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My CPU fan is constantly working extra hard. I observed the CPU usage in System Monitor and if I'm completely idle it's around 0-5% but the moment I start to do something it jumps to the 20-30% range and frequently peaks to higher percentages. My computer information is in the link at my...

Here is a screenshot: Link Removed due to 404 Error Also provided are screenshots of some taskman processes: Link Removed due to 404 Error Any ideas as to what could be going on? I was at work, then came home. 3rd shift at a retail store is a trip. lol, so...any solutions to this?

I just recently upgraded from a E6750 to a Q9550 cpu (IP35 pro motherboard, latest bios supports it) and the issue is Windows 7 is only seeing 2 cores at all times. Running CPU-Z shows 2 cores, 6MB L2 cache, etc etc. Device Manager shows 4 unknown devices under Processor selection. Booting...

There seems to be a problem with media player becaue now whenever I open it the proccessor starts behaving in a strange way. It hasn't always done this but it is fluctuating like mad, all 4 cores up down. Has anybody else experianced this and if so have you been able to remedy it. Ive checked...

I have searched through this forum without much luck on this subject. I have a Intel quad core Q6600 CPU but only 2 of the cores are showing up in the Task Manager but if I check the device manager all 4 are showing there. Does anyone know if Windows 7 is using all 4 cores and just not showing 2...

I have a Dell C521 with AMD Athalon 64 X2 4600 processor. I loaded Windows Beta 7 32 bit and it won't recognize the second core processor. Any ideas? When I run Device Manager both processors are shown but I have run a number of CPU performance testers that show the second core with zero...

Just a poll to see how many cores\threads people's CPUs has, who knows somone from Windows 7 team might be interested.

Check it out: Fudzilla We won't see it in production proper for another few years and it can't run windows yet but 80 cores?

Check it out: Fudzilla - 80 core wafer, CPU pictured

As the title suggests a report in Dailytech reveal AMDs plans for a new socket which will herald the start of DDR3 and 8-12 core processors! More info' is here: Link Removed - Invalid URL The only thing is though, software is only 'just' starting to utilise two cores let alone 12...Thoughts...