diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index d03af4e..00e8fd3 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.7.29
-####  Date: February 9 2012
+####  version: 1.7.30
+####  Date: February 21 2012
 ####  Patch Number: 00
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
@@ -3029,6 +3029,7 @@ get_cpu_ht_multicore_smp_data()
 			num_of_cores = 0
 			num_of_processors = 0
 			num_of_cpus = 0
+			cpu_core_count = 0
 			core_id[0]
 			processor_id[0]
 			cpu_id[0]
@@ -3048,6 +3049,12 @@ get_cpu_ht_multicore_smp_data()
 			core_id[iter] = $NF
 			iter++
 		}
+		# this will be used to fix an intel glitch if needed, cause, intel
+		# sometimes reports core id as the same number for each core, 0
+		# so if cpu cores shows greater value than number of cores, use this
+		/^cpu cores/ {
+			cpu_core_count = $NF
+		}
 		END {
 			## 	Look thru the array and filter same numbers.
 			##	only unique numbers required
@@ -3056,10 +3063,11 @@ get_cpu_ht_multicore_smp_data()
 			
 			i = 0
 			## count unique processors ##
+			# note, this fails for intel cpus at times
 			for ( i in processor_id ) {
 				procHolder[processor_id[i]] = 1
 			}
-			for ( i in procHolder ) {				
+			for ( i in procHolder ) {
 				num_of_processors++
 			}
 			
@@ -3080,6 +3088,9 @@ get_cpu_ht_multicore_smp_data()
 			for ( i in coreHolder ) {				
 				num_of_cores++
 			}
+			if ( ( num_of_cores == 1 ) && ( cpu_core_count * num_of_cpus > 1 ) ) {
+				num_of_cores = cpu_core_count * num_of_cpus
+			}
 			
 			####################################################################
 			# 				algorithm