quad cpu on w2k

[joe]

Hello I just got a mother borad and a Q6600 quad cpu. I read in a few
posts that w2k pro only supports 2 out of 4 cores. I also read that in
few ocations the motherboard died. Do I have to upgrade to xp to run a
quad cpu? I will be getting my quad today and I might end up runny
linux and w2k on a virtual machine. Any suggestions?

 

[Colon Terminus]

Hello I just got a mother borad and a Q6600 quad cpu. I read in a few
posts that w2k pro only supports 2 out of 4 cores. I also read that in
few ocations the motherboard died. Do I have to upgrade to xp to run a
quad cpu? I will be getting my quad today and I might end up runny
linux and w2k on a virtual machine. Any suggestions?

You'll need to upgrade to a Server version of Windows to take advantage of
all four processor cores. No desktop verson of Windows, not even Vista,
supports more than two processors.

 

[John John]

You'll need to upgrade to a Server version of Windows to take advantage of
all four processor cores. No desktop verson of Windows, not even Vista,
supports more than two processors.

The OP is talking about multi-core processors, not multiple processors.
Technically Windows 2000 should be able to handle quad-cores but I
have never seen or tried it so I can't say how well or not it would
work. Windows XP (Home & Pro) and Vista should be able to handle
quad-cores without any problems. The XP Pro and Vista Business versions
should be able to handle two quad-core processors, which in effect would
give the user 8 virtual processors. My hunch is that Windows 2000
should also behave in the same manner but I can't confirm that.

John

 

[John John]

You could try it and let us know! I doubt that trying to install
Windows 2000 on a quad-core board would cause any damage to the board or
processor. And for absolute certainty installing it in a VM would
absolutely not harm the hardware because the virtual operating system
does not have direct access to the hardware! The interaction with the
hardware is all done by the host operating system.

John

 

[***** charles]

Hello I just got a mother borad and a Q6600 quad cpu. I read in a few
posts that w2k pro only supports 2 out of 4 cores. I also read that in
few ocations the motherboard died. Do I have to upgrade to xp to run a
quad cpu? I will be getting my quad today and I might end up runny
linux and w2k on a virtual machine. Any suggestions?

The limitation about which you speak is for SOCKETS not cores.
I have a friend with a new quad core cpu and it has Vista Basic 64
on it and it "sees" all 4 cores just fine. W2K can handle up to 2
SOCKETS per motherboard. It comes from a time when each cpu
had only one core. I am unfamiliar with the compatibility of multi
core cpu's and W2K Pro. I think it should work just fine with dual
core single socket systems but as to four core systems, someone else
will have to provide us with real world experience. I don't have the
time/money do to the experimentation.

later.....