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canetoad

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6. Specs - nice machine!

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 03:30 AM

Nov 2019

But if you are using Win 10, all the CPU cores will be enabled by default - the operating system is configured to use ALL cores as long as the program has the ability to utilize them.

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I took my HP Windows 10 Desktop to the shop: [View all] LeftInTX Nov 2019 OP

They would have meant cores canetoad Nov 2019 #1

Hubby isn't the most knowledgable about computers. LeftInTX Nov 2019 #4

Specs - nice machine! canetoad Nov 2019 #6

Uh yeah so your shop guy was wrong to start with. Voltaire2 Nov 2019 #8

you can view individual cpu utilization BootinUp Nov 2019 #2

I would have thought that the lower the processing, the lower the OnDoutside Nov 2019 #3

Fan was malfunctioning (or not working) and computer would not boot into Windows LeftInTX Nov 2019 #5

One of my previous laptops was a Toshiba, and I discovered it OnDoutside Nov 2019 #7

Heat causes the processor to "throttle" and reduce the active cores. mudpuddle Nov 2019 #9

Will do!!! LeftInTX Nov 2019 #10