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    Dual-Core missing a CORE? Huh? Please help!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Ch28Kid, Aug 21, 2010.

  1. kzii

    kzii Notebook Geek

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    Sorry. I now realise that I misread the sentence, and for some silly reason separated. My mistake (obviously). Please accept my apologies.
     
    kzii, Sep 1, 2010
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  2. James D

    James D Notebook Prophet

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    OK. I have already forgotten that. Everyone can make a mistake, without exceptions
     
    James D, Sep 2, 2010
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  3. Ch28Kid

    Ch28Kid Notebook Deity

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    So I finally fixed the dual core problem. After a week with single core... I gave it another try.

    Here is what I did.

    1. Factory Recovery to Windows XP
    2. Downgrade firmware to oldest one.
    3. Upgrade firmware to newest version.
    4. Install Windows 7

    [​IMG]

    HAPPY TO SEE 2 CORES! W000000T

    For the longest time I was just re-flashing the updated firmware over and over again. So it turns out you have to downgrade then upgrade firmware.

    Took a long time to figure it out but its fixed.
     
    Ch28Kid, Sep 2, 2010
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  4. betrayd

    betrayd Newbie

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    it's been a month since this was last posted on, but when you say you downgraded and then upgraded the firmware, do you mean the BIOS or something else?
     
    betrayd, Oct 6, 2010
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