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Dell Optiplex 745 crashes on dual core only
I picked up a couple Dell Optiplex 745's that are almost identical. A friend of mine has the same machine that runs Windows 7 flawlessly. I, however, can only install it and run the OS when disabling one core of my Pentium D 2.8GHz (Presler) CPU. When I go into the BIOS and re-enable the 2nd core the system becomes completely unstable.
Some basics:
x86 (32-bit)- Windows Home Premium retail (Came from Dell with XP)
System close to four years old, with format and clean install of Windows 7. Machine does run OK on Windows XP with both cores enabled. Both machines seem to perform exactly the same so bad CPU or memory seems to be a longshot.
Zip file attached. Thanks for any help!
Eric
Last edited by emp1172; 19 Jan 2011 at 00:33. Reason: added correct file