Dual-Core Capabilities
I am wondering how I can get my system to work with my chip's dual-core? I am currently running an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2000MHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core.
I just downloaded Debian64 yesterday and installed it. I am currently running the apt-get kernel version '2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp.' I would like to take advantage of the full power of my chip. I thought that using regular SMP would do the trick, but 'top' and 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' both only report one CPU, though uname -a does report I am using the x86_64 archtype (which I would hope). So, can anyone help me get my dual-core running fully? |
The SMP kernel is what you want. After you system boots open up a consol cat /proc/cpuinfo.
You should get something like this: Code:
[root@dc log]# cat /proc/cpuinfo |
Thanks for the info. My 'cat /proc/cpuinfo':
Code:
processor : 0 ASUS A8V-E DELUXE K8T890 RET Socket 939 VIA K8T890 ATX AMD Motherboard Model #:A8V-E Deluxe I have not really touched the BIOS at all, so it could be something that is not enabled by default. |
Ya, that very well could be it. I have heard (but can't confirm cause I don't own one) that some motherboards need a bios update before they will work with the 2nd core.
I do know the newest version of that mainboards bios is 1008, is suppose to support dual core chips, and was released on 07/01/2005. That is near enough that many boards from retail outlets might not have that bios on them. |
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