fx-8320, only 6 "cores"

[chromic]

I just installed my fx-8320 over my fx-6100, went to windows, checked cpu-z for voltages and what not, and i saw there 6 cores - 6 threads.

wait a minute i have an 8320 i should have 8 / 8, went to bios and selected manually adjust CPU cores, these were the options

3rd & 4th core

5th & 6th core

7th & 8th core

but no 1 & 2.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

I just installed my fx-8320 over my fx-6100, went to windows, checked cpu-z for voltages and what not, and i saw there 6 cores - 6 threads.

wait a minute i have an 8320 i should have 8 / 8, went to bios and selected manually adjust CPU cores, these were the options

3rd & 4th core

5th & 6th core

7th & 8th core

but no 1 & 2.

have you reset the bios? normally when swapping anything like CPU you should restore the bios to defaults. sometimes you have to move a jumper on the motherboard to clear cmos/rest bios, but newer boards may have different, easier ways. Check your mobo manual to make sure. Once reset you should be good to go.
You may also need a bios upgrade to take the new CPU so check that too.

 

[chromic]

i had bios 15xx when this happened fx-83xx series needs 10xx, upgraded to 17xx ( latest ), ill go check the bios settings again.

 

[06yfz450ridr]

thats odd it should list all your cores. i would try resetting the bios and updating it if needed. that or those 2 cores are bad

 

[chromic]

popped the battery out and started / shut it, put battery back, went to post screen, then a message came ; to recover bios press F1 ( i couldnt press anything else )

it appears to me that everytime i try to reset the bios or somethin it recovers it to "6100" bios

 

[8350rocks]

You need to reinstall windows, that will solve the issue.

 

[chromic]

there is no other way?

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

there is no other way?

have you followed these steps for resetting the bios?

http://support.asus.com/Troubleshooting/detail.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=1&m=M5A97%20R2.0&s=24&hashedid=n/a&os=&no=1723

 

[GhislainG]

You need to reinstall windows, that will solve the issue.

Wouldn't it possible to remove the processor from Device Manager and then let Windows detect it again? It's weird that Windows didn't detect the processor change on its own.

 

[8350rocks]

No, when you change a MB or CPU, you need to reinstall windows, because it does a primary config when you initially install and won't recognize a new CPU or MB without re-installing.

 

[chromic]

after a moment searching for an answer on the web i found this ; http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/howto-get-windows-7-to-detect-your-new-multi-core/71519d51-f6cb-47df-b3ff-66c2928d6de4

and it worked.

anyways thanks everyone for assisting / giving tips

 

[8350rocks]

after a moment searching for an answer on the web i found this ; http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/howto-get-windows-7-to-detect-your-new-multi-core/71519d51-f6cb-47df-b3ff-66c2928d6de4

and it worked.

anyways thanks everyone for assisting / giving tips

Awesome! So they finally have the capability to detect a new CPU without a fresh install! Well, that's one less advantage for Linux now...