Questions tagged [quad-core]
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How to put idle CPU processing power to good use? [closed]
I just got a new computer that has far more processing power than I need 90% of the time that I'm using it. To what ought I to devote that power?
I know of SETI @ Home and Protein Folding. What ...
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CPU lost a core?
I have a quad core processor.
AMD Phenom II x4 965 3.4 MHz
Which is about a year old. It has never been overheated and has never really been stressed for any long periods of time. I don't think I've ...
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Why are there only two cores in Windows XP?
I'm running Windows XP 32-bit on an Intel Q9650 quad-core CPU.
In Device Manager, I see four cores. It's OK. However in Task Manager, I can only see two cores. Are only two cores used? If so, why are ...
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MacBookPro Core i7 - system profiler says "Number of cores: 2"
I thought that "quad core" meant quad core. My system says that it has 2 cores, but perhaps I'm thinking of it wrong, or perhaps the OS ignores 2 cores. What do you know about the issue.
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PC won't boot with more than 1 stick of RAM
I've got the following computer. I just put in a new CPU QX9650 and I ran into this problem since making this hardware change.
Whenever I put more than 1 of my 4 sticks of RAM into my machine it won'...
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