Qosmio X500 - 2 cores instead of 4 cores

Hi,
I did a BIOS update (to 2.8.0) on my Qosmio X500-11z (PQX33E). I now see two cores instead of four in the bios and CPU-Z . Also the windows experience index for processor dropped from 7 to 5.6.
Anybody else experiencing this? Could it be a problem with this bios version?
Regards,
PEter
Problem fixed by going to cmd:
msconfig -> boot options -> Advancend options -> Removed checkbox number of processors (4)

Hello
Thats really interesting, thank you for this feedback, it would be interesting for other users too! :)

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