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W2K recognition of Ath 64 3800X2
My daughter's computer uses an ASUS A8V motherboard and W2K SP4. It was using a Venice 3000, but this morhing I finally got around to installing the 3800X2. The motherboard detected the new CPU OK. The O/S didn't seem to notice any difference. Everything is working. System Properties reports a Dual Core running at 2mhz. But the task manager only shows one CPU Usage window. Is the system utilizing the dual core processor or does it still only think there's one there? Is there anything I can do short of reloading O/S that will help? TIA. |
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W2K recognition of Ath 64 3800X2
On Sat, 26 May 2007 11:36:41 -0500, Cessna 310 wrote:
My daughter's computer uses an ASUS A8V motherboard and W2K SP4. It was using a Venice 3000, but this morhing I finally got around to installing the 3800X2. The motherboard detected the new CPU OK. The O/S didn't seem to notice any difference. Everything is working. System Properties reports a Dual Core running at 2mhz. But the task manager only shows one CPU Usage window. Is the system utilizing the dual core processor or does it still only think there's one there? Is there anything I can do short of reloading O/S that will help? TIA. I'm pretty sure that you'll have to reinstall the OS. You need a multiprocessor kernel to use both cores, the kernel that you have now only supports one processor. There doesn't seem to be a simple way to upgrade a kernel on Win2K. The Win2K installer will install the multiprocessor kernel if you do a fresh install but it doesn't have any option for upgrading the existing kernel. |
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W2K recognition of Ath 64 3800X2
General Schvantzkoph wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2007 11:36:41 -0500, Cessna 310 wrote: My daughter's computer uses an ASUS A8V motherboard and W2K SP4. It was using a Venice 3000, but this morhing I finally got around to installing the 3800X2. The motherboard detected the new CPU OK. The O/S didn't seem to notice any difference. Everything is working. System Properties reports a Dual Core running at 2mhz. But the task manager only shows one CPU Usage window. Is the system utilizing the dual core processor or does it still only think there's one there? Is there anything I can do short of reloading O/S that will help? TIA. I'm pretty sure that you'll have to reinstall the OS. You need a multiprocessor kernel to use both cores, the kernel that you have now only supports one processor. There doesn't seem to be a simple way to upgrade a kernel on Win2K. The Win2K installer will install the multiprocessor kernel if you do a fresh install but it doesn't have any option for upgrading the existing kernel. That's what I was afraid of. My daughter downloaded an upgrade of M$ Office from Office 2K to Office 2003. Since its a download, I'm worried that she'll lose what she bought on a reload. Any ideas? |
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W2K recognition of Ath 64 3800X2
On Sat, 26 May 2007 12:33:23 -0500, Cessna 310 wrote:
That's what I was afraid of. My daughter downloaded an upgrade of M$ Office from Office 2K to Office 2003. Since its a download, I'm worried that she'll lose what she bought on a reload. Any ideas? Since it was a download, why not save the downloaded file to cd/dvd before you reinstall? OTOH, there are plenty of free Liniux OS's and Open Office. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm |
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W2K recognition of Ath 64 3800X2
Wes Newell wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2007 12:33:23 -0500, Cessna 310 wrote: That's what I was afraid of. My daughter downloaded an upgrade of M$ Office from Office 2K to Office 2003. Since its a download, I'm worried that she'll lose what she bought on a reload. Any ideas? Since it was a download, why not save the downloaded file to cd/dvd before you reinstall? OTOH, there are plenty of free Liniux OS's and Open Office. Thanks, Wes. I'll try to find the files. Yeah, I run Fedora6 on one of my machines. But I'm not going to argue the point with her. Since she graduated from college, I'm here to help, not direct. |
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W2K recognition of Ath 64 3800X2
On Sat, 26 May 2007 20:08:52 +0000, Wes Newell wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2007 12:33:23 -0500, Cessna 310 wrote: That's what I was afraid of. My daughter downloaded an upgrade of M$ Office from Office 2K to Office 2003. Since its a download, I'm worried that she'll lose what she bought on a reload. Any ideas? Since it was a download, why not save the downloaded file to cd/dvd before you reinstall? OTOH, there are plenty of free Liniux OS's and Open Office. Also make sure you have a copy of the registration number and a copy of the transaction. I would guess that if she bought an upgrade from MS she should be able to download it again. I spent several weeks trying to upgrade a uniprocessor Win2K installation to a multiprocessor version. One of my colleagues is a Windows driver developer, with his help I copied various file from a fresh Win2K installation to the old version (which I was trying to preserve because it had all sorts of software installed including things that are no longer available). I was never able to get it to use the second core. Ultimately it all became a moot point because a Windows update wreaked the whole thing. Fortunately my colleague gets a certain number for free copies of Windows from Microsoft because of his relationship with them, so I was able to get a free copy of XP from the Microsoft store which I used on this machine. |
