Here's a poser. When I activate the HT in BIOS on my 3.06 P4 northridge

(recently upgraded from a non HT CPU) it causes the keyboard to effect other

programs, specifically the music from any media based application. The

symptoms are like one key is overloading whatever cache and causes the music

to stutter.

 

When HT is off, things are back to normal. I have the most recent BIOS, XP

updates, keyboard drivers, etc. Any ideas?

--

Mattu

Re: When HT CPU is activated in BIOS, causes keyboard to mess upapps

 

mattu wrote:

> Here's a poser. When I activate the HT in BIOS on my 3.06 P4 northridge

> (recently upgraded from a non HT CPU) it causes the keyboard to effect other

> programs, specifically the music from any media based application. The

> symptoms are like one key is overloading whatever cache and causes the music

> to stutter.

>

> When HT is off, things are back to normal. I have the most recent BIOS, XP

> updates, keyboard drivers, etc. Any ideas?

 

 

There may be a better answer but switching on HT in the bios might be

similar to that adding a second CPU insofar as the Windows XP Hardware

Abstraction Layer (HAL) is concerned. Update the HAL by doing a repair

install.

Power off pc,remove battery,move the CMOS jumper pin from 1-2 to 2-3

position for .45 seconds or so,then back to 1-2,replace battery,start

pc.You'll

need to reset basic BIOS settings before the OS will start.Also,update youre

chipset installation utility,and thier is a dual-processor fix for xp,its

kb896256

 

"mattu" wrote:

> Here's a poser. When I activate the HT in BIOS on my 3.06 P4 northridge

> (recently upgraded from a non HT CPU) it causes the keyboard to effect other

> programs, specifically the music from any media based application. The

> symptoms are like one key is overloading whatever cache and causes the music

> to stutter.

>

> When HT is off, things are back to normal. I have the most recent BIOS, XP

> updates, keyboard drivers, etc. Any ideas?

> --

> Mattu

Re: When HT CPU is activated in BIOS, causes keyboard to mess upapps

 

GHalleck wrote:

>

> mattu wrote:

>

>> Here's a poser. When I activate the HT in BIOS on my 3.06 P4

>> northridge (recently upgraded from a non HT CPU) it causes the

>> keyboard to effect other programs, specifically the music from any

>> media based application. The symptoms are like one key is overloading

>> whatever cache and causes the music to stutter.

>> When HT is off, things are back to normal. I have the most recent

>> BIOS, XP updates, keyboard drivers, etc. Any ideas?

>

>

>

> There may be a better answer but switching on HT in the bios might be

> similar to that adding a second CPU insofar as the Windows XP Hardware

> Abstraction Layer (HAL) is concerned. Update the HAL by doing a repair

> install.

 

No need to do that with Windows XP. Nor was it needed with Windows

2000, with Windows 2000 you simply have to change the HAL in the device

manager, with XP this is supposed to be done automatically when adding a

second processor. The OP could verify that the hal is a multiprocessor

type but a reinstall should not be necessary to change it if necessary.

Only a change to a different type of HAL requires a reinstall, moving

from single to multi-processors does not entail a change of hal type.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309283

 

John

Re: When HT CPU is activated in BIOS, causes keyboard to mess up a

 

This is a fresh install of XP since nothing else worked to get the HT active

(outside of safe mode) w/o a fresh install. All the updates are current.

--

Mattu

 

 

"GHalleck" wrote:

>

> mattu wrote:

>

> > Here's a poser. When I activate the HT in BIOS on my 3.06 P4 northridge

> > (recently upgraded from a non HT CPU) it causes the keyboard to effect other

> > programs, specifically the music from any media based application. The

> > symptoms are like one key is overloading whatever cache and causes the music

> > to stutter.

> >

> > When HT is off, things are back to normal. I have the most recent BIOS, XP

> > updates, keyboard drivers, etc. Any ideas?

>

>

> There may be a better answer but switching on HT in the bios might be

> similar to that adding a second CPU insofar as the Windows XP Hardware

> Abstraction Layer (HAL) is concerned. Update the HAL by doing a repair

> install.

>

RE: When HT CPU is activated in BIOS, causes keyboard to mess up a

 

I have the latest chipset drivers and BIOS is behaving as it's suppose to so

I'm not too keen on resetting to basic BIOS. I've already installed the

kb896256 update.

--

Mattu

 

 

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Power off pc,remove battery,move the CMOS jumper pin from 1-2 to 2-3

> position for .45 seconds or so,then back to 1-2,replace battery,start

> pc.You'll

> need to reset basic BIOS settings before the OS will start.Also,update youre

> chipset installation utility,and thier is a dual-processor fix for xp,its

> kb896256

>

> "mattu" wrote:

>

> > Here's a poser. When I activate the HT in BIOS on my 3.06 P4 northridge

> > (recently upgraded from a non HT CPU) it causes the keyboard to effect other

> > programs, specifically the music from any media based application. The

> > symptoms are like one key is overloading whatever cache and causes the music

> > to stutter.

> >

> > When HT is off, things are back to normal. I have the most recent BIOS, XP

> > updates, keyboard drivers, etc. Any ideas?

> > --

> > Mattu