You can disable HyperThreading in BIOS. Restart the computer, enter BIOS, disable HT, and restart the computer. Just curious, why do you want to disable it?
I wanted to try disabling Hyperthreading because the new 8250, P4, 3.06 GHz, seems like it is sluggish ever since I received it. Have been reading some of the posts, and quite often it is recommended to try this. To enter the BIOS, do I need to restart in safe mode? Thanks
rbkircher,
You do not enter safe mode to access the BIOS. You need to tap F2 when the computer begins the POST process at startup (before the Windows XP splash screen appears) to get into the BIOS. Once you're in there go to CPU Information and press Enter. Highlight Hyper-Threading and press the spacebar on the keyboard to select Disable. Press Esc to save the setting and exit the CPU Information screen. Press Esc again to Save and Exit. When you see the message Save changes and exit now, press Enter and the computer will restart. That's all there is to it.
I too have experienced this, but I have not tried to disable Hyperthreading. I've done some research, though, and it seems that Hyperthreading really wouldn't cause 'sluggish' problems.
I think the culprit is the stuff Dell puts on these systems. Even if you clean out your startup programs and uninstall the Dell stuff, it has still made a mess of the OS. A fresh install of XP will likely solve your problem, but only you can judge if that's a step you want to take.
Let us know if your disabling HT worked. I'll send you a PM about it, just for a reminder.
Well, I'm not sure what they are suggesting..I though wouldn't go on the computer and start removing the dell programs..I don't think personally that would improve anything..
What was suggested to me is basically go out bye a windows XP disc...or if you have one, that Dell didn't provide you..reason why? The one that Dell provides you is the same exact stuff that is on your system all ready from what I understand, I can be wrong..hehe, I'm sure someone here will answer that question for us both :P (but from what I see on the cd, its the same stuff thats already on the computer)
And Remove everything on the computer..that includes windows xp..everyone calls it different whiping..my brother calls it nuking :P and start it from scratch..I hope I'm not loosing you I have the tendency to not explain things correctly :P
Now how to go about this..I don't know..I have never done it by myself :(
hehe wish I would have read this post before hand..I replyed to the one post about this type of computer being sluggish and thats what was suggested to me..to as it was put to me "nuke the system and start fresh"...I haven't tried this yet but thats in my agenda..
I disabled Hyper Threading over the lunch hour, but didn't notice any significant difference. I haven't looked around that much on my computer. What sort of Dell installed items are you recommending be removed?
I have a 120gig drive and reinstalled windows 1 week after I received my 8250. Once the reinstallation was complete I had 5gigs more availible space than before. I'm not sure what Dell puts on the drive but it takes up quite a bit of space. My computer doesn't seem any faster, but it is more stable. Hope this helps.
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You do not enter safe mode to access the BIOS. You need to tap F2 when the computer begins the POST process at startup (before the Windows XP splash screen appears) to get into the BIOS. Once you're in there go to CPU Information and press Enter. Highlight Hyper-Threading and press the spacebar on the keyboard to select Disable. Press Esc to save the setting and exit the CPU Information screen. Press Esc again to Save and Exit. When you see the message Save changes and exit now, press Enter and the computer will restart. That's all there is to it.
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March 11th, 2003 18:00
I too have experienced this, but I have not tried to disable Hyperthreading. I've done some research, though, and it seems that Hyperthreading really wouldn't cause 'sluggish' problems.
I think the culprit is the stuff Dell puts on these systems. Even if you clean out your startup programs and uninstall the Dell stuff, it has still made a mess of the OS. A fresh install of XP will likely solve your problem, but only you can judge if that's a step you want to take.
Let us know if your disabling HT worked. I'll send you a PM about it, just for a reminder.
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March 11th, 2003 19:00
Well, I'm not sure what they are suggesting..I though wouldn't go on the computer and start removing the dell programs..I don't think personally that would improve anything..
What was suggested to me is basically go out bye a windows XP disc...or if you have one, that Dell didn't provide you..reason why? The one that Dell provides you is the same exact stuff that is on your system all ready from what I understand, I can be wrong..hehe, I'm sure someone here will answer that question for us both :P (but from what I see on the cd, its the same stuff thats already on the computer)
And Remove everything on the computer..that includes windows xp..everyone calls it different whiping..my brother calls it nuking :P and start it from scratch..I hope I'm not loosing you I have the tendency to not explain things correctly :P
Now how to go about this..I don't know..I have never done it by myself :(
Ambrosina
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March 11th, 2003 19:00
hehe wish I would have read this post before hand..I replyed to the one post about this type of computer being sluggish and thats what was suggested to me..to as it was put to me "nuke the system and start fresh"...I haven't tried this yet but thats in my agenda..
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I disabled Hyper Threading over the lunch hour, but didn't notice any significant difference. I haven't looked around that much on my computer. What sort of Dell installed items are you recommending be removed?
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