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Is there a hyper-threading fix for Windows 2000 Pro?
I think I found the reason for various weird glitches Ive had since
builiding this computer, I just found out Windows 2000 Professional doesn't support Hyper-Threading. I had it enabled on my Asus p4p800-e deluxe with P4 2.8E Is there a hyper-threading fix for Windows 2000 Pro? Hyper-Threading works in Windows 2000 Server. my system: Windows 2000 Professional w/ service pack 4 ASUS P4P800-E DELUXE mainboard P4 2.8EGHz 1GB Geil Dual Channel PC3200 Thermaltake 420 watt psu WD 80 GB IDE hard drive ATI 7200 LE 32MB video card + + "The power of accurate observation is called cynicism by those who have not got it." - G. B. Shaw Want to know what's REALLY going on in Iraq? http://www.angelfire.com/co/COMMONSENSE/wakeup.html |
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In article , pope_about_town at
Xyahoo.com (Johnny Asia) says... I think I found the reason for various weird glitches Ive had since builiding this computer, I just found out Windows 2000 Professional doesn't support Hyper-Threading. I had it enabled on my Asus p4p800-e deluxe with P4 2.8E Is there a hyper-threading fix for Windows 2000 Pro? Hyper-Threading works in Windows 2000 Server. my system: Windows 2000 Professional w/ service pack 4 ASUS P4P800-E DELUXE mainboard P4 2.8EGHz 1GB Geil Dual Channel PC3200 Thermaltake 420 watt psu WD 80 GB IDE hard drive ATI 7200 LE 32MB video card + + "The power of accurate observation is called cynicism by those who have not got it." - G. B. Shaw Want to know what's REALLY going on in Iraq? http://www.angelfire.com/co/COMMONSENSE/wakeup.html Yes, it's called Windoes XP. |
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On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:19:30 GMT, Leythos wrote:
Actually W2000 works fine with HT, and it's completely stable. Did you install from scratch? Yes, but I'm going to reinstall. Got any tips? I'd be glad to get some advice. I've been building AMD systems, this is my first P4 system. I switched because I read the Intel chips were better for audio, and the new P4's. I read conflicting reports about enabling/disabling HT, and ACPI. I'm going to add 24 bit pro audio card and another hard drive for recording. I have an Apollo Geforce 4 64MB video card I can use, but I don't game or watch DVD's, the old Radeon LE works fine. I have read about conflicts with ATI cards my system: Windows 2000 Professional w/ service pack 4 ASUS P4P800-E DELUXE mainboard P4 2.8EGHz 1GB Geil Dual Channel PC3200 Thermaltake 420 watt psu WD 80 GB IDE hard drive ATI 7200 LE 32MB video card Liteon 52X CD-ROM Liteon 52X CD-RW + Johnny Asia, Guitarist from the Future http://johnnyasia.info "When a man describes himself as a "guitarist from the future" the warning bells go off, .... But Johnny Asia really sounds like he's doing something new. .....Check the mans' music out and hear something different." - Nick Dedina, Staff Writer, Listen.com |
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On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:19:30 GMT, Leythos wrote:
In article , says... Yes, it's called Windoes XP. Actually W2000 works fine with HT, and it's completely stable. MS says the W2000 Server will work, kind of: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...rthreading.doc Windows 2000 Server Family and Hyper-Threading Technology Windows 2000 Server does not distinguish between physical and logical processors on systems enabled with Hyper-Threading Technology; Windows 2000 simply fills out the license limit using the first processors counted by the BIOS. For example, when you launch Windows 2000 Server (4-CPU limit) on a four-way system enabled with Hyper-Threading Technology, Windows will use the first logical processor on each of the four physical processors, as shown in Figure 2; the second logical processor on each physical processor will be unused, because of the 4-CPU license limit. (This assumes the BIOS was written according to Intel specifications. Windows uses the processor count and sequence indicated by the BIOS.) http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18428 Windows 2000 and the hyperthreading nightmare Having worked at Intel (until just recently) on the Pentium 4, I can tell you exactly why they recommend disabling HT on older MS OSes. Windows XP is the first OS (from Billy the Hut) that actually understands HT. Win2K "should" work, seeing the processor as two CPUs, but not very efficiently. Win 95/98/ME won't as they are single processor only, same as the Linux kernel compiled for a UP system - it just can't see beyond processor 0. Even earlier Linux kernels won't work properly with HT. Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 were both released before hyperthreading was implemented on Intel CPUs. They will identify “multiple processors” with hyperthreading but they don’t properly support it. In Windows NT/2000 a hyperthreaded P4 will be recognized as two processors. In Windows XP a hyperthreaded P4 will be recognized as a single processor containing two logical processors. So say you have a Dual Xeon hyperthreaded system. This would be four logical processors. Windows 2000 Professional is limited to two processors and doesn’t recognize the difference between a dual processor hyperthreaded system and a quad processor non-hyperthreaded system. The 2nd logical processor on each physical processor would never be used. Windows XP Professional, on the other hand, would recognise the difference between the two and would use all four logical processors. So to answer one of your questions, there actually is more to Windows XP than "just a fancy eye candy version of Windows 2000". + Johnny Asia, Guitarist from the Future http://johnnyasia.info "When a man describes himself as a "guitarist from the future" the warning bells go off, .... But Johnny Asia really sounds like he's doing something new. .....Check the mans' music out and hear something different." - Nick Dedina, Staff Writer, Listen.com |
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XP managed HT really better than win2000. I'll try to find an article about
