Windows 7 won't detect all 8 cores

[nooneisback]

For some reason Windows 7 won't detect all 8 cores of my fx-8320. I tried almost everything hotfixes, custom core unpacking programs and messing around in BIOS. Msconfig only shows 4 cores.

 

[i7Baby]

Try HWInfo.

 

[theunliked]

Sorry for being noob, but how do you check your cores using msconfig? Check by going to task manager, click the performance tab, click view > one graph per cpu.

 

[beetlejuicegr]

Make sure your bios is up to date, some motherboards won't recognize newer CPUs unless they get updated. Most newer motherboards update their bios inside windows, check BIOS download/files tab in the manufacturer's motherboard model page.
Most probably this is the cause.

 

[nooneisback]

My BIOS is already flashed, HWinfo shows only 4 cores. Also in msconfig you can select how many cores will run in Boot>advanced.

 

[i7Baby]

What did Task Manager show?

Have you parked cores?

 

[nooneisback]

The whole windows (including task manager) accepts this processor as 4 core while it's 8 core. Also my core parking is off.

 

[nooneisback]

I solved the problem by installing EasyBCD and setting the cores to 0 under advanced settings>developer then I applied the settings and shut the computer down completely ( not restart ). This makes Windows 7 detect all cores. The reason this happened is because I upgraded from a FM2+ (4 core) processor to this FM3+ (8 cores).

Best aswer goes to i7Baby for being the most helpful.