I have just built a new system. In the device manager it
shows 2 identical processors(Intel P4 3Ghz HT). My
motherboard is a single CPU board, so why does XP show
2???? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated..... Thx

D

You have a computer that supports hyper-threading.

Windows XP and Hyper-Threading
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;810231

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Daryl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message:
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| I have just built a new system. In the device manager it
| shows 2 identical processors(Intel P4 3Ghz HT). My
| motherboard is a single CPU board, so why does XP show
| 2???? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated..... Thx
|
| D

Carey - Thanks for the quick reply....

Daryl


>-----Original Message-----
>You have a computer that supports hyper-threading.
>
>Windows XP and Hyper-Threading
>http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;810231

>
>--
>Carey Frisch
>Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP - Shell/User
>
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>| I have just built a new system. In the device manager it
>| shows 2 identical processors(Intel P4 3Ghz HT). My
>| motherboard is a single CPU board, so why does XP show
>| 2???? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated..... Thx
>|
>| D
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can you help - related question about similar setup, hence the post her

do either of you know why i'm getting a 50%(ish) use figure from my windows task manager/ cpu performance meter with only xp, and hardware apps/drivers installed at idle (base processes only, fresh install on new system)

Is it the hyperthreading dual processor trickery
from what i understand hyper-threading makes use of idle processor cycles, so in part thats an explanation and everything still works, but wheres the point in running on the spot - thats not even remotly idle

anything would help at the momen

i'm runnning
P4 3gz 800fs
intel 875 boardt
1g ra
raid 0 (2xsata7650rpm
9800pro radeon graphic
latest microsoft auto updates and intel firmware.