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    SZ1M: Only one core!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by SirRobin, Feb 2, 2007.

  1. SirRobin

    SirRobin Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi!

    I've mentioned in my task manager that there is only one core shown - under xp there where two of them! Is this a bug?
     
    SirRobin, Feb 2, 2007
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    If you have XP Home Edition, it will show only one core even if you have dual core CPU.
     
    hendra, Feb 2, 2007
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  3. SirRobin

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    Sorry! I've the Ultimate Edition of Vista!!
     
    SirRobin, Feb 2, 2007
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    I have the same problem with my VGN-SZ330P, and posted the issue in another thread. Let me know if you find a solution and I'll do same. Cheers!
     
    ChiefBootKnocker, Mar 7, 2007
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    Have you tried installing the Intel 945GM Chipset drivers from Intel's website? That's the first step I did before installing anything else.
     
    bogart, Mar 7, 2007
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    Problem Solved!

    Yes, I had installed the 945GM drivers from Intel and that didn't help, but I installed the latest BIOS update from Sony and that worked! Now both cores are humming along fine. SirRobin, give that a try and see if it works for you.
     
    ChiefBootKnocker, Mar 8, 2007
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  7. SirRobin

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    Thanks al lot! Very nice :)
     
    SirRobin, Mar 8, 2007
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    I had this problem a few weeks ago, where only one core was showing up. What I did was reset the BIOS to default settings and it fixed it. It seems that one of the cores was disabled when I reset the TPM in the BIOS. Which seemed a little strange. Drove me mad for two days. Glad ye got it working anyway.
     
    jdbrookes, Mar 8, 2007
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