One out of two cores not working (e6750)! Need help

[zephrius]

Hi guys,

I just realized that one of my cores has either stopped working or died on me. I've using a E6750 and running a 3.2GHz overclock for about 3 weeks or so already. It usually runs at about 46 degrees C idle for both cores and when I'm playing games (warhammer online), it goes to about 52 degrees C for both.

I had stuttering issues with Warhammer Online recently so I decided to go ahead and install some new ATI Catalyst 8.10 drivers. Somehow after doing my driver cleaning, registry cleaning and installing my new drivers, I found out that one of my cores had died or stopped working! I checked this through coretemp and CPU-z as well, it only states that I have a single core.

Can anyone knowledgeable enough give me some advice? Did my CPU actually fry out or did i accidentally turned one of my cores off. Much thanks.

Oh and I'm using a Asus P5K mobo.

[Agent]

XP? If so, it may have switched to the wrong Kernel for some reason

http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/...U_Not_anymore/

[zephrius]

no, im runnin on vista 32-bit.

[Splash]

If you open Device Manager and expand Computer what does it show you?

[zephrius]

If you open Device Manager and expand Computer what does it show you?

It shows me ACPI x86-based PC

[Peter Parker]

Possibly useful advice in last post on this page: http://www.planetamd64.com/lofiversi...hp?t30279.html

Also try looking in your BIOS settings, especially if you've been in there recently for overclocking

[zephrius]

Thanks man! it worked