Re: Media Center and Hyper Threaded WXP Pro box

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In System Device Manager what does it say your Computer is?
My Intel 630 HT shows as "ACPI Multiprocessor PC" and I show 2 Intel
processor entries under Processors
"Gary J. Dikkema" <gary_d-no-spam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> OK. Seems the other day when I googled this there was an issue with dual
> processors.
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> "JW" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> So when you checked a process like I suggested it did NOT show an
>> Affinity option with 2 cpus avaialble. is that correct?
>> Yes I know it is an Intel box since AMD does not have HT processors only
>> dual core processors. I mentioned their problem since that is what you
>> may have heard about. I have never heard of any MCE application having a
>> problem with Intel HT processors.
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>> "Gary J. Dikkema" <gary_d-no-spam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>I hear ya..
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>>> You know this is a Intel box eh?
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>>> Does that change anything? Two processors used to show...
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>>> Very strange!
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>>> "JW" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> Ctrl/alt/delete highlight a process and then right click if you have
>>>> a show Affinity option be sure that it shows 2 cpus available.
>>>> Some early dual core AMD chips had trouble with MCE 2005 and NTSC
>>>> tuners this problem was remedied by an AMD driver update, a Registry
>>>> addition or by upgrading to MCE2005
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>>>> "Gary J. Dikkema" <gary_d-no-spam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:uh6qpPc%23FHA.360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> So, once upon a time I had TWO little windows in Task Manager; same
>>>>> with the system information only showing ONE cpu.
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>>>>> However, the Bios shows it's an HT box and that every thing is working
>>>>> well.
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>>>>> Some have told me that MCE2005 doesn't like HT?
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>>>>> Can anyone confirm?
>>>>>
>>>>> I could swear this was still an HT box a week or so back.
>>>>>
>>>>> I find this to be very starnge!
>>>>>
>>>>> "This' is an Asrock 775i65GV with Prescott 3.0 GHZ processor.
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary D
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