Jules
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Ok, so I get a nice AMD 64 3200+ dual core (socket 939) and wang it into my pc, turn it on and if anything it seems slower than previous (had a AMD 64 2200+), so I head to the AMD site to see if there are any drivers for it, I find this page: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_9706,00.html and download the 8th one down (AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (exe) 1.2.2.) and install it, and nothing has changed.
In the BIOS it is on the default auto detect settings and in control panel/system it claims my CPU is a "AMD Hammer Family Processor - Unknown Model" which to me sounds like a generic setup.
Any idea how I cen get my PC to recognise that it's a duel core CPU?
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Russ
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flash your mobo bios. when your pc posts does it say xp3200?
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Russ
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and there no faster, just tcan handle more applications
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Jules
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
when your pc posts does it say xp3200?
Explain this a bit further to me (and in more lamens terms pls! lol)
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50Calibre
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when you first switch it on.. an you get the black screen with all the writing... does it say the processor is xp3200?
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Corsa Sport Gav
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hav u got the jumpers setup correctly on the motherboard?
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PaulW
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what version of XP are you running??
If its XP Home, then no-way, as it doesnt support dual core/dual cpu systems, its only a single CPU OS
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Jules
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All the text at bootup comes and goes bloody quick but I will try and look for it, and I'm running XP Pro
According to my mobo manual (Asus A8N) there are no jumpers for CPU selection.
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PaulW
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just a normal a8n??
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PaulW
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If your mobo is A8N-VM or A8N-SLI Premium, then they dont support Dual Core X2 Chips (accoring to ASUS)
SLI Premium supports the X2, but not officially
[Edited on 02-04-2006 by PaulW]
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Jamescorsa97
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I'm sure ASUS released a patch for all A8N's to be able to run dual cores
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
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Dom
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chance is, theres probably a bios update that you can do to enable dual core - check out the download/support pages for that mobo on asus website 
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Jules
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My mobo is the A8N-SLi (Standard) - will try and update thepatch - if you never hear from me again then assume that it all went very very wrong!
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luciaadr
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
what version of XP are you running??
If its XP Home, then no-way, as it doesnt support dual core/dual cpu systems, its only a single CPU OS
Ive not heard this? You've got me worried now because i was just about to put an order down for a dual core pc that ships with xp home.
I googled it, got nothing to confirm or deny it. It would seem odd that id have to purchase an upgrade for the systemto actually use the processor as AMD intended?
Computers here: http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTVIEWPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT=PRODUCT&KEY=72402
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luciaadr
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Nuts, just found it. You were right, XP Pro it is. Thanks for pointing that out
Alternatively, doesnt Media Centre edition have all of pro's functionality?
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John
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Media center is just a program thats instaled on top of windows like any other program.
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Jules
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Super sweet, BIOS all flashed and it nows makes fulkl use of the duel core - burning DVD's whilst playing games with no side effects to the games performance? Top one nice one sorted!
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John
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Burning dvds will be more about getting data from the hard drive to the writer quick enough, if the game happened to be heavily accessing the hard drive another 2 cores won't matter.
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