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How to disable 2 cores on a quadcore i7?

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I have a laptop with a quadcore i7 that runs hot. I don't need 2 of the cores. How can I shut them off?

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Many computers have BIOS options to disable cores. You can also disable hyper threading which is also disabling cores, though I doubt that would improve cooling much. A final thing that could be done is in Windows itself. Go to the Advanced Boot Opt…

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