big noobie here

Post by **Derek** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 3:03 pm

WindowsXP Professional? Should be working fine, how do you figure it’s not running with both processors?

Post by **Derek** » Sat Nov 16, 2002 10:46 am

Smaay wrote:because when i use the task manager, there is only one CPU..if there is another way to tell...please explain...thanks

havoc_1710 wrote:ok, i found out a really easy way to check this:

hit ctrl+alt+delete

click on performance tab

then where it says 'cpu usage' double click on the bar graph under it

if there are 2 graphs on the right hand side, then it is using both processors.

(or you could get smpseesaw, and put stuff on each processor, got it today - it rocks:P)

kuun · Post by **kuun** » Sun Nov 24, 2002 12:58 pm

whats smpseesaw?

i want that for win2K

Post by **Derek** » Sun Nov 24, 2002 5:26 pm

kuun: Check out this news post:

http://www.bp6.com/#newsitem1032442603,83975,

Post by **Derek** » Sun Nov 24, 2002 9:15 pm

havoc_1710 wrote:fine, dont like my description then!

I just posted the link incase kuun didn’t know where to download it (no, really!)

kuun · Post by **kuun** » Mon Nov 25, 2002 7:02 pm

derek is right.. im helpless like that

onelegdis · Post by **onelegdis** » Sun Dec 01, 2002 2:24 am

Did you have both processors on the board when you installed XP Pro?

tomatoeboy · Post by **tomatoeboy** » Sun Dec 01, 2002 6:58 pm

In 2K when you open task manager and go to the performance tab, if you go to the "view" menu & then the "CPU History" option it opens & gives you the choice whether to have 1 for both CPU's or 1 each.

Post by **Derek** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 2:03 pm

Smaay wrote:should i format and do another clean install?

That is what I would do if I could spare the time and effort. Then we'll know if it's a problem with Windows or not (it probably is

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RRLedford · Post by **RRLedford** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 9:12 pm

Smaay,

Hold off on the reinstall! When your BP6 boots, does the BIOS load indicate that there => Processors ,2 ??
If so, then Win2K/Xp-Pro should pick up both processors w/o reinstall.

If not, remove one processor & see if it boots.
If it boots, remove other processor & see if it boots.
If both processors boot by themselves in their own single socket, then you should see "processors = ,2" on the BIOS load screen.
If the BIOS can present two CPUs to the OS, then the SMP capable OS should register them both.

Post by **Derek** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 9:28 pm

RRLedford wrote:Smaay,

Hold off on the reinstall! When your BP6 boots, does the BIOS load indicate that there => Processors ,2 ??
If so, then Win2K/Xp-Pro should pick up both processors w/o reinstall.

If not, remove one processor & see if it boots.
If it boots, remove other processor & see if it boots.
If both processors boot by themselves in their own single socket, then you should see "processors = ,2" on the BIOS load screen.
If the BIOS can present two CPUs to the OS, then the SMP capable OS should register them both.

Windows will not update the kernel itself; a failsafe way to fix the problem (after checking that the BIOS recognizes both processors as you've said) is to reinstall.

RRLedford · Post by **RRLedford** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 10:24 pm

When I added the 2nd Cele1/366 CPUs to both of my my WinXp BP6 systems, they were both recognized by WinXP Pro - WITHOUT REINNSTALL. I was expecting to have to do the reinstall, but it was not needed. Perhaps the way the BIOS is configured affects whether or not an OS reinstall is needed. Wait a minute, now I remember what happened. I Ghosted a Dual 366 build to a single 366 BP6 & then I added the 2nd 366 CPU to that system. So it was a dual CPU kernel running on a single CPU BP6. Then when I added the 2nd 366 CPU, the kernel was ready to go for Dual.

Now that I've gone back to single P-III/1100E@1.21GHz, I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of the Multi-processor kernel without a reinstall. Not likely from what I've read here.