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Article #2938Re: DELL SP5-166-2 & Dual Processor in DOS, but not in NT4
From: Roger Hamlett
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 00:00
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Tom Bird wrote in message ... >In article <Q+8rmFABHef5EwkR@ghastly.demon.co.uk>, 'Dungeon' Dave ><Dungeon@SpamNot.Here> writes >>.. and it came to pass that Charles Longley <Charles@thakeham. >>demon.co.uk> uttered forth: >>>Ahh, now that's interesting. It *was* indeed a single processor install >>>to begin with of course. So what are the options? I did note that if I >>>began a NEW installation, the blue screen which tells you how much >>>RAM >>>is in the system only reported one processor >> >>.. as its reporting the system configuration that it knows of. If you >>installed it in a single-processor machine, the platform will only >>remember that one processor. > >I thought that when NT's CPU quota was increased, the blue bit at the >start (heh, blue screen, start as you mean to go on NT...) recognised >the full number of CPU's present but the main OS bit didn't. No. Single processor kernel installed, gives _BIOS_ reporting both processors, but the OS does not (even in the first blue screen). Best Wishes
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