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Ritter197
Well, what an experience. I do thank Paul for his continued support!
I downloaded EasyBCD and installed it. When I used it then it showed 1 Core
open. I changed it to 4 and then closed it down.
That's when trouble (but also success!) started.
The computer would not boot up any longer. No F key would get me anywhere.
Just a black screen (not even blue!).
I finally re-installed Windows 7 and after some additional downloads for
latest updates it worked again.
Now the good part! Running PassMark Performance Test 7.0 it now shows 4
cores (open?) and the results are dramatically improved. From an overall
score of 655 to 1104!
All individual areas show improvements, but the biggest by FAR in the CPU
area. So, without Paul's good advice I would have never got where I am
now.!!!!
Thanks a lot again
Karl
"Paul" wrote in message
news:hpoclr$epn$1@speranza.aioe.org...
> Ritter197 wrote:
>> Here is what I find:
>>
>> Device Manager:
>> Computer
>> ACPIx64 based PC
>>
>> I cannot drill down further meaningfully. It says device is working
>> properly. It also says (when trying to update drivers) that this device
>> does not need drivers.
>
> I've been working on your problem (a bit).
>
> I installed Version 7100 of Windows 7 in Virtual PC. I got to Device
> Manager and looked at the Computer Entry. Now, my version of Windows 7
> is only the 32 bit edition, but at least I could see the HAL was only
> ACPI on mine as well. I attempted to do the "Driver Update" and
> basically wasn't offered any options at all. But this could be
> considered normal, because my copy of VPC2007 only seems to expose one
> core of my dual core processor. So Windows 7 isn't even detecting two
> cores, due to the software limitations of my virtual environment.
>
> Along the way, one other option came to mind. Apparently, the boot manager
> has an option which declares the number of cores. So, if a user wanted
> to artificially limit the number of cores on their PC (say, for software
> testing), there is apparently a boot option that controls that.
>
> In Windows 7, I tried to run bcdedit (assuming that is the tool to use),
> and I suspect it runs in a command window. The command window flashed, and
> disappeared (just like it would in WinXP). I opened a command window, and
> typed "bcdedit" in there, and it told me I needed to be the administrator.
> Well, I can't be bothered figuring out how to fix that
>
> So I downloaded EasyBCD from Neosmart (version 1.7.2).
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EasyBCD
>
> After installation, I used the "Advanced Options". Just above the
> "Apply Settings" button, is a "Limit Windows to X CPUs". You might
> try setting that to 4, if it isn't there already. Mine says "0"
> right now, which presumably means "use as many as you can find".
> If your value was set to "1", then that would explain why your
> system is running on 1 core. I think it is possible WinXP might
> have had a similar option, like MaxCPUs.
>
> Since this is a WinXP group, you might want to find a Windows 7 group
> for more help. I tried to find more information on Windows 7 HAL options
> and how to force them, and I didn't manage to find anything to help
> you. The Microsoft KB was strangely unhelpful.
>
> Paul
>
>>
>> "Paul" wrote in message
>> news:hpm7m0$mo9$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>>> Ritter197 wrote:
>>>> I can now report after hitting F10 (BIOS)
>>>>
>>>> Under POWER I have only 2 options:
>>>> After power failure Automatic
>>>> XD(Execute Disable) Enable
>>>> Nothing for Suspend modes.
>>>> Nothing there for ACPI 2.0 support or anything re ACPI
>>>>
>>>
>>> Have you gone to the Device Manager, and right clicked on the
>>> ACPI x64 thing, and tried to do a Driver Update ? What did
>>> it report as install options ? Is one of the options
>>> for "Multiprocessor" ?
>>>
>>> For example, on my machine, when I drill down:
>>>
>>> "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install."
>>>
>>> ACPI Multiprocessor PC >> current HAL choice
>>> Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (APCI) PC >> your HAL
>>> MPS Multiprocessor PC >> earlier era...
