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imported_Diavolo
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I had Win 2000 and my computer ran fine for the 2 - 3 years I had it. I lost the CD and I had to reformat so I decided to put Win XP pro on it.
I got all the updates. I freshly installed everything so all drivers are new.
My computer ran fine for a while but started to run pretty slow and stuff started skipping a lot. I reinstalled Win XP (2 - 3 months ago) with a fresh reboot and things ran fine at first again. My sound card (Soundblaster Extigy) never ran well with XP, I assume because it is USB connection but ran fine with 2000. Now I can't do anything on my computer without my computer freezing for a few seconds, or the mouse going choppy.
Comp specs
p4 1.8 ghz 400 mhz fsb (overclocking it to 2.3 helped a little but I don't think it should be a problem with the 1.8)_
Asus p4b533
1024 meg 2100 DDR
128 meg all in wonder ATI Radeon 9600
400 watt power
I think that is all that matters. My computer is running plenty cool so it is not overheating.
Any suggestions? I may just wait for Windows 2003 or just try finding Win 2000 again. I ordered a 3.06 ghz 533 mhz FSB with HT processor to see if that helps.
If not, I guess AMD is the way to go.
DO NOT REPLY if you just want to say P4 sucks. (Ryan)
I got all the updates. I freshly installed everything so all drivers are new.
My computer ran fine for a while but started to run pretty slow and stuff started skipping a lot. I reinstalled Win XP (2 - 3 months ago) with a fresh reboot and things ran fine at first again. My sound card (Soundblaster Extigy) never ran well with XP, I assume because it is USB connection but ran fine with 2000. Now I can't do anything on my computer without my computer freezing for a few seconds, or the mouse going choppy.
Comp specs
p4 1.8 ghz 400 mhz fsb (overclocking it to 2.3 helped a little but I don't think it should be a problem with the 1.8)_
Asus p4b533
1024 meg 2100 DDR
128 meg all in wonder ATI Radeon 9600
400 watt power
I think that is all that matters. My computer is running plenty cool so it is not overheating.
Any suggestions? I may just wait for Windows 2003 or just try finding Win 2000 again. I ordered a 3.06 ghz 533 mhz FSB with HT processor to see if that helps.
If not, I guess AMD is the way to go.
DO NOT REPLY if you just want to say P4 sucks. (Ryan)