Phenom II X6 only showing 5 cores

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System specs:

- Phenom II X6 1090t @ stock

- Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

- Asus crosshair formulae iv (890fx & sb 850)

- Samsung 450gb 7200 rpm sata II hdd

- 4Gb single channel corsair ddr3 1333mhz ram

- Radeon hd 5770 @ stock

- 750w ocz fatality

- nzxt hades

i have flashed the bios despite it already having the latest version (1102) already on. i have checked windows, amd overdrive, and asus pc probe ii and all are only showing five cores (core0,1,2,3,4) and the whole system is pretty recently purchased (ebuyer & amazon) except the hdd which is still full of life. any ideas why i have a pentacore and not hexacore? :S

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It's okay guys, after three days a patch has downloaded and is seeing all six. But might be worth remembering this if you know someone else who has this issue with their system I was woken up by the neighbors screaming children blundering down the stairs, switched on the rig, then 'Installing AMD Phenom II X6 1090t Driver'. I had already installed the latest driver though so that makes no sense! Oh well, it's working now

[AMDFTW]

was it from a new build?

meaning did u install windows after u put the hexcore in?

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Originally Posted by AMDFTW

was it from a new build?

meaning did u install windows after u put the hexcore in?

I'd had it sat on my shelf in the box a couple months (the cpu) while i bought the other parts but this was the first time has ever been used. I built the rig, then my bro went through bios etc and put windows on for me (i was paranoid i'd screw something up). I did have 32-bit professional on the drive prior to 64-bit, but he wiped the drive before he installed anything new (inc new 64-bit OS).

Hope that made sense

[AMDFTW]

i would re-install windows or look in device manager and see if u see 6 cores

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Originally Posted by AMDFTW

i would re-install windows or look in device manager and see if u see 6 cores

Nah it's cool, is recognising all six now that the driver patch has installed. i did kinda say already. thought tho atleast if other oc3d members have this problem with their x6 chip then they'll know to wait out a driver update (i have no idea where it is on amd's website, windows did it for me).

[AMDFTW]

ah right no issuw then fella

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Thanks anyway though!

[jimbob]

i have a M4A87TD/USB3 and was doing the same so i went into bios and 1 core was set to OFF. So i turned it on, Done.

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Originally Posted by jimbob

i have a M4A87TD/USB3 and was doing the same so i went into bios and 1 core was set to OFF. So i turned it on, Done.

All my cores were on when was showing five. It was windows not reading correctly.