Windows 10: 2 Cores being used, not 4

Discus and support 2 Cores being used, not 4 in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; I have a processor with 4 cores and because Windows is buggy, it only uses 2. Expected, but what does one do to solve such troubles apart from... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by BobFishpond, Jun 18, 2020.

  1. 2 Cores being used, not 4


    I have a processor with 4 cores and because Windows is buggy, it only uses 2. Expected, but what does one do to solve such troubles apart from downloading Linux?

    :)
     
    BobFishpond, Jun 18, 2020
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  2. Sasqui Win User

    Overclocking / Undervolting guide for Vega 56 or 64?

    Here's a quick laundry list:

    List of software to use for overclocking and testing
    Examples:
    Wattman (and how to find and use it, like an overview, including profiles)
    Unigine Valley or Heaven (use this for quick testing while changing settings in Wattman and checking for stability / artifacts) ...just suggesting this
    How to monitor cores / mem speeds and temps during testing (I've seen screen overlays, and others using GPUz)

    Step-by step overclocking in Wattman
    Fan speeds
    Power limit
    Temp limit
    Voltages
    Core speeds
    Memory speeds
     
    Sasqui, Jun 18, 2020
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  3. core unparking

    I have a I5 7600 4 core cpu everything in the system is show 4 cores but there parked, I have the software for unparking them but when I use that it only shows 2 cores and that they are unparked but in the task window in performance it show all 4 cores
    and that they are parked? so I'm not sure which is right and which is wrong since the program to unpark the cores is only showing 2 cores and not seeing the other 2 cores, but in the registry which is where it's looking all 4 cores are listed there. So my
    main question then is there a place in the registry that you can change the cores to unpark them?
     
    LoganSniper, Jun 18, 2020
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  4. kjl1956 Win User

    2 Cores being used, not 4

    2 cores

    Intel product page

    https://ark.intel.com/products/80817/Intel-Core-i5-4460-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_40-GHz

    states it is a 4 core cpu.

    Does win10 task manager or other software like cpuid's hardware monitor show 4 or 2 cores ?

    The cpu is not a hyper thread version, so do not think that is the issue.

    Win10 should see all physical cores. logical cores and threads if hyper threading is enabled.

    Amd fx and some of the apu versions can have this.
     
    kjl1956, Jun 18, 2020
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