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Gigabyte GA-EP45T-Extreme (DDR3) Only using 2 cores

Hi, I have the above motherboard and a Q8200 Quad Core, cpu-x etc shows only 2 cores. Is there a fix for this, I have searched and searched and cant resovle this. Everything else seems to be working 100%, the cpu when used in my old…

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@zypheruk Published 2009-10-16
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Snow Leopard 10.6
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3,079 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 2 dispatches) · 2009-10-16 – 2009-10-17
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@zypheruk@Imkantus

Hi, I have the above motherboard and a Q8200 Quad Core, cpu-x etc shows only 2 cores.
Is there a fix for this, I have searched and searched and cant resovle this.
Everything else seems to be working 100%, the cpu when used in my old motherboard and sl shows 4 cores.

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1 technical responses curated from 2 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @Imkantus 2009-10-17

Do you have your own dsdt.aml compiled?

How many Cores does the System Profiler show?

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@zypherukPrimary Author12009-10-16
@ImkantusContributor12009-10-17