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Weird bug w/ PCWizard 09, says Athlon II X2 245 has 4 cores?

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Anybody seen anything like this?

 

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these are new processors. it's bound to happen man.
 

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hmmm maybe u lucky enough to have a dualcore that nade from quadcore
 
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hmmm maybe u lucky enough to have a dualcore that nade from quadcore

Its possible, but that'd mean its unlocked both cores by itself, which I doubt would happen.

OP, use an updated CPU-Z or HWMonitor to check against that, or find if the program you're using is the latest version.
 
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CPUZ shows 2 cores. PCWizard is 2009 (latest version) and is from the same vendor as CPUZ (CPUID). I figure it's a bug. I do have ACC set to hybrid so not sure if that has something to do with it.
 
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you should try and see if you can unlock your 2 cores maybe a sign
 
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stepping up from S939 so not sure what I'm doing w/ACC.(any input is appreciated!) tried a few settings but nothing has shown, and I'm not expecting to be able to unlock anything on this cpu. Just thought it was interesting that PCwizard was showing 4 cores / 2 enabled. What is also interesting is that it's showing cache x4 as well.
 
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Put ACC on auto : ]
 
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what does Task Manager say?
windows key + r
type taskmgr and enter
 

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what does Task Manager say?
windows key + r
type taskmgr and enter

or just press ctrl shift and escape :p

If that only shows two graphs under performance only two cores are active.
 

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Then its a bug with PCWizard 09.
 
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in bios (version F2) ACC shows 4 cores, is that correct? I'm thinking that's probably what PCWizard is picking up.
 
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If you leave ACC on auto it should activate the cores if it has them.
 

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Yeah you might actually end up with 4 cores in the end.
 
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hi hopes ...fingers crossed ..... please please let it work.:toast:
 
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updated bios to F6c, Acc on Hybrid/auto. Still shows 4 cores / 2 enabled. I was thinking the older bios might be reading the cpu incorrect. CPUZ / taskmanager still 2 cores. Oh well, I didn't think there was anything to unlock anyways.
 
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These Athlon II's are dual cores, the cores shouldn't unlock because it's a native dual core.

Check out second die shot here.
 

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These Athlon II's are dual cores, the cores shouldn't unlock because it's a native dual core.

Check out second die shot here.

There was a bunch that were native 4 cores with two disabled.
 

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There was a bunch that were native 4 cores with two disabled.

There wasn't a bunch, I'm pretty sure those were all engineering samples. As far as I know, as soon as they were released for sale, they only came in dual core fashion.
 
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There was a bunch that were native 4 cores with two disabled.

Those were the phenom's I can't find any information relating to the unlocking of Athlon II x2's only x4's unlocking l3 cache, and the sempron's moving to athlon II's.
 
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