My PC has gone slow...need help please!

starkweather

starkweather

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Here's the story: My Socket A motherboard got damaged (Abit AT7-Max2) and I got a new Socket A motherboard. Since these are hard to get nowadays I could only get an Asrock motherboard (K7NF2-Raid)

So, with the new motherboard my PC isn't running as fast as it used to, despite all the same components still in the system. I upgraded the DDR333 ram from 1gb to 2gb. One thing I want to add is that my new motherboard CAN take DDR400 ram and was wondering if this might be the problem? I have set the jumpers to DDR333 but would upgrading my ram to DDR400 (and changing the jumpers back) make a huge difference?

Another thing that's different on the new motherboard is that I'm using Windows home edition instead of Windows XP.

Thanks for your help!!!
 
starkweather said:
Here's the story: My Socket A motherboard got damaged (Abit AT7-Max2) and I got a new Socket A motherboard. Since these are hard to get nowadays I could only get an Asrock motherboard (K7NF2-Raid)

So, with the new motherboard my PC isn't running as fast as it used to, despite all the same components still in the system. I upgraded the DDR333 ram from 1gb to 2gb. One thing I want to add is that my new motherboard CAN take DDR400 ram and was wondering if this might be the problem? I have set