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In Reply to: RE: I mentioned below - BIOS settings at install posted by rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com on December 02, 2011 at 11:58:14
for MULTI PROCESSOR SUPPORT.
Set to one core in BIOS before installation.
Extremely spacious, no lack of mid bass energy, clean, sweet high frequencies ...
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When i had made my first nLite disc following ur instructions, i did like it too, & i had even made a post on that. The sound was clean but BLAND ( a bit tasteless). I was expecting it would settle in after deletions. But the thing that got me worried was the high latencies i was getting with that install. Upon checking in the device manager, i found that it was installed as a 'Standard Pc'.
I very well remember that all our previous installations of windows, which had been done in all these months, are installed as an "Acpi Multiprocessor PC". Im sure u & all other inmates have previous back-ups handy. Try restoring one of them & check for urself. My question is, "Why was it installed as a Multi-Processor when only One core was enabled even then??????????????????????????? There should be something to it right...!!!
And i too assure u, that the sonics are way superior in every aspect in this new install, compared to the one i made as per ur recipe...
I strongly suggest u try & hear it for urself..
Junaid
If you did not have but one core enabled your installation is not the same.
Ofcourse I had only one core enabled. And I always did..
Junaid
Was your BIOS setup for only one core enabled during the installation using the nLite disk?
Do you use the standard cMP optimized BIOS setting for installation or do you implement after installation? This makes a big difference in what is installed. I just need to know this before I start the install process again. If you did use the cMP BIOS then I will have to try. If you did not, our installs are not the same.
I know you would have used the cMP BIOS eventually but I am trying to understand how you handled the installation. Your answer could mean many things.
Sorry to be so determined.
I have always used only ONE CORE ever since I started Setting up my cMp. I have never used multiple cores ever. It's been around 2 years almost, when I has set-up my cMp & since then I have not touched the Bios. Only one core is enabled, whether it's a regular Xp install or an nLite...
I started on nLite just last week for the first time. When I made the first disc, I followed Ur instructions step by step. But all I could have, was a Standard & 486 something (not sure) during the installation. And I VERY WELL remember that all my previous installs were Auto-selected by Xp as " ACPI MULTIPROCESSOR PC" even-though-only-one-core-enabled..!!!!!
So while making my next nLite disc, I left the Multiple Processor Support option remain, but chose the Computer type as "Automatic" to see what the installation prefers for my Hardware. And not surprisingly, it again installed as an Acpi Multiprocessor.
I don't know how this could happen, but I'm very sure that it will happen to all of us. Why don't u restore a previous non-nLite image u have to check how Ur computer was detected. Even then u had only one-core enabled. But I'm sure it would have been installed as a Multiprocessor Pc...
Hope this helps..!!!
Junaid
Just had to be sure since I thought many of us would revert to DEFAULT BIOS at installation.
I know with a standard WINDOWS install I would do this since it would stall when I tried using the cMP BIOS.
I remember you posting about having installation difficulty with 1G memory and this was what made me wonder.
I will now have to try with MULTI PROCESSOR in the mix.
One interesting thing was the machine working without ACPI.SYS since it was never there. Before when I tried to delete it (without the minimal install) it would not work. No surprise there.
Does this discussion explain why my setup sounds better with two cores (and HT) enabled? i did the cics- and bios-optimations after install. Should i reinstall wit one core and HT disabled?
tia
Douwe
I know I am quite pleased with what I am hearing and so is Junaid!
I am going to try putting the MULTIPROCESSOR thing back into the nLite install disk and hear what I think.
What is HT? I cannot think of what that is. Dull head this morning.
I tested: two minimal nLite installs: one single-core, the other dual-core. Two cores give little more space an depth. Sounds better in my setup (h55m-usb3-i3-530).
HT is hyperthreading.
Later maybe test acpi vs standard-pc install.
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