msconfig boot option problem please help

[StaceyMorgan]

Hello everyone, I have just recently went to msconfig, went to boot option tab then clicked on advanced tab, and it was showing 8 cores for start up, I changed it to 4, restarted my computer, and now it only shows 4, not 8 how do I get the 8 back? hopefully someone has an answer for me

 

[mickey megabyte]

hi StaceyMorgan, and welcome to sevenforums,

i'm not sure why you changed it in the first place - were you getting problems before?

just untick the box, and all should be ok.

 

[Phone Man]

Hello everyone, I have just recently went to msconfig, went to boot option tab then clicked on advanced tab, and it was showing 8 cores for start up, I changed it to 4, restarted my computer, and now it only shows 4, not 8 how do I get the 8 back? hopefully someone has an answer for me

Go back to that tab and UNCLICK number of processors. Why are you messing with it in the first place?

Jim

 

[StaceyMorgan]

hi StaceyMorgan, and welcome to sevenforums,

i'm not sure why you changed it in the first place - were you getting problems before?

just untick the box, and all should be ok.

I was getting a voltage warning by another software so I wanted to see it that had anything to do with it since it was overclocked, so i set it to the actual 4 cores and rebooted, but the voltage error was the same so then i used a different program which gave me the right voltage but now in that program it says theres only 2 cores, and in msconfig there is only the options of setting 1-4 cores, i cant go any higher.

 

[mickey megabyte]

maybe you've gone too high with your overclock?

bring your speed and voltages back down to default levels, and see if that sorts it.

what was the voltage warning? too high or too low?

 

[StaceyMorgan]

Also let me stress that I have not overclocked this computer, I was told by Asus tech, that having 8 cores at boot up was overclocking, I by no means ever overclocked my computer so please don't read my last post as I am overclocking and making mistakes, that isn't the case, just want to clear that up.

 

[richyrichuk]

hi StaceyMorgan, and welcome to sevenforums,

i'm not sure why you changed it in the first place - were you getting problems before?

just untick the box, and all should be ok.

hasnt he changed it to change system performance in boot speed?

 

[StaceyMorgan]

maybe you've gone too high with your overclock?

bring your speed and voltages back down to default levels, and see if that sorts it.

what was the voltage warning? too high or too low?

I'm not having a overclock issue, that's why I just made my new post, my issues is that before I touched the advanced tab in msconfig boot tag, it showed 8 cores, I put it on 4, rebooted and now it ONLY shows 4, not the original 8, and now my computer is only showing 2 cores in my ' programs ' I'm using to show the voltages, I want to fix the boot menu back to 8, and see if that will show my 4 cores, not 2, that is what I want, I'm not having ' overclocking ' issues, I misused the term, my apologies.

 

[mickey megabyte]

sorry, you've got me there.

i've had zero experience with 8 core machines, so am unable to assist further. my definition of overclocking is making components run at higher than default speeds - i don't know what the asus guys are saying.

luckily there are many knowledgable forums members here who will hopefully read this thread and suggest some answers for you.

 

[StaceyMorgan]

sorry, you've got me there.

i've had zero experience with 8 core machines, so am unable to assist further. my definition of overclocking is making components run at higher than default speeds - i don't know what the asus guys are saying.

luckily there are many knowledgable forums members here who will hopefully read this thread and suggest some answers for you.

my processor isn't really ' 8 ' core, this is the exact information on it, it is quad core with 4 virtual cores, I have given the information below to further explain I have also included the motherboard underneath the processor information

intel core i7-2600 3.4GHz sandy bridge LGA 1155

asus p8p67 pro rev 3.0

 

[logicearth]

Go back into Boot Options and Advance. uncheck maximum processors. Restart.
Then leave those settings alone. Everything in there is for testing/debugging and disabling hardware.

 

[richyrichuk]

Go back into Boot Options and Advance. uncheck maximum processors. Restart.
Then leave those settings alone. Everything in there is for testing/debugging and disabling hardware.

i have set all my pcs for maximum CPU at boot. and just googled it then, and as i thought....

Boot Advanced Options - Number of Processors - Vista Forums

 

[logicearth]

i have set all my pcs for maximum CPU at boot. and just googled it then, and as i thought....

It is a myth and always has been. Setting the value to say 4 if you have four processors/cores does absolutely nothing. It DOES NOT improve boot performance. There are services built into Windows Vista/7 the optimize the boot every single time. This setting doesn't affect that in the slightest.

Its one big fat myth and always has been.

 

[richyrichuk]

so the sister site to this is incorrect and the tutorial is a waste of time? i will research but i will do my own checks to

 

[richyrichuk]

so the sister site to this is incorrect and the tutorial is a waste of time? i will research but i will do my own checks to

does anybody find that this is the case where it makes no diff at all?

 

[logicearth]

does anybody find that this is the case where it makes no diff at all?

I can tell you why it makes no difference and I can tell you why the results gotten from the tutorial on Vista Forums is miss leading.

The little application they are using, that times the start up has one big giant flaw. It times the shutdown as well. It in fact times how long it takes for your computer to restart, which is all well in good. However, what do you think happens when your system has been on and running several applications for a while? A lot of stuff shutdown must clean up which increases the time.

You see the problem is they run this little application ONCE while the machine has been used for a while. Then make the change after a reboot and use the program while the machine it still clean making the shutdown faster.

If they ran this program fives before making the change, then another five times after making the change, you would find out the difference is negligible (as in the value differences are so minor). You should also be aware that Windows actively optimizes the boot every time, see ReadyBoot.

If you want to think about it. Turning this option on adds additional checks.

...boot code...
if ( boot.options.maximunCPU is TRUE ) {
  if ( boot.options.maximunCPU.value lessthan hardware.CPU.count ) {
    ...more code...
  }
}
...moreboot code...

Of course I don't know the actual source code, that is my educate guess.

 

[essenbe]

logicearth is right about the boot options. If you will read the top of that tutorial it says that Vista/Windows 7 by default uses all processor cores. If you do not check the box, Windows will use all cores. The only purpose of that checkbox is to use less cores.

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[Layback Bear]

I would do what logicearth has posted twice. Go back and un-check the box/apply/reboot and just leave it alone and be happy. Windows 7 will use what ever it needs to boot properly and no more.

 

[mickey megabyte]

I would do what logicearth has posted twice. Go back and un-check the box/apply/reboot and just leave it alone and be happy. Windows 7 will use what ever it needs to boot properly and no more.

you mean 'and no less'?

 

[richyrichuk]

rite ok, fair enough lads, so its a pointless part of windows. as logicearth states, more code to boot with, a common misconception then,

cheers