>>> Standard PC >>
>>> HTH,
>>> Paul
>>
I downloaded EasyBCD and installed it. When I used it then it showed 1 Core
open. I changed it to 4 and then closed it down.
That's when trouble (but also success!) started.
The computer would not boot up any longer. No F key would get me anywhere.
Just a black screen (not even blue!).
I finally re-installed Windows 7 and after some additional downloads for
latest updates it worked again.
Now the good part! Running PassMark Performance Test 7.0 it now shows 4
cores (open?) and the results are dramatically improved. From an overall
score of 655 to 1104!
All individual areas show improvements, but the biggest by FAR in the CPU
area. So, without Paul's good advice I would have never got where I am
now.!!!!
Thanks a lot again
Karl
"Paul" wrote in message
news:hpoclr$epn$1@speranza.aioe.org...
> Ritter197 wrote:
>> Here is what I find:
>>
>> Device Manager:
>> Computer
>> ACPIx64 based PC
>>
>> I cannot drill down further meaningfully. It says device is working
>> properly. It also says (when trying to update drivers) that this device
>> does not need drivers.
>
> I've been working on your problem (a bit).
>
> I installed Version 7100 of Windows 7 in Virtual PC. I got to Device
> Manager and looked at the Computer Entry. Now, my version of Windows 7
> is only the 32 bit edition, but at least I could see the HAL was only
> ACPI on mine as well. I attempted to do the "Driver Update" and
> basically wasn't offered any options at all. But this could be
> considered normal, because my copy of VPC2007 only seems to expose one
> core of my dual core processor. So Windows 7 isn't even detecting two
> cores, due to the software limitations of my virtual environment.
>
> Along the way, one other option came to mind. Apparently, the boot manager
> has an option which declares the number of cores. So, if a user wanted
> to artificially limit the number of cores on their PC (say, for software
> testing), there is apparently a boot option that controls that.
>
> In Windows 7, I tried to run bcdedit (assuming that is the tool to use),
> and I suspect it runs in a command window. The command window flashed, and
> disappeared (just like it would in WinXP). I opened a command window, and
> typed "bcdedit" in there, and it told me I needed to be the administrator.
> Well, I can't be bothered figuring out how to fix that
>
> So I downloaded EasyBCD from Neosmart (version 1.7.2).
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EasyBCD
>
> After installation, I used the "Advanced Options". Just above the
> "Apply Settings" button, is a "Limit Windows to X CPUs". You might
> try setting that to 4, if it isn't there already. Mine says "0"
> right now, which presumably means "use as many as you can find".
> If your value was set to "1", then that would explain why your
> system is running on 1 core. I think it is possible WinXP might
> have had a similar option, like MaxCPUs.
>
> Since this is a WinXP group, you might want to find a Windows 7 group
> for more help. I tried to find more information on Windows 7 HAL options
> and how to force them, and I didn't manage to find anything to help
> you. The Microsoft KB was strangely unhelpful.
>
> Paul
>
>>
>> "Paul" wrote in message
>> news:hpm7m0$mo9$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>>> Ritter197 wrote:
>>>> I can now report after hitting F10 (BIOS)
>>>>
>>>> Under POWER I have only 2 options:
>>>> After power failure Automatic
>>>> XD(Execute Disable) Enable
>>>> Nothing for Suspend modes.
>>>> Nothing there for ACPI 2.0 support or anything re ACPI
>>>>
>>>
>>> Have you gone to the Device Manager, and right clicked on the
>>> ACPI x64 thing, and tried to do a Driver Update ? What did
>>> it report as install options ? Is one of the options
>>> for "Multiprocessor" ?
>>>
>>> For example, on my machine, when I drill down:
>>>
>>> "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install."
>>>
>>> ACPI Multiprocessor PC >> current HAL choice
>>> Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (APCI) PC >> your HAL
>>> MPS Multiprocessor PC >> earlier era...
>>> Standard PC >>
>>> HTH,
>>> Paul
>>