that. In some cases, XP runs 25% faster than WIN2000. I love Win2000, actually I'm using it, but I bought a new computer with a 550 HT 3.4Ghz and I'm going to install XP only for performance with HT As I know, there is no Patch to correct that on Win2000... Let me a couple of days to come back Patrick pope_about_town at Xyahoo.com (Johnny Asia) wrote in message ... I think I found the reason for various weird glitches Ive had since builiding this computer, I just found out Windows 2000 Professional doesn't support Hyper-Threading. I had it enabled on my Asus p4p800-e deluxe with P4 2.8E Is there a hyper-threading fix for Windows 2000 Pro? Hyper-Threading works in Windows 2000 Server. my system: Windows 2000 Professional w/ service pack 4 ASUS P4P800-E DELUXE mainboard P4 2.8EGHz 1GB Geil Dual Channel PC3200 Thermaltake 420 watt psu WD 80 GB IDE hard drive ATI 7200 LE 32MB video card + + "The power of accurate observation is called cynicism by those who have not got it." - G. B. Shaw Want to know what's REALLY going on in Iraq? http://www.angelfire.com/co/COMMONSENSE/wakeup.html |
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:33:47 GMT, Leythos wrote:
There is nothing wrong with HT in 2000, there are plenty of problems with ACPI. I'll reinstall 2000 with ACPI disabled in the BIOS. Is that all I have to do? Or do I have to press F5 too? If so, when? Thanks + "The power of accurate observation is called cynicism by those who have not got it." - G. B. Shaw Want to know what's REALLY going on in Iraq? http://www.angelfire.com/co/COMMONSENSE/wakeup.html |
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:58:31 GMT, Leythos wrote:
What does F5 have to do with it? http://dmzweb3.europe.creative.com/w...neral/acpi.htm install Windows 2000 with ACPI disabled in your CMOS (motherboard BIOS) before installation or press F5 during installation to specify your computer's configuration to obtain the same effect. + "The power of accurate observation is called cynicism by those who have not got it." - G. B. Shaw Want to know what's REALLY going on in Iraq? http://www.angelfire.com/co/COMMONSENSE/wakeup.html |
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:24:12 GMT, Leythos wrote:
Interesting, in all these years I never knew about F5 to disable ACPI during install. -- I don't know when to press it, or for how long. + "The power of accurate observation is called cynicism by those who have not got it." - G. B. Shaw Want to know what's REALLY going on in Iraq? http://www.angelfire.com/co/COMMONSENSE/wakeup.html |
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pope_about_town at Xyahoo.com (Johnny Asia) wrote in message ... On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:24:12 GMT, Leythos wrote: Interesting, in all these years I never knew about F5 to disable ACPI during install. -- I don't know when to press it, or for how long. Just after the setup boots. There is a pause to let you know to press F6 for extra drivers. You can also press F5 and it will stop and ask if you what type of computer ACPI, MPS, etc. + "The power of accurate observation is called cynicism by those who have not got it." - G. B. Shaw Want to know what's REALLY going on in Iraq? http://www.angelfire.com/co/COMMONSENSE/wakeup.html |
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"Single CPU systems without HT can't handle more than one thread (something
that requires processing power) at a time, so they have to so one thing and then the other. Dual CPU systems can't work on the same thread at the same time so the workload is divided, and if there is only one one task to be done than usually, the gain from having 2 CPUs is very small (that's why they're not recommended for home users). HT is sort of a cheap compromise, it can handle 2 threads at the same time (something a regular CPU can't) but doesn't process both threads at the same speed as it would have done if they were one at time (a thing a dual CPU system would have been capable of). HT CPUs gain a performance boost when handling 2 tasks but not a performance penalty when handling one (like a dual CPU system would have been crippled to use only one CPU when processing one thread). You might think "But my CPU just has one thing to do at a time like playing a game or ripping music" but actually many other programs in the background need to use some CPU cycles while they're open (instant messaging software, anti-virus, pop-up blocker, file sharing software (especially file sharing software's), and other processes and services you might not even be aware of) so HT helps more than you'd think. What I like about HT is that it has virtually no shortcomings (some would say it hurts performance when single-tasking but that's probably less than half a percent). You should note though that the only Windows base OS's that HT works on are WinXP, Server 2003 and Win2K (though not optimized for it). If you have WinME and older, you'd have to turn HT off. " "Patrick Cloutier" wrote in message . .. XP managed HT really better than win2000. I'll try to find an article about that. In some cases, XP runs 25% faster than WIN2000. I love Win2000, actually I'm using it, but I bought a new computer with a 550 HT 3.4Ghz and I'm going to install XP only for performance with HT As I know, there is no Patch to correct that on Win2000... Let me a couple of days to come back Patrick pope_about_town at Xyahoo.com (Johnny Asia) wrote in message ... I think I found the reason for various weird glitches Ive had since builiding this computer, I just found out Windows 2000 Professional doesn't support Hyper-Threading. I had it enabled on my Asus p4p800-e deluxe with P4 2.8E Is there a hyper-threading fix for Windows 2000 Pro? Hyper-Threading works in Windows 2000 Server. my system: Windows 2000 Professional w/ service pack 4 ASUS P4P800-E DELUXE mainboard P4 2.8EGHz 1GB Geil Dual Channel PC3200 Thermaltake 420 watt psu WD 80 GB IDE hard drive ATI 7200 LE 32MB video card + + "The power of accurate observation is called cynicism by those who have not got it." - G. B. Shaw Want to know what's REALLY going on in Iraq? http://www.angelfire.com/co/COMMONSENSE/wakeup.html |
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