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Windows 7 - 3 CPU cores and not 4?
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| 01-16-2012 | #1 |
| | 3 CPU cores and not 4? I have a AMD 955 Quad but now it's only showing 3 cores on my gadget. Is there a way to check this out so I'm wondering if there is something wrong with my CPU? |
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| 01-16-2012 | #2 |
| | Open your task manager and go to the Performance tab. At the top under cpu usage history, you should have a balck box with a green grid for each core you have. If it only shows 3 and you have a quad, your CPU may be defective. |
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| 01-16-2012 | #3 |
| | There is also a setting in BIOS to turn on and off individual cores. One of your cores may be turned off. My brothers AMD 6 core had one turned off in the BIOS when it was first put together. Found the setting and enabled it. Have no idea why 1 core was disabled on a new motherboard but it was. |
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| 01-16-2012 | #4 |
| | The gadget may be malfunctioning too. Download CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting and see what it tells you.  |
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