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HT or not

Dempsey · 2009-01-06 17:03:20

Right, I have this PC here, trying to clean it up I was using CPU-Z to check the memory etc etc and I found out that the Pentium 4 is a Prescott and HT ready but in the BIOS HT is disabled, the mobo is HT ready and the sticker on the front of the PC has NO HT feature on it. Should I turn on the Hyper Threading? Is there a…

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06-01-2009 6:03pm

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Dempsey

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Right, I have this PC here, trying to clean it up

I was using CPU-Z to check the memory etc etc and I found out that the Pentium 4 is a Prescott and HT ready but in the BIOS HT is disabled, the mobo is HT ready and the sticker on the front of the PC has NO HT feature on it.

Should I turn on the Hyper Threading?

Is there a risk of damaging the CPU if HT isnt supported? Has CPU Z ever got the CPU type wrong?

Thanks in advance

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