FX-8350 only showing 6 cores

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Serious Tom

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When I look in Aida64 or HWiNFO64 they both only show 6 cores.
In the Windows Device Manager it shows 8
What's going on, can anybody tell me ?
I have Turbo shut off and Cool N Quiet as well as C1, C6
I had been overclocking a little, I had the cpu multiplier at 20 and the front side bus at 220, trying to get my 4 sticks of DDR3 1866 that had to be run at 1600Mhz back up closer to 1866.
Do I need to ship it back ?
 
Sounds like aida and hwinfo need to update their software to me. Try latest versions
 
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phOkaz said:
Sounds like aida and hwinfo need to update their software to me. Try latest versions
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+1.

I wouldnt worry, as long as windows see's all 8.
They need to update their software for the new chips.
 
And what does a real-world application that's guaranteed to work like Prime95 see?
 
That's ok. My FX6300 idles at 3 degrees celcius according to temperature monitoring programs. I have a special 212+ on there :) I've been having a hell of a time getting overclocking programs to run stable on this machine.
 
phOkaz said:
Sounds like aida and hwinfo need to update their software to me. Try latest versions
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I do have the latest versions.
how about task manager, do you see 8 monitoring windows for the cpu?
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The Device Manager lists 8 and it says all the devices are working but looking at Task Manager it only shows 6.
I am using Windows Vista Ultimate 64.
And what does a real-world application that's guaranteed to work like Prime95 see?
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Does that work for AMD, I was looking at the website and they just kept mentioning Intel.
CPU-Z also is showing 6 cores
 
Serious Tom said:
The Device Manager lists 8 and it says all the devices are working but looking at Task Manager it only shows 6.
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Indeed that sounds bad.

Run msconfig -> boot tab -> "advanced options ..." -> is # of processors wrong? Enable and set it to 8 and reboot!
 
OHH, ya did you upgrade CPU from a 6 Core and not reinstall windows?> if so xorbe is right.

Still install those hotfixes though, they are good anyway.
 
xorbe said:
Indeed that sounds bad.

Run msconfig -> boot tab -> "advanced options ..." -> is # of processors wrong? Enable and set it to 8 and reboot!
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Thank You !!!!

OHH, ya did you upgrade CPU from a 6 Core and not reinstall windows?> if so xorbe is right.
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Yes I did, I figured just the processor from a 1090T to FX-8350 but I forgot about the Tweaking I had done. I had read about faster boot times by enabling 6 cores on the Boot Tab.
I'm sure glad I asked here before I sent the thing back.
Thanks for the help everyone !
Back to happily OCing.
 
I Found Your problem..
"I am using Windows Vista Ultimate 64"
Upgrade to windows 7 ultimate 64.problem solved:D

You're Welcome;)
 
great thred !!! i had to use it to get my 8350 in order. but no matter what i did the # of cores would not exceed 6 !!
i had to reset the bios to defaults to get everything right, then go back and redo all the settings.
 
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