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11-08-2008, 10:02 PM
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AMD Phenom BE 1 core recognized is this the norm?
Hey guys first post here, and I have to say there is a wealth of info on this board. Without all of you I would not have such an awsome system to be using right now.
I have a question to ask, first some sys specs. AMD Phenom 9850 BE MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX 4 gig ram sata had I had tried to install 4 diff distros and I cant for the life of me remember which one I have installed. 10.5.4 Every thing is running great. I was just wondering if it is the norm for the system to only recognize one core in the system. As for everything else ....its working just fine. Model Name: Mac Model Identifier: MS-7376 Processor Name: AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core Processor Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz Total Number Of Cores: 1 L2 Cache: 512 KB CPU Features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 HTT SSE3 MON CX16 POPCNT Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 200 MHz Boot ROM Version: Hack.88Z.int.0sh.061193037 (American Megatrends Inc.) 
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11-08-2008, 10:30 PM
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if the system is 10.5.4 right after install AND it support Phenom then I'm guessing it is LawlessPPC's distro. I had to look up your motherboard (over at Newegg.com) to make sure I knew what I was talking about and it looks like your board should see all the cores.
Couple Questions: when you go to /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor, do you see four boxes showing you your core activities? if so then your system recognizes it... but system profiler doesn't. Have you tried booting with the boot flag "cpus=4"? There are numerous posts around this forum on getting your cores recognized with a SB600 southbridge chipset so you are no exception to this working. Hope to hear back with good results. 
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11-09-2008, 04:48 AM
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the switch isn't to help get you to see 4 cores at system boot. That is meant so the system will realize it if it isn't showing up in the activity monitor. If the Activity Monitor shows four CPU boxes, then you have it.. System Profiler is just not recognizing it.
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11-21-2008, 08:42 PM
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MSI K9A2 CF (SB600 - 790X) 4GB Ram 1x80GB ide HDD 2x250 sata HDD HD 3850 Graphics card M-Audio 24/96 sound card I install LawlessPPC's 1.5.4 succesfully but can boot in safe mode only otherwise there is blue screen or some funny commadore 64 graphics  ethernet is not working in safe mode. so what should I do? I could use any help.thank you. Last edited by levian; 11-21-2008 at 08:44 PM.
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11-22-2008, 10:26 PM
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it could be the 4GB Ram Limit... boot with the boot-flag "maxmem=3072"
also, you may want to ensure your graphics are supported with the proper kexts. rm the old ones and reinstall new ones (while running in safe mode) Last edited by nfoav8or; 11-23-2008 at 03:10 AM.
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11-22-2008, 11:44 PM
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