Device manager shows Mutliple proccessors but I only have one.

[John]

My system says it is running two processors where I only
have one.

Here are my system stats:

Pentium 4 3.2E GHz, 800MHz Bus, 1MB L2 cache PGA-478.
Asus P4C800-E Deluxe Motherboard
2GB Corsair DDR 400 Ram
300GB SCSI HDD
SoundBlaster ZS Gamer Soundcard
BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra Video Card

Windows XP Professional SP 2

I have all current drivers, bios and chipset updates.

I am attempting to track down the cause of an
intermittent lock up while playing some video games. I
noticed that my system thinks it has two processors where
it actually has one. Is this normal with the Prescott? Or
could this be contributing to my lock up situation?

 

[Rich Barry]

John, don't worry about it. It's normal with your system. Try backing off
your Ram settings in the Bios.

 

[André Cruz]

Hello,

You appear to have two processors because you have an Hyper-Threading
Processor, as for the Prescott processors there are problems identified when
using XP SP2..