Proteo Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 (edited) Some weeks ago I updated my kernel from Mifki's to Daemon ES'. Everything is working fine but some days ago I noticed something strange. As you can see in the attached image, ATM and System profiler are reporting my CPU (a Pentium D 830) as Intel Core Solo, therefore (I guess) just one core is being reported. However, in the Activity monitor I can see two CPU graphics. I've checked of course in my BIOS and both cores are enabled. How can I know if OS X is really using both cores? There's any way to "fix" the wrong CPU type report? Thanks a lot for your input guys. Proteo. Edited January 5, 2007 by Proteo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37769-are-my-two-cores-used/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csoft Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 i dont think the 830´s have HT so ur kernel seems to recognise both cores... however if osx only reports 1 core to applications maybe it will only use 1. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37769-are-my-two-cores-used/#findComment-269119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 the name its reporting is meaningless, its just the kernel trying to guess, its nothing more than a label. activity monitor shows 2 cores/cpus running, so both are active. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37769-are-my-two-cores-used/#findComment-269181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
powrslave Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Start TextEdit and open /System -> Library -> CoreServices -> loginwindow.app -> Contents -> Resources -> English.lproj -> AboutThisMac.strings. Navigate to the bottom of the document; for single CPU machines, find this string: "ABOUT_BOX_SINGLE_PROCESSOR_FIELD_FORMAT" = "%@"; For multiple CPU machines, find this: "ABOUT_BOX_MULTIPLE_PROCESSORS_FIELD_FORMAT" = "%@"; Change the %@ to whatever you want your new CPU to be, like, say "Pentium 133mhz w/ MathBug Technology." You can also patch up the About window to look more like the real OSx86 version, by opening the AboutThisMac.nib in the same folder (Developer Tools required). This was tested in Panther and Tiger, and works in both. Also good to appear cool with your "overclocked" 3.5GHz G5! http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?sto...7&lsrc=osxh Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37769-are-my-two-cores-used/#findComment-269350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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