Posting from my $300 walmart laptop - Page 2

marko138 · 03-01-2010, 09:41 AM

Damn, good price.

Rangerscott · 03-01-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by BobTheBiker

NOW, do you know how to turn on both cores of that dual core? from the factory, only one is active. check it out. I even had to turn on the dual core mode in my Asus.

I guess they do that themselves, cause I've seen a bunch of bios before the user touches anything. All cores are always active when at stock setting.

goof2 · 03-01-2010, 10:56 AM

I have an Acer with a T3400 dual core. I haven't seen anything in the BIOS about turning the second core on or off.

njchopper87 · 03-01-2010, 02:08 PM

Nice price, but I haven't heard much positive experiences with emachines.

Just checked my dual core settings.. and both are on. I'm kind of disappointed because I was hoping for a performance boost.

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Originally Posted by goof2

I have an Acer with a T3400 dual core. I haven't seen anything in the BIOS about turning the second core on or off.

I went to Performance and then there was a sub-menu for it. Using a dell, though.

03-01-2010, 10:56 AM	#13
goof2 AMA Supersport Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,756	I have an Acer with a T3400 dual core. I haven't seen anything in the BIOS about turning the second core on or off.