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philman213 · 09-09-2006, 01:40 AM

Ever since I bought the two CPUs and the motherboard, it has always had problems "detecting" a second CPU. For a while I wasnt even sure if it was running or if I was getting the full effect of both CPUs running. For all I know I've never even used the second CPU.

I took a look at the fans and the CPUs and messed around with them a little. I found out that both fans work, in both slots, so the problem is not one of the fans being dead, or one of the motherboard connectors being dead, they both work fine. I tried running CPU #1 alone in either slot, and my computer was not happy. I made constant beeping sounds and wouldnt boot. I did however apply fresh thermal grease to both CPUs. I used SiSoftware, said that both CPUs cooled down by 3C.

When I look at properties it doesnt seem to recognize both CPUs.

Here is a picture of what I mean:
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...3/hardware.jpg

However, it has always looked like that. My motherboard it would seem has never understood I have two CPUs, otherwise it would say something like Dual AMD Athlon MP processors at a total of 4.0GHz I would think.

I downloaded and installed SpeedFan, I dont exactly know how it works other than it monitors the temperatures.

Here is another picture showing SpeedFan running:
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...3/speedfan.jpg

From what I can gather, thats good, and things are running pretty cool.

Lastly, the Fan/Heatsink combo I use is Speeze brand, I cant remember the exact model or serial, and I couldnt find a lookalike on their website, but its pretty big and I think its a good fan.

Relooked and this looks similar to the two fans I have for my CPUs.
http://www.speeze.com/main/fcc_v2.asp?ProdID=130

About 5-10 minutes after windows finishes loading I notice that the temperatures on everything drop quite a bit, and I'm not doing anything. I'm afriad if I start up a game or something CPU intensive it'll get too hot.

09-09-2006, 01:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
philman213 New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4	Ever since I bought the two CPUs and the motherboard, it has always had problems "detecting" a second CPU. For a while I wasnt even sure if it was running or if I was getting the full effect of both CPUs running. For all I know I've never even used the second CPU. I took a look at the fans and the CPUs and messed around with them a little. I found out that both fans work, in both slots, so the problem is not one of the fans being dead, or one of the motherboard connectors being dead, they both work fine. I tried running CPU #1 alone in either slot, and my computer was not happy. I made constant beeping sounds and wouldnt boot. I did however apply fresh thermal grease to both CPUs. I used SiSoftware, said that both CPUs cooled down by 3C. When I look at properties it doesnt seem to recognize both CPUs. Here is a picture of what I mean: http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...3/hardware.jpg However, it has always looked like that. My motherboard it would seem has never understood I have two CPUs, otherwise it would say something like Dual AMD Athlon MP processors at a total of 4.0GHz I would think. I downloaded and installed SpeedFan, I dont exactly know how it works other than it monitors the temperatures. Here is another picture showing SpeedFan running: http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...3/speedfan.jpg From what I can gather, thats good, and things are running pretty cool. Lastly, the Fan/Heatsink combo I use is Speeze brand, I cant remember the exact model or serial, and I couldnt find a lookalike on their website, but its pretty big and I think its a good fan. Relooked and this looks similar to the two fans I have for my CPUs. http://www.speeze.com/main/fcc_v2.asp?ProdID=130 About 5-10 minutes after windows finishes loading I notice that the temperatures on everything drop quite a bit, and I'm not doing anything. I'm afriad if I start up a game or something CPU intensive it'll get too hot. Last edited by philman213; 09-09-2006 at 01:44 AM.