is it possible to "lose" half a dual processor?

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The windows gadget only shows the processor going to 50%, never below. This just started about a week ago. Is it possible to only be utilizing half of a quad processor????

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ITS ELECTRONICS OF CORSE IS POSSIBLE , BUT HAVE YOU CHECKED THE AFFINITY OF YOUR CPU A PROGRAM COULD OF MAYBE CHANGED THE SETTINGS OF IT ,E.G TURNED HALF OF THE CORES OFF

EDIT: sorry for the capps

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np caps it happens...

semantics!! where does one check the processor "settings" (or affinity)???

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and yes its possable to only be using half you can turn 1 ,2 and 3 of the cores off so it is possible

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task manager from one of the drop down menu options

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and maybe try going into the windows Reliability and performance monitor it will thell you every time a program crash or something failed in your system