windows 8 - Only 4 cores showing up in task manager
2014-07
Kik Bm
For some reason only 4 cores are showing up in task manager I have tried everything(almost)
- setting and unchecking number of cores in msconfig did not work
- using easy BCD did not work
- reinstalling OS on fresh partition did not work.
- setting number of cores on BIOS did not work
I dont know what to do
system specs: AMD FX 8150 eight core processor os windows 8 enterprise
MrGroggle
You need to enable graphing of logical processors. Right click CPU, and choose "Change Graph to > Logical Processors". This should allow you to see all 8 cores (This is the process I took to see all cores on my similar AMD chip, so it should work for you).
why
Possible Duplicate:
Difference Between Cores and Processors
What do "processor" and "cpu cores" mean here?
cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5670 @ 1.80GHz
stepping : 13
cpu MHz : 1801.000
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm ida dts
bogomips : 3591.62
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5670 @ 1.80GHz
stepping : 13
cpu MHz : 800.000
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm ida dts
bogomips : 3590.97
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
Pops
In this case processor is just an identifier (which starts at 0). You have two processors, so they're 0 and 1. CPU cores means the number of cores in each physical processor (two here).
Matt
It is two processor cores on one die essentially like having a dual processor system in one processor.
The central processing unit (CPU) is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, and is the primary element carrying out the computer's functions.