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02-16-2018 10:35 AM
This question applies to the HP BIOS for a variety of hardware with recent Intel CPUs with the hyperthreading feature.
I have HP P85 UEFI BIOS version 1.14
In the BIOS settings, if I enable "Deep sleep" in the Advanced/Power Management options, hyperthreading is automatically enabled in the Advanced/System options (and then grayed out). To disable hyperthreading, I have to first disable "Deep sleep".
Can someone explain what's going on and why this is? I can't find any documentation or discussion on this.
02-18-2018 01:53 PM
I think Deep Sleep is HP's way of saying hibernate. From what I can find, Hyperthreading is on all the time according to
Task Manager and CPU-Z
Search for > HP Deep Sleep < gets quite a few hits and there may be something in one of them.
KenW
02-18-2018 03:48 PM
Thank you, but no. When hyperthreading is enabled, it's enabled. When it's disabled, it's disabled. This is clearly seen in many places, among whch are the number of virtual processors in Windows Task Manager, and more explicitly in apps like Belarc Advisor and geekbench4. Here are two of the latter with hyperthreading enabled and disabled on the same laptop:
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/7026093
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/7063513
See "Topology" under "Processor Information".