Jamie,
Turns out you may be correct. Something in this PC's OS went away. OK. It is my 'Test' machine. I sorta expect this. I did try a pair of fixes. I got myself back to my last OS failure of 2010.
"Safe Mode stalls loading Mup.sys." No biggie. Never truly figured out why.
Read alot of suggestions that did not work.
In the end, I rebuild the OS in 2010.
I will rebuild again 2012.
Thank you. Life goes on................... :)
Duncan

On 09/19/2012 11:57, Jamie Furtner wrote:
Yup, that's a uniprocessor HAL - changing the processor won't make a difference. I've only updated the HAL through a reinstall and don't know of other methods.

Jamie

On 2012-09-19 8:17 AM, DSinc wrote:
Jamie,
Yes. I powered the PC on this am and paused it at the 1st bios screen. The screen clearly showed the C2D E8400 with 2 cores (processors). I continued through each screen and saw nothing out of whack.
The PC booted to WinXPsp3 and I logged in.
I then went to 'DM |Comp'. Here I see a problem. The 'Computer' is shown as:
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC
so,
I go to my other PC and do a look/see. It reports: ACPI Multiprocessor PC

Both PCs show: ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000 in the Advanced tab for cpu drivers.

It appears you are on the right track. Windows is confused. But, I have no idea how/what changed it! I do accept that something changed my cpu's drivers. Can I change this w/o an OS reload?
Worse, I am clueless how to update this now uni-core PC.
Thanks,
Duncan


On 09/18/2012 23:40, Jamie Furtner wrote:
Agreed - Windows only sees one processor.

DSInc, you said the BIOS sees two processors (cores)?

What HAL is Windows using (Device Manager | Computer)? If it's something like /ACPI Uniprocessor/ then you won't ever take advantage of multiple CPUs, and coreinfo doesn't report accurate results, as it depends on the HAL giving it the right information.

Jamie


On 9/18/2012 12:29 PM, Gary Jackson wrote:
Assuming I am understanding this, and that isn't a given. Based on my info,
you do seem to be missing a core.

Regards....Gary


Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         950  @ 3.07GHz
Intel64 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel
HTT           *    Hyperthreading enabled
HYPERVISOR    -    Hypervisor is present
VMX           *    Supports Intel hardware-assisted virtualization
SVM           -    Supports AMD hardware-assisted virtualization
EM64T         *    Supports 64-bit mode

SMX           -    Supports Intel trusted execution
SKINIT        -    Supports AMD SKINIT
EIST          *    Supports Enhanced Intel Speedstep

NX            -    Supports no-execute page protection
PAGE1GB       -    Supports 1 GB large pages
PAE           *    Supports > 32-bit physical addresses
PAT           *    Supports Page Attribute Table
PSE           *    Supports 4 MB pages
PSE36         *    Supports > 32-bit address 4 MB pages
PGE           *    Supports global bit in page tables
SS            *    Supports bus snooping for cache operations
VME           *    Supports Virtual-8086 mode

FPU           *    Implements i387 floating point instructions
MMX           *    Supports MMX instruction set
MMXEXT        -    Implements AMD MMX extensions
3DNOW         -    Supports 3DNow! instructions
3DNOWEXT      -    Supports 3DNow! extension instructions
SSE           *    Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2          *    Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3          *    Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSSE3         *    Supports Supplemental SIMD Extensions 3
SSE4.1        *    Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.1
SSE4.2        *    Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2

AES           -    Supports AES extensions
AVX           -    Supports AVX intruction extensions
FMA           -    Supports FMA extensions using YMM state
MSR           *    Implements RDMSR/WRMSR instructions
MTTR          *    Supports Memory Type Range Registers
XSAVE         -    Supports XSAVE/XRSTOR instructions
OSXSAVE       -    Supports XSETBV/XGETBV instructions

