CPU Core Problems

[TD24]

I have been having trouble with my CPU with the cores and logical cores. It used to say i had 3 cores and 6 logical processors. Now it has went to 3 cores and 3 logical processors. I tired resetting CMOS and that did not work or i did not do it right. please help.


 

[Guest]

run msconfig, go to boot and click "advanced options". Check number of processors and set amount or uncheck to run all cores.

[TD24]

I already tried that and only says three... but i have always had 3 cores but i usually have six logical processors.

[TD24]

17 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

run msconfig, go to boot and click "advanced options". Check number of processors and set amount or uncheck to run all cores.

I tryed that 

[Guest]

41 minutes ago, TD24 said:

I tryed that 

K, I am in assumption there is options in the bios of whatever motherboard you have to set core count. 

You mentioned may not have reset cmos correctly. Did you read the motherboard manual? It tells you exactly how to do it.

Lastly, You could also remove the cpu inspect the pins and reseat in into the socket.

As a last resort, ditch the platform all together and upgrade. FX is core 2 quad fast..... maybe.

[TD24]

13 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

K, I am in assumption there is options in the bios of whatever motherboard you have to set core count. 

You mentioned may not have reset cmos correctly. Did you read the motherboard manual? It tells you exactly how to do it.

Lastly, You could also remove the cpu inspect the pins and reseat in into the socket.

As a last resort, ditch the platform all together and upgrade. FX is core 2 quad fast..... maybe.

Ok i will give that a shot

[Guest]

Just now, TD24 said:

Ok i will give that a shot

Have any questions, info is good help too.

List system specs. 

Take pictures or screen shots of things you may not understand.

There isn't much that shuts off cores.

You could also look at any overclocking software you may have installed as well.

 

[TD24]

1 minute ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Have any questions, info is good help too.

List system specs. 

Take pictures or screen shots of things you may not understand.

There isn't much that shuts off cores.

You could also look at any overclocking software you may have installed as well.

 

The Performance of my computer has gone down because of this and i stutter in games and lags in discord cause when im in games my cpu is at 100%.  These games i used to not stutter in.also here is my specs 

 

 

[Guest]

OK thank you. Very common motherboard. Cpu is 6 cores. You're missing 3. can you find them?

 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

1 hour ago, TD24 said:

I already tried that and only says three... but i have always had 3 cores but i usually have six logical processors.

You have a 6-core processor, but due to its "clustering" design some software choose to report it as "3 cores, 6 threads", which is kind of a misrepresentation as well.

Regardless, from the perspective of said software, to report "3/3" means that half your cores are off.  And since it says 3/3 instead of 2/4 or whatever, it probably means you have one core per module disabled.

Enter your BIOS and look for an option to enable or disable cores / cores per module, most AM3+ boards I've met have such an option. It would be rather strange for exactly one core per module to die, so it's probably disabled on purpose somewhere. Also, if you messed with msconfig and had no success, undo your changes there (and make sure you don't tell it to run in "3 cores" because it will do exactly this - it's 6, or better, not using this setting at all).

 

Now that I notice, ask manager says 2/3, not 3/3. Maybe it's not doing that well? Wither way: check in BIOS.

[TD24]

5 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

You have a 6-core processor, but due to its "clustering" design some software choose to report it as "3 cores, 6 threads", which is kind of a misrepresentation as well.

Regardless, from the perspective of said software, to report "3/3" means that half your cores are off.  And since it says 3/3 instead of 2/4 or whatever, it probably means you have one core per module disabled.

Enter your BIOS and look for an option to enable or disable cores / cores per module, most AM3+ boards I've met have such an option. It would be rather strange for exactly one core per module to die, so it's probably disabled on purpose somewhere. Also, if you messed with msconfig and had no success, undo your changes there (and make sure you don't tell it to run in "3 cores" because it will do exactly this - it's 6, or better, not using this setting at all).

 

Now that I notice, ask manager says 2/3, not 3/3. Maybe it's not doing that well? Wither way: check in BIOS.

So yes task manger does say 2/3 but i ran cpuz and it 3/3 and i restarted my computer and it changed to 3/3 in task manger. Im going to check out that thing you said in bios by any chance do you know what it would be under?

 

[TD24]

8 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

OK thank you. Very common motherboard. Cpu is 6 cores. You're missing 3. can you find them?

 

Also when search other peoples screenshots of task manger with the same cpu it says maximum speed but mine says base speed. and i can not find the other cores/ still looking.

 

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, TD24 said:

Also when search other peoples screenshots of task manger with the same cpu it says maximum speed but mine says base speed. and i can not find the other cores/ still looking.

 

Here this should help

Look in advanced bios features

 

 

[TD24]

5 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Here this should help

Look in advanced bios features

 

 

So i was just in bios and saw all that and should i have virtualization on or off. because right now it is disabled for me. 

 

[TD24]

32 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

OK thank you. Very common motherboard. Cpu is 6 cores. You're missing 3. can you find them?

 

I just want to say thank you for helping me out with this whole situation i have been struggling to find a solution the past couple days and finally got it fixed. So thank for your time 

[Guest]

Welcome! Glad you got it figured out!