OK, I've come across a new problem that I've not seen before.
A quick Google doesn't really throw anything up.
The problem I'm seeing is that games and applications are simply taking an eternity to install on a machine I've just built.
The specification is:
ASUS P5E3 Deluxe WiFi-Ap@n Motherboard
Core2Quad Q6700 2.66GHz @ 3GHz
4GB (4x 1GB) Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600
NVidia 8800GTX
2x Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB HD
Pioneer BDC-202BK BD-ROM/DVD-RW
Vista Ultimate 64
Installation of the OS went fine and Windows feels nice and nippy.
All general benchmarks check out OK and the machine feels like it is operating as it should do with one exception - games and applications take absolutely ages to install.
Examples being Hellgate London & C&C 3 both took over half an hour to install.
Office 2007 and Expression Web both took well over 15 minutes to install.
While the installations are running I can't do anything else with the machine - I can attempt to launch say Outlook or IE and it will take ages before they eventually open.
As soon as the installation starts the HD light will come on and stay on, however the DVD-ROM just seems to now and again read.
Has anybody seen anything like this before?
Until this motherboard my last 3 have all been Gigabyte boards.
Is there something in the BIOS that I should be setting with regards the ASUS board?
It almost feels like maybe there is no DMA access going on - the speed of the install reminds me of say installing something under DOS6/Win3.1 without Smartdrive loaded, just taking for ages.
A quick Google doesn't really throw anything up.
The problem I'm seeing is that games and applications are simply taking an eternity to install on a machine I've just built.
The specification is:
ASUS P5E3 Deluxe WiFi-Ap@n Motherboard
Core2Quad Q6700 2.66GHz @ 3GHz
4GB (4x 1GB) Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600
NVidia 8800GTX
2x Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB HD
Pioneer BDC-202BK BD-ROM/DVD-RW
Vista Ultimate 64
Installation of the OS went fine and Windows feels nice and nippy.
All general benchmarks check out OK and the machine feels like it is operating as it should do with one exception - games and applications take absolutely ages to install.
Examples being Hellgate London & C&C 3 both took over half an hour to install.
Office 2007 and Expression Web both took well over 15 minutes to install.
While the installations are running I can't do anything else with the machine - I can attempt to launch say Outlook or IE and it will take ages before they eventually open.
As soon as the installation starts the HD light will come on and stay on, however the DVD-ROM just seems to now and again read.
Has anybody seen anything like this before?
Until this motherboard my last 3 have all been Gigabyte boards.
Is there something in the BIOS that I should be setting with regards the ASUS board?
It almost feels like maybe there is no DMA access going on - the speed of the install reminds me of say installing something under DOS6/Win3.1 without Smartdrive loaded, just taking for ages.