CMOV          *    Supports CMOVcc instruction
CLFSH         *    Supports CLFLUSH instruction
CX8           *    Supports compare and exchange 8-byte instructions
CX16          *    Supprots CMPXCHG16B instruction
DCA           -    Supports prefetch from memory-mapped device
F16C          -    Supports half-precision instruction
FXSR          *    Supports FXSAVE/FXSTOR instructions
FFXSR         -    Supports optimized FXSAVE/FSRSTOR instruction
MONITOR       *    Supports MONITOR and MWAIT instructions
MOVBE         -    Supports MOVBE instruction
PCLULDQ       -    Supports PCLMULDQ instruction
POPCNT        *    Supports POPCNT instruction
SEP           *    Supports fast system call instructions

DE            *    Supports I/O breakpoints including CR4.DE
DTES64        *    Can write history of 64-bit branch addresses
DS            *    Implements memory-resident debug buffer
DS-CPL        *    Supports Debug Store feature with CPL
PCID          -    Supports PCIDs and settable CR4.PCIDE
PDCM          *    Supports Performance Capabilities MSR
RDTSCP        *    Supports RDTSCP instruction
TSC           *    Supports RDTSC instruction
TSC-DEADLINE    -    Local APIC supports one-shot deadline timer
TSC-INVARIANT    *    TSC runs at constant rate
xTPR          *    Supports disabling task priority messages

ACPI          *    Implements MSR for power management
TM            *    Implements thermal monitor circuitry
TM2           *    Implements Thermal Monitor 2 control
APIC          *    Implements software-accessible local APIC
x2APIC        -    Supports x2APIC

CNXT-ID       -    L1 data cache mode adaptive or BIOS

MCE           *    Supports Machine Check, INT18 and CR4.MCE
MCA           *    Implements Machine Check Architecture
PBE           *    Supports use of FERR#/PBE# pin

PSN           -    Implements 96-bit processor serial number

Logical to Physical Processor Map:
**------  Physical Processor 0 (Hyperthreaded)
--**----  Physical Processor 1 (Hyperthreaded)
----**--  Physical Processor 2 (Hyperthreaded)
------**  Physical Processor 3 (Hyperthreaded)

Logical Processor to Socket Map:
********  Socket 0

Logical Processor to NUMA Node Map:
********  NUMA Node 0

Logical Processor to Cache Map:
**------ Data Cache 0, Level 1, 32 KB, Assoc 8, LineSize 64 **------ Instruction Cache 0, Level 1, 32 KB, Assoc 4, LineSize 64 **------ Unified Cache 0, Level 2, 256 KB, Assoc 8, LineSize 64 --**---- Data Cache 1, Level 1, 32 KB, Assoc 8, LineSize 64 --**---- Instruction Cache 1, Level 1, 32 KB, Assoc 4, LineSize 64 --**---- Unified Cache 1, Level 2, 256 KB, Assoc 8, LineSize 64 ----**-- Data Cache 2, Level 1, 32 KB, Assoc 8, LineSize 64 ----**-- Instruction Cache 2, Level 1, 32 KB, Assoc 4, LineSize 64 ----**-- Unified Cache 2, Level 2, 256 KB, Assoc 8, LineSize 64 ------** Data Cache 3, Level 1, 32 KB, Assoc 8, LineSize 64 ------** Instruction Cache 3, Level 1, 32 KB, Assoc 4, LineSize 64 ------** Unified Cache 3, Level 2, 256 KB, Assoc 8, LineSize 64 ******** Unified Cache 4, Level 3, 8 MB, Assoc 16, LineSize 64

Logical Processor to Group Map:
********  Group 0

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 12:07 PM
To: HWG
Subject: [H] Coreinfo?

Here is my coreinfo.exe scan.

12:58 09/18/2012


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Duncan H. Sinclair>cd..

C:\Documents and Settings>cd..

