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    Duo Core Help

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by d412k5t412, May 16, 2006.

  1. d412k5t412

    d412k5t412 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys.
    I just got my Duo Core ( E1705 ), and i was installing world of warcraft. While installing my computer was lagging really bad! I went to the processes and it was running at 50%, so that means only one of the cores were running. I dont like that at all! Anyone know what i could do? Thanks
     
    d412k5t412, May 16, 2006
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Temporary solution: Go to task manager, find the install process, right click on it, go to Set Affinity, select CPU0 and CPU2 (i think thats it)
     
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    Hmm, alright, thanks. Anyone know a PERMINATE way for it to regulate?
     
    d412k5t412, May 17, 2006
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    go to the bios and disable speedstep.
     
    NissanSupraGTR, May 17, 2006
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    This happened to me. I believe what has happened is that you have used a scratched, smudged, or bad CD. What happens (as I found out thanks to the good folks here and through a google search) is that Windows sees that the CDROM isn't responding properly and steps down its functionality. Then when you use a CDROM the computer becomes really laggy (mine did the exact same thing, CPU running at 50%). You can check to see if this is the case by going to device manager (Right click on MyComputer, Hardware, Device Manager) and checking the properties of your secondary IDE channel. Right click secondary IDE channel, go to properties, and advanced settings. It should say to use Ultra DMA mode if Available, and then under that it will tell you what mode you are in. If you aren't in Ultra DMA, but are in PIO, then this is your problem. What you have to do is go to the Device manager and uninstall your secondary IDE driver. Then restart windows and it will find the CDROM and install the proper driver, resetting the value. This should solve your problem.
     
    05Edge, May 17, 2006
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