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i have a Compaq Presario 2568CL, and my info says HT supported, not enabled. how do i enable it, and are there any possible pitfalls in doing so?

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HT (Hyper-Threading) is a technology Intel made to enables multi-threaded software applications to execute threads in parallel. In other words, it makes the CPU work about 25% faster for certain applications. You have to buy an Intel CPU that specifically identifies it supports HT.

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If you look at this picture, you will see a small H and T in the upper right of the logo. This specifies it has HT.

 

Here is an article on Hyper-Threading: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html

 

I hope this helps. :D

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You have to buy an Intel CPU that specifically identifies it supports HT.
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If you look at this picture, you will see a small H and T in the upper right of the logo. This specifies it has HT.

yeah that's what frustrates me. because my sticker doesn't say HT, but when i run the Tweak-Xp Processor Check, it says it is. could it just be a glitch?

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Sounds like something is not right. :P

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For enabling hyperthreading one goes in the BIOS....but of course your motherboard has to be able to handle HT!!!! (/me kicks shopkeeper of Pc-Clinic... darn non-computer people!). So I got a inferior CPU with HT support....and of course a inferior motherboard of 1994 without HT support...and they told me them both had HT support! (Mind you, I bought it 4 months ago). Info could say you have a HT support processor, but if you can't find where to activate it you might have a non-HT motherboard....good luck!

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Hey dude, I don't have and never come across a Hyper-Threading PC...
But I think these may help...
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

1) Download and install Windows XP Service Pack 22) Find the following files (normally in your c:windowsservicepackfiles)
    - ntkrnlmp.exe
    - halmacpi.dll
and copy them to your c:windowssystem32 folder. (This is considering your new motherboard has ACPI support. I know that these files will support non-ACPI computers as well, but that has not been tested)
3) Open up boot.ini in your text editor and find the following line:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn (or something of this sort)
and replace that line with:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS=”XP Professional MP” /fastdetect /kernel=ntkrnlmp.exe /hal=halmacpi.dll
Make sure there are no line breaks in that line.
(backup your boot.ini and your hardware profile if you want, that might be a good idea)


http://www.gateway.com/worldwide/support/
http://forums.devhardware.com/intel-processors-30/unable-to-enable-hyperthreading-on-my-p4-3-2t-31312.html
http://www.echeng.com/journal/2005/05/28/enabling-hyperthreading-in-windows-xp/
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

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For enabling hyperthreading one goes in the BIOS....but of course your motherboard has to be able to handle HT!!!! (/me kicks shopkeeper of Pc-Clinic... darn non-computer people!). So I got a inferior CPU with HT support....and of course a inferior motherboard of 1994 without HT support...and they told me them both had HT support! (Mind you, I bought it 4 months ago). Info could say you have a HT support processor, but if you can't find where to activate it you might have a non-HT motherboard....good luck!

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Right Hyper-Treading not only found in CPU, even if you have CPU with HT supports it still requires a compatibility with mainboard, some board don't support Hyperthreading, there is a mainboard that really designed for HT. In short to enable hyperthreading you must have the two, CPU and the MaindBoard.

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If you fail to enable Hyper Threading, don't cry your eyes out because of it! Take a look at this online article from the PCWorld magazine:

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

Here is straight-forward comment from them:

Technology a Bust?Why would a speedier chip that is capable of acting like two processors have so little positive impact on test scores?


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  If you fail to enable Hyper Threading, don't cry your eyes out because of it!

yeah well after all this i wasn't able to enable it. Guess the motherboard doesn't support it. i wanted to speed up my work in premiere, but i'm thinking now of just buying a good desktop and forking over the extra cash rather than tinkering around with the laptop.

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I think I may have found a answer for you guys I am testing it, though I can't take the credit.. here is where I found it....
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
going to try it..
ttyl

ciao
I can email you the files you need it wouldn't let me attach them to the bottom of my post :rolleyes:
by the way those files are for windows xp pro 2 not tested with any other oss may or may not work with other oss if un compat just revert the boot.ini to fix.

Edited by DeLaguna (see edit history)

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How do you find out if you have hyperthreading enabled or not? I have no idea, thanks

You Three finger salute, (press control alt delete) then select the performance tab...
then hold alt and press v then c then p if you don't see two graphs for your cpu usage, and you have a pentium 4 Hyper Threading processor you need to contact me or follow the advice on that page.. have a good day ..

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Compress something using 7z. If all processors goes up to 100% (or close to 100) then you are Hypertheading. If they stay at 50%, or out of balance but still cumulating to 100%you ar not hyperthreading.

-reply by marius

 

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