bd7-II raid board support hyperthreading cpu?

I'm looking at the 3.06 p4 with 533 bus speed at newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=19-116-154&depa=1

Just wondering if my bd7-II raid board will support hyperthreading.
I went to Abits site and saw a chart that had HT checked with a "v"
but not sure what that means. I have upgraded to the latest bios, and
see no support for HT in the Bios.
Anyone know the answer?
Thanks

 

did you try emailing Abit directly?

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Yes, it will.
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Well, I could of done that, but thought that I might get a quicker
response here. You see, the sale that Newegg was having on that CPU is
a one day which ends at 4pm PST, about one hour from now.

Thanks Anyway, Rick

 

Thanks Richard.

 

well, Richard gave you a response...

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Newegg is not a bad place to visit... we heard some slightly disturbing
stories about them from a couple of posters a while back but I've bought
tons of stuff from them without issue...

enjoy your new toys...

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Yes, he sure did, and I thanked him for it.

I went and purchased the cpu from Newegg, and of course just had to
get some more ram, and a new video card from my HTPC. I love that
store, just hate visiting the site, 'cause I always seem to end up
buying something.
Rick

 

No problemo! Only things to add (although you may already be aware of this)
is that if you're running an SMP aware operating system like NT/2K/XP,
you'll likely need to reinstall the OS before the proper dual proc kernel is
installed, it's not simply a case of plug and play.
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Oh man, I didn't realize that. I am running windows XP, but reload it?
(Yuk!).

Back when I was fooling around with my bp6 dual setup, I was running
win2k and thought it was possible to just change a setting in the
device manager, (computer/uniprocessor now) and that would cause
windows to load the correct Kernal at next boot.

I'll have to do some more searching on this, as I really do not want
to have to reload everything. It's been a long time since I had to do
that.But, If I do... I do.
Rick

 

Well I found some info that says it can be done, so I'll give it a go
when I recieve the chip, Friday. I'll report back just in case anyone
is interested.
Rcik

 

I did not have to reload XP when I installed a HT cpu. on the first boot
after installation of the cpu, the system detected the HT cpu and installed
the software to support it. Task Manager shows the dual cpu's as does
Device Manager. I am *not* saying this will work in every situation but
just that it did in my situation...

it did in my case...

boot up and see what happens...


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Cool. Think it's one of those occasions where sometimes it works and
sometimes it doesn't.

If you look in the "Computer" section of Device Manager, does it list an
"ACPI Uniprocessor PC" or an "ACPI Multiprocessor PC"?

Indeedy. No reason not to try it.
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it shows the ACPI Multiprocessor PC...


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That's cool; that's what it should be. I've seen a couple of separate
instances where, after upgrading an existing installation with a
Hyperthreaded CPU, both the logical CPU's were recognised in Device Manager,
but the "Computer" section still showed a uniprocessor PC, and only one of
the two logical processors was receiving instructions.
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yeah, I even see both the logical cpu's tasking differently in Task Manager
and in MBM...

take care...


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I recieved and "tried" installing the new CPU in my bd7-IIr board, and
the stupid retention bracket on the board snapped off as I was
latching the intel hsf in place. I've had a few hsf assemblies on the
board including stock intel units with never and issue untill now.

I ended up removing the retainer from another computer I have here and
put it on my abit board, then installed the zalman cooler I was using
prior, added the extra 512mb of ram and booted into windows.

Windows recognized the hyperthreading cpu and loaded the "ACPI
multiprocessor PC" Kernal without me having to do a thing. Windows now
sees 2 cpu's.

But now, I need to find another p4 retaining bracker for my HTPC,
since I stole one off of it. Anyone know where to get one? I have done
some searching to no avail.