amd x4 845 only 2 cores and 2 threads

[QuickyPie]

hey guys, I have only 2 cores and 2 threads and it says I should have 4 cores and 4 threads.
My specs

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz (3.8GHz) Box AMD® FM2+, AMD® Athlon X4, 4, 4

GPU: ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 128bit - RX550-4G PCI Express 3.0, AMD Radeon, AMD Radeon RX 550, 4GB

MOBO:ASUS A68HM-K

OS: Windows 10

 

[SpywareDr]

Since the AMD X4 845 has 4 cores and 4 threads, I'd try at least one more testing program.

 

[managed]

CPU-Z usually gets it right :- https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

 

[QuickyPie]

CPU-Z usually gets it right :- https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

I did that, but it shows 2 cores and 2 threads. should I return my pc to the store? Or there is some solution for this.
thank you for the replay

 

[Triple6]

Type MSCONFIG in the Search/Cortana box, click on the Boot tab, then click on Advanced Options, and make sure nothing is checked on the screen that comes up, if it is, uncheck everything and reboot.

Also, not the greatest CPU, hopefully you bought it knowing it's an entry to mid level processor from 2 years ago.

 

[managed]

After doing what Triple6 said and the Cpu is correctly identified in the Bios (tap DEL or F2 key at start up to get into Bios) and it shows 4 entries under Processor in Device Manager it should be ok.

Where are you seeing it only has 2 cores & 2 threads ?

 

[QuickyPie]

After doing what Triple6 said and the Cpu is correctly identified in the Bios (tap DEL or F2 key at start up to get into Bios) and it shows 4 entries under Processor in Device Manager it should be ok.

Where are you seeing it only has 2 cores & 2 threads ?

I did something (idk what) and now it shows 4 cores and 4 threads in CPU Z

but in task manager it shows 2 cores and 4 threads.

I checked 4 cores in msconfig (boot tab\advanced)

thanks for your help

 

[QuickyPie]

Type MSCONFIG in the Search/Cortana box, click on the Boot tab, then click on Advanced Options, and make sure nothing is checked on the screen that comes up, if it is, uncheck everything and reboot.

Also, not the greatest CPU, hopefully you bought it knowing it's an entry to mid level processor from 2 years ago.

I know its bad cpu, its low budget gaming pc (cant afford more)

now it show 4 cores in cpu z, but not in task manager

 

[managed]

Does it show 4 entries under Processors in Device Manager ?

 

[QuickyPie]

Does it show 4 entries under Processors in Device Manager ?

yes

 

[SpywareDr]

Speccy* (free) will also show you the number of cores and threads (under CPU).

* Speecy is from Piriform, the same company that brought us CCleaner, Recuva, Defraggler and CCleaner for Android.

 

[Triple6]

You should not be checking anything in MSCONFIG, just unchecking it to return it to the default.

In Task Manager do you have the view set to Logical Cores:



Can you post a screenshot of your Task Manager?

 

[QuickyPie]

You should not be checking anything in MSCONFIG, just unchecking it to return it to the default.

In Task Manager do you have the view set to Logical Cores:

View attachment 264693

Can you post a screenshot of your Task Manager?

here you go

 

[QuickyPie]

here is one more

 

[Triple6]

It's showing up correctly as 4 threads.

See here: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3319274/amd-athlon-860k-dual-core-windows-showing-wrong.html