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    HWmonitor showing only 1 core. Acer 6925g

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by myname, May 13, 2009.

  1. myname

    myname Notebook Enthusiast

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    is this normal? Core 2duo t9400 2.53ghz. BIOS 1.1 (1.07 originally)

    I ran the cpu on high, and windows task manager does show two panes. in cpuz, it shows clock speed as 1500mhz, but it jumps to 2500 mhz when I do something process intensive.

    also it is always at 17 degrees c, even when I ran the 3dmark cpu test.
     
    myname, May 13, 2009
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  2. Ayle

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    The temperature is wrong. HWMonitor cannot access your CPU sensor. Is it a retail model or did you buy it from ebay?
     
    Ayle, May 13, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Use a program called RealTemp.
     
    sgogeta4, May 13, 2009
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    myname Notebook Enthusiast

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    I bought it from a retail store in Hong Kong

    I'll try that out and see if it works.
     
    myname, May 14, 2009
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    doesn't seam to be working in realtemp. the temp never changes, however it lists 2 cores.
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    EDIT:
    I restarted and now it shows two cores, but the temp still never changes in either program. but the temperature is different from the first time I ran? if I quit and start again it doesn't change either. Maybe if I restarted the computer the temperature would show different, but not update.

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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    How odd. Mine constantly changes.
     
    sgogeta4, May 14, 2009
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  7. flipfire

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    Try use Coretemp.
     
    flipfire, May 14, 2009
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    coretemp also doesn't update the temperatures. however it shows two cores. it might have updated when the computer went idle though, it shows a (?) question mark next to core #0 temp.
     
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    still has the problem, I even tried cooking the cpu with linpak.. and also rendering for 5 hours in 3dsmax. Heck, I tried real temp's sensor test and linpak at the same time. :|
     
    myname, May 15, 2009
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    So you got it from HK, Can you post your CPU-z screenshot? I want to see if its a ES chip (Engineering Sample) or a chip with a very low stepping. If it is then thats why theres no temperature reading

    Theres a few people in the past with similar problems, try searching for what they came up with.

    Check for a newer BIOS.
     
    flipfire, May 16, 2009
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