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W2K recognition of Ath 64 3800X2
General Schvantzkoph wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2007 20:08:52 +0000, Wes Newell wrote: On Sat, 26 May 2007 12:33:23 -0500, Cessna 310 wrote: That's what I was afraid of. My daughter downloaded an upgrade of M$ Office from Office 2K to Office 2003. Since its a download, I'm worried that she'll lose what she bought on a reload. Any ideas? Since it was a download, why not save the downloaded file to cd/dvd before you reinstall? OTOH, there are plenty of free Liniux OS's and Open Office. Also make sure you have a copy of the registration number and a copy of the transaction. I would guess that if she bought an upgrade from MS she should be able to download it again. I spent several weeks trying to upgrade a uniprocessor Win2K installation to a multiprocessor version. One of my colleagues is a Windows driver developer, with his help I copied various file from a fresh Win2K installation to the old version (which I was trying to preserve because it had all sorts of software installed including things that are no longer available). I was never able to get it to use the second core. Ultimately it all became a moot point because a Windows update wreaked the whole thing. Fortunately my colleague gets a certain number for free copies of Windows from Microsoft because of his relationship with them, so I was able to get a free copy of XP from the Microsoft store which I used on this machine. Found an easy fix. Under Device Manager, right-click on Computer (MPS Uniprocessor PC). Select Update Driver. In the Hardware Wizard, select Display A List Of Known Drivers. Select the Multiprocessor System and update. Requires a restart. Done. Thanks for the advice on the software. I'll see if I can get it backed-up. |
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W2K recognition of Ath 64 3800X2
"Wes Newell" wrote in message
newst06i.132$d63.113@trnddc06... Since it was a download, why not save the downloaded file to cd/dvd before you reinstall? OTOH, there are plenty of free Liniux OS's and Open Office. Why would she want to switch to Linux as per the original poster she's already bought an MS Office license (which in most circles is still considered superior to OO) and Windows seems to work fine for her? It's not that linux is a bad choice by any means, but if some one already owns licenses and seem to like the products they own license for I fail to see how the Learning curve of a new OS with a whole set of new tools and utilities is even remotely worth it. Again, I'm not saying that Linux doesn't work as a desktop, or that it is inferior in anyway. But you have to consider the learning curve involved (yes, there is one I don't care how easy you think it is it is still different) and the waste of money it would be (again she already owns office). Particularly when the solution to this problem was a simple one, upgrade the CPU driver, done. Carlo |
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W2K recognition of Ath 64 3800X2
On Sun, 27 May 2007 23:50:20 -0400, Carlo Razzeto wrote:
"Wes Newell" wrote in message newst06i.132$d63.113@trnddc06... Since it was a download, why not save the downloaded file to cd/dvd before you reinstall? OTOH, there are plenty of free Liniux OS's and Open Office. Why would she want to switch to Linux as per the original poster she's already bought an MS Office license (which in most circles is still considered superior to OO) and Windows seems to work fine for her? It's not that linux is a bad choice by any means, but if some one already owns licenses and seem to like the products they own license for I fail to see how the Learning curve of a new OS with a whole set of new tools and utilities is even remotely worth it. Again, I'm not saying that Linux doesn't work as a desktop, or that it is inferior in anyway. But you have to consider the learning curve involved (yes, there is one I don't care how easy you think it is it is still different) and the waste of money it would be (again she already owns office). Particularly when the solution to this problem was a simple one, upgrade the CPU driver, done. And I don't have anything against Windows either. Can't. Viruses, bad drivers, etc. wiped it out long ago.:-) -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm |
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W2K recognition of Ath 64 3800X2
"Wes Newell" wrote in message news:C2u6i.2225$XC3.645@trnddc04... On Sun, 27 May 2007 23:50:20 -0400, Carlo Razzeto wrote: And I don't have anything against Windows either. Can't. Viruses, bad drivers, etc. wiped it out long ago.:-) -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm Free AV and not logging in as root/admin all the time will clear up most of those issues. Bad drivers abound everywhere (you can get them for linux and they'll screw you up just as bad!) No matter what platform you run your defence against bad support is to buy quality hardware (i.e. don't expect your $10 digital camera to come with high quality software support, or any support!) Linux isn't bad, but it also isn't *the answer*. Personally I beleive that 42 is a better answer :P |
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