.0 PG dated 06/16/2003
||| joe
||| "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
||| news:OFbuXa3GFHA.2620@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
|||| Does your processor support Hyper-Threading?
|||| Please send details of your CPU and motherboard.
||||
|||| Hyper-Threading Technology
|||| http://www.intel.com/technology/hyperthread/
||||
|||| "Hyper-Threading Technology requires a computer system with
|||| an IntelŪ PentiumŪ 4 processor supporting Hyper-Threading
|||| Technology and an HT Technology enabled chipset, BIOS and
|||| operating system."
||||
||||
|||| "Joe Murphy" wrote:
||||
||||| Nice info link but it doesn't give any hints about what to do when
||||| it doesn't work.
||||| joe



Relevant Pages

  • Re: HYPERTHREADING
    ... The ECS board does not support hyperthreading. ... Hyperthreading is enabled in the BIOS. ... | The BIOS upgrade is Phoenix Technology 6.0 PG dated 06/16/2003 ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: HYPERTHREADING
    ... I replaced a 2.GHz CPU. ... Hyperthreading is enabled in the BIOS. ... The BIOS upgrade is Phoenix Technology 6.0 PG dated 06/16/2003 ... > Does your processor support Hyper-Threading? ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Hardware for windows media encoder
    ... I've tried to disable the hyper tread technology in the BIOS. ... the BIOS so then CPU usage went to the 55% and RAM lowered to the 350Mb. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsmedia.encoder)
  • Re: Repair Install
    ... Joe Murphy respectfully replied;-) ... > I got the BIOS to recognize HT by downloading/installing a newer BIOS ... See the link below for info on repair install and slipstream links. ... For a better newsgroup experience. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: why is there no "boot files" available?
    ... If you have a motherboard BIOS that will allow ... wait for the technology catch up. ... manipulate the BIOS to boot from a variety of media. ... I do not know why MS is dragging their ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.general)