[SOLVED] CPU not running on all cores

[drdand113]

Hi I have a AMD athlon II x 2 260 and it's only showing that I am running on 2 cores when I load it up it says press for to activate for cause done that still nothing then I've tried going into bios resetting it and still nothing tried going into miss config and then advanced options and only showing 2 cores so don't know what to do help me guys please

 

[v12vantage]

Hi,

This is normal operation, the Athlon II x2 260 IS a dual core processor. Think of it as Athlon 2nd Generation and the x2 refers to the number of cores the processor has. They also made Athlon II x3 which were triple core processors and Athlon II x4 which were quad core processors.

 

[atomicWAR]

Yeah as stated your getting exactly the number of cores you should.

 

[drdand113]

Hi,

This is normal operation, the Athlon II x2 260 IS a dual core processor. Think of it as Athlon 2nd Generation and the x2 refers to the number of cores the processor has. They also made Athlon II x3 which were triple core processors and Athlon II x4 which were quad core processors.

 

[drdand113]

What I'm saying is it's not letting me access the x 2

 

[v12vantage]

The x2 doesn't mean 2 processors, and it doesn't mean quad core. Its a dual core processor which has 2 cores. If your PC was recognising it as a SINGLE core processor, then there'd be a problem. But what you are describing is not a problem

 

[dontlistentome]

Athlon II is the name of the family of CPUs, and the X tells you the core count. There were Athlon II X2, X3, and X4 models. Those were dual core, triple core, and quad core respectively. You have an X2 which is a dual core(two cores).

 

[atomicWAR]

What you mean access the X 2? Your CPU should only run two cores with two treads. The only access you should have besides your PC turning on and running software, is being able to see those cores run in task manager. I am not sure what your getting at.