CPU only has 2 cores?

[HorribleMC]

So I have an i5 7400 and apparently I only have 2 cores. I haven't seen any i5 7400s with 2 cores before and I was wondering if 2 cores are deactivated or disabled. If so, how do I enable them?

[ohDrum]

 will maybe help you

[HorribleMC]

2 minutes ago, ohDrum said:

 will maybe help you

Sorry it doesn't work. It still says I have 2 available cores. Maybe they removed cores? Idk

 

[ohDrum]

1 minute ago, HorribleMC said:

Sorry it doesn't work. It still says I have 2 available cores. Maybe they removed cores? Idk

 

Well heres an article that says the same thing;

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/i5-quad-core-showing-only-2-cores.1676294/

 

Im pretty sure it means you have a dual-core 7400

[Sarra]

3 minutes ago, HorribleMC said:

Sorry it doesn't work. It still says I have 2 available cores. Maybe they removed cores? Idk

 

Can you install CPU-z and post a screenshot of what it shows? https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

 

According to Intel, it's a 4 core, 4 thread CPU.

 

Also, uh... Grab a screenshot from the 'Motherboard' tab in CPU-z. Might be some kind of really weird BIOS issue?

[HorribleMC]

21 hours ago, Sarra said:

Can you install CPU-z and post a screenshot of what it shows? https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

 

According to Intel, it's a 4 core, 4 thread CPU.

 

Also, uh... Grab a screenshot from the 'Motherboard' tab in CPU-z. Might be some kind of really weird BIOS issue?

Here you go

[Sarra]

Man, goggle is absolutely useless for finding any kind of information on this.

 

The only thing I could even think of suggesting is to update to a newer BIOS, or contact ACER and ask them 'wtfbbq'