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Computer Help and Support

Voltaire2

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8. Uh yeah so your shop guy was wrong to start with.

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 09:14 AM

Nov 2019

Your pc has 8 ‘cpus’ (2 threads per core) not 16.

As others have noted, you can view the individual cpus in the task manager.

HP is not turning cores off. That would not go unnoticed and lawyers would be salivating over the class action suit.

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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