Question Windows 7 Ultimate does not recognise all the cores of my i7-3770S ?

[arajigar]

Windows 7 Ultimate does not show them in HWMonitor, and CPU-Z seems to not work either (can't see cores and all that stuff, but probably I'm dumb and cannot understand the data. In the BIOS all seems right, btw.

Oh. And dont point me to the msconfig fix because it sc***ed the system (BSOD with BAD SYSTEM CONFIG, and blah, blah, blah). In fact, I'm reinstalling Windows 7 right now. Is there any non-harmful and sensible fix out there?.

Thanks in anticipation😊

 

[Hasselblad]

Did you say Windows 7 !

 

[arajigar]

Yes. So, what? If it works... 9 years without problems. Of course, its a fully- isolated from the Internet system...

 

[SkyNetRising]

Windows 7 Ultimate does not show them in HWMonitor, and CPU-Z seems to not work either (can't see cores and all that stuff)

Please show screenshots from

Task Manager = Performance/cpu section and​

msconfig - boot/advanced options.​

(upload to imgur.com and post link)

 

[COLGeek]

If you still have the issue AFTER reinstalling Win 7, then you likely have a hardware issue. That would not be surprising given the age of the system if that is the situation.

 

[arajigar]

Im now in the middle of the setup process. Will post everything after all process os done.😉 Aniway... Does it have a solution?

 

[COLGeek]

Im now in the middle of the setup process. Will post everything after all process os done.😉 Aniway... Does it have a solution?

Depends on whether a software or hardware issue. Lets see after you get Win 7 fully installed.

 

[USAFRet]

Im now in the middle of the setup process. Will post everything after all process os done.😉 Aniway... Does it have a solution?

A "solution" requires knowing the problem.

The pictures you post may lead us to discovering the "problem".

 

[arajigar]

If you still have the issue AFTER reinstalling Win 7, then you likely have a hardware issue. That would not be surprising given the age of the system if that is the situation.

Like what issue?, the core i5 3550 i have installed before showed all cores with no problems at all...

 

[Hasselblad]

Yes. So, what? If it works... 9 years without problems. Of course, its a FULL isolated from Internet system...

I was just asking, my SON uses VISTA

 

[COLGeek]

What is the make/model of your motherboard and what BIOS version is it running?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

How many cores are seen? Is this 32-bit or 64-bit Windows (Yes, there is a difference between the two with respect to how many processors are detected) Win 7 is LONG past its use by date so don't expect any support from manufacturers.

 

[arajigar]

After i reinstall this is what i got

https://ibb.co/TqvxSncD

Also, I know all my stuff is quite old, but, I dont want it to run Win11, just the software that was in its prime when the hardware was released, that means, software from 2011, not more 😉

 

[Wolfshadw]

Not seeing a problem here. The Intel Core I7-3770S has four cores and your image is showing four cores.

-Wolf sends

 

[arajigar]

I know!!, but, in the previous instalation, it says there were only 2!! What happened here?, 2 hours before i decided to follow the "clever" advide of messing with msconfig, i tried several ways to know why the i7 only showed 2 cores...

 

[SkyNetRising]

If you still have the issue AFTER reinstalling Win 7, then you likely have a hardware issue.

Number of available cores is limited in bootloader.

If only OS partition gets formatted during reinstall and bootloader remains untouched,
then previous bootloader core limits will remain.

How to Limit CPU & RAM via the Windows Boot Configuration

Tools & knowledge for IT pros

helgeklein.com

 

[SkyNetRising]

I know!!, but, in the previous instalation, it says there were only 2!! What happened here?

Please show requested screenshots from post #4.

 

[arajigar]

Obviously, i did not take any pics of the problem before messing with msconfig😉

 

[SkyNetRising]

Obviously, i did not take any pics of the problem before messing with msconfig😉

Show screenshots from current configuration.

 

[uWebb429]

@arajigar

The problem you had is almost always caused by the Number of processors setting in msconfig. Next time you have an issue like this, make sure the Number of processors box is clear and then reboot so Windows can find all of your cores and threads. This is a common problem when swapping CPUs.

Run CPU-Z. A Core i7-3770S should report 4 Cores and 8 Threads.

https://imgur.com/MWBrzV8

View: https://i.imgur.com/MWBrzV8.png

 

[arajigar]

Finally, all settled up. All 4 cores show BUT i must have had to reinstall ALL from scratch. For what I understad, when you swap CPUs as I did (open the case, retire the i5 and put the i7) system search the lesser option to run, so it behaves as if it was dealing with core 2 or core i3, not core i5 and above. Once I wiped out the hdd and do a clean install (win 7 with no SPs) all worked fine. It is like if msconfig was a protected file unable to admit changes, even If I tried the Hard way using recovery through console, fixing mbr, boot, etc.
I did another CPU swap/change on a win10 pc months ago, and nothing of this happened, so I must assume that all this struggle is 100% windows 7 related.
So, as a resume:

- In Win7 NEVER try to do a CPU swap without doing a full sys backup.
-Dont listen to those who say that unchecking maxprocessors in msconfig will fix the issue, because, at least in win7, itll sc**w your entre system.
-Trying to fix it through system restoration's console will only lead you to frustration.
-Reinstalling will be the only practical solution, unfortunately...

 

[ex_bubblehead]

That's been known for years. Windows (at least at that time) does not treat processors as "plug-n-play". Reinstallation has always been required in those cases.

 

[USAFRet]

If you did a clean install, and it carried over settings from the previous install, you did not do it properly.

 

[USAFRet]

- In Win7 NEVER try to do a CPU swap without doing a full sys backup.

Never turn the system ON without a known good full system backup.
I don't.

 

[arajigar]

If you did a clean install, and it carried over settings from the previous install, you did not do it properly.

I erased-fornatted the hdd, so, yes, doing so made reinstalling make all worked fine so far. I think thats the cause of trying to fix it from recovery did not work at all.🤔