forced to turn off hyperthreading

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tlviewer

hello,

After noticing an instability in Mozilla 1.7.7 in new build of WinXP sp2, I
try to turn off HT in the Bios. The problem disappears! The Mozilla window
would stop responding, and the App error log shows hungapp, or Application
Hung.

System:
AOpen i865gm-IL board
Drive: WD2500JD 250 GB sata
Intel P4 3.0Ghz Prescott CPU with HT
512 RAM x2 by OZ
Generic DVD reader
Plextor CD R/W

I also dual boot a new build of SuSE 9.2 on the same drive and no such
instability occurs. Why is Mozilla misbehaving in WinXPsp2 with
hyperthreading? I know this mainboard+SATA figures into the equation, since
I have other WinXPsp2 installs with the same CPU, different mainboards, but
no problems.

regards,
tlviewer

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:

| hello,
|
| After noticing an instability in Mozilla 1.7.7 in new build of WinXP sp2, I
| try to turn off HT in the Bios. The problem disappears! The Mozilla window
| would stop responding, and the App error log shows hungapp, or Application
| Hung.
|
| System:
| AOpen i865gm-IL board
| Drive: WD2500JD 250 GB sata
| Intel P4 3.0Ghz Prescott CPU with HT
| 512 RAM x2 by OZ
| Generic DVD reader
| Plextor CD R/W
|
| I also dual boot a new build of SuSE 9.2 on the same drive and no such
| instability occurs. Why is Mozilla misbehaving in WinXPsp2 with
| hyperthreading? I know this mainboard+SATA figures into the equation, since
| I have other WinXPsp2 installs with the same CPU, different mainboards, but
| no problems.
|
| regards,
| tlviewer
|
| --
 
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HeyBub

tlviewer said:
hello,

After noticing an instability in Mozilla 1.7.7 in new build of WinXP
sp2, I try to turn off HT in the Bios. The problem disappears! The
Mozilla window would stop responding, and the App error log shows
hungapp, or Application Hung.

System:
AOpen i865gm-IL board
Drive: WD2500JD 250 GB sata
Intel P4 3.0Ghz Prescott CPU with HT
512 RAM x2 by OZ
Generic DVD reader
Plextor CD R/W

I also dual boot a new build of SuSE 9.2 on the same drive and no such
instability occurs. Why is Mozilla misbehaving in WinXPsp2 with
hyperthreading? I know this mainboard+SATA figures into the equation,
since I have other WinXPsp2 installs with the same CPU, different
mainboards, but no problems.
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