order 9750v how long does it tke to get

i think it takes about 10 days... not sure though..

One thing though: i noticed you ordered it with XP home edition... BAD idea! Home edition does does support dual core processing, you have to have XP Pro SP2. I dont know if its too late for you to change that, but if I were you I would try to STAT.

You can modify the BOOT.ini to fix the problem with Home edition so you have dual core support in dual core supported programs.

I just got my 9750 today, and I ordered it on Monday... just 5 days for me

Glad someone finally started refuting this myth. XP Home does recognize dual cores, including AMD dual cores.

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Weblets/0,,...~95364,00.html

Notice the XP Home support in the chart.

Also read Microsoft's explanation.

http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/h...icore.mspx#E1B

To paste the relevant part:
Q. A customer wants to upgrade their single-core processor system by replacing the single-core processor with a multicore processor. If they do so, will there be an increase in cost for their current software license?

A. No. The customer will incur the cost for one software license per processor, not per core. So if a customer replaces the single-core processor on their system with a multicore processor, they will need to have only one license per processor.

Q. How does this licensing policy affect products such as Microsoft Windows XP Professional?

A. Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Windows XP Home are not affected by this policy as they are licensed per installation and not per processor. Windows XP Professional can support up to two processors regardless of the number of cores on the processor. Microsoft Windows XP Home supports one processor.

Note that Pro supports two processors and Home supports one. Note that the AMD X2 is only a single processor, but has two cores. This is perhaps where this myth got started.

Incidentally, the only time I'm aware of that you need to get XP Pro is in the case of the Pentium D Extreme Edition, which is both dual-core AND hyper-threaded, leading to more than XP Home can handle.


Edit: I'd also post a link to a thread in here where a recent buyer had his X2 9750 working with XP Home, but the search function on this forum sucks harder than a ten dollar whore. In fact, it doesn't seem to be working at all, at the moment. Hopefully they're upgrading it as I type.

Honestly, it could be anywhere from 5 days to a month. They say 1-5 days for building and testing. Sometimes this deadline is met, but in general it needs to be taken with a grain of salt.