C:\>coreinfo

Coreinfo v3.05 - Dump information on system CPU and memory topology
Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E8400  @ 3.00GHz
x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10, GenuineIntel
HTT             *       Hyperthreading enabled
HYPERVISOR      -       Hypervisor is present
VMX * Supports Intel hardware-assisted virtualization
SVM             -       Supports AMD hardware-assisted virtualization
EM64T           *       Supports 64-bit mode

SMX             *       Supports Intel trusted execution
SKINIT          -       Supports AMD SKINIT
EIST            *       Supports Enhanced Intel Speedstep

NX              *       Supports no-execute page protection
PAGE1GB         -       Supports 1 GB large pages
PAE             *       Supports > 32-bit physical addresses
PAT             *       Supports Page Attribute Table
PSE             *       Supports 4 MB pages
PSE36           *       Supports > 32-bit address 4 MB pages
PGE             *       Supports global bit in page tables
SS              *       Supports bus snooping for cache operations
VME             *       Supports Virtual-8086 mode

FPU             *       Implements i387 floating point instructions
MMX             *       Supports MMX instruction set
MMXEXT          -       Implements AMD MMX extensions
3DNOW           -       Supports 3DNow! instructions
3DNOWEXT        -       Supports 3DNow! extension instructions
SSE             *       Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2            *       Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3            *       Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSSE3           *       Supports Supplemental SIMD Extensions 3
SSE4.1          *       Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.1
SSE4.2          -       Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2

AES             -       Supports AES extensions
AVX             -       Supports AVX intruction extensions
FMA             -       Supports FMA extensions using YMM state
MSR             *       Implements RDMSR/WRMSR instructions
MTTR            *       Supports Memory Type Range Registers
XSAVE           *       Supports XSAVE/XRSTOR instructions
OSXSAVE         -       Supports XSETBV/XGETBV instructions

CMOV            *       Supports CMOVcc instruction
CLFSH           *       Supports CLFLUSH instruction
CX8 * Supports compare and exchange 8-byte instruction
CX16            *       Supprots CMPXCHG16B instruction
DCA             -       Supports prefetch from memory-mapped device
F16C            -       Supports half-precision instruction
FXSR            *       Supports FXSAVE/FXSTOR instructions
FFXSR           -       Supports optimized FXSAVE/FSRSTOR instruction
MONITOR         *       Supports MONITOR and MWAIT instructions
MOVBE           -       Supports MOVBE instruction
PCLULDQ         -       Supports PCLMULDQ instruction
POPCNT          -       Supports POPCNT instruction
SEP             *       Supports fast system call instructions

DE              *       Supports I/O breakpoints including CR4.DE
DTES64          *       Can write history of 64-bit branch addresses
DS              *       Implements memory-resident debug buffer
DS-CPL          *       Supports Debug Store feature with CPL
PCID            -       Supports PCIDs and settable CR4.PCIDE
PDCM            *       Supports Performance Capabilities MSR
RDTSCP          -       Supports RDTSCP instruction
TSC             *       Supports RDTSC instruction
TSC-DEADLINE    -       Local APIC supports one-shot deadline timer
TSC-INVARIANT   -       TSC runs at constant rate
xTPR            *       Supports disabling task priority messages

ACPI            *       Implements MSR for power management
TM              *       Implements thermal monitor circuitry
TM2             *       Implements Thermal Monitor 2 control
APIC            -       Implements software-accessible local APIC
x2APIC          -       Supports x2APIC

CNXT-ID         -       L1 data cache mode adaptive or BIOS

MCE             *       Supports Machine Check, INT18 and CR4.MCE
MCA             *       Implements Machine Check Architecture
PBE             *       Supports use of FERR#/PBE# pin

PSN             -       Implements 96-bit processor serial number

Logical to Physical Processor Map:
*  Physical Processor 0

Logical Processor to Socket Map:
*  Socket 0

Logical Processor to NUMA Node Map:
*  NUMA Node 0

Logical Processor to Cache Map:
*  Data Cache          0, Level 1,   32 KB, Assoc   8, LineSize 64
*  Instruction Cache   0, Level 1,   32 KB, Assoc   8, LineSize 64
*  Unified Cache       0, Level 2,    6 MB, Assoc  24, LineSize 64

C:\>







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