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    Dell XPS M1210 Windows 7 2nd Core not detected

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by sonyfxa36, Mar 6, 2009.

  1. sonyfxa36

    sonyfxa36 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey Guys

    I just installed Windows 7 on my XPS M1210 but for some odd reason Its only detecting one Core. My processor is a Core 2 Duo T5600 @ 1.83GHz why is that happening is there a fix for this? thanks for the Help

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    sonyfxa36, Mar 6, 2009
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    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    did you select under option in the task manager to show seperate graphs for each core?
     
    afhstingray, Mar 6, 2009
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    sonyfxa36 Notebook Evangelist

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    yep i did check that. but still the second core wasn't detected
     
    sonyfxa36, Mar 6, 2009
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    download cpu-z and see if it is detected in there.

    if its not, then check your bios to see if you have dual core support disabled.
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 6, 2009
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