I recently purchased an Alienware 3.06 gz laptop - it runs about an hour with 2 batteries.  

It was in bad shape software wise because OWNER had tried to upgrade without first flashing BIOS....To upgrade to SP2 I had to flash BIOS - no problem and new BIOS had hyper THREADING (previous BIOS did not) which had to be enabled to upgrade to to SP2.   Upgrades done.

I rejoined SETI and decided to take advantage of the dual prosessors.  2 CPUS are shown on Device manager but only one on task manager.  I would LIKE to be able to use both.

Another minor irritation...  Whenever I am referred from one site to another,  I am referred to the German version.   Win XP language is english and the location is in the US.   Beats me.

Thanks,
louIrigoulot:

Does Windows XP indicate both CPUs in Device Manger are working properly?

Since when can you see processors in the Task Manager?

Both are working properly in device manager.

I have another computer using hyperthreading - and when I open task manager its shows percentage USAGE of each processor. A seperate window for each.

I am still looking for a solution.

Thanks,
lou
Something else:

It shows a BIOS version dated 1992 - way to early for the one I am running.My bad. The name Task Manager didn't immediatly spell it out for me.

Can you not flash the BIOS?Another interesting post i feel>http://omaha.craigslist.org/sys/84049926.html Quote

...It shows a BIOS version dated 1992 - way to early for the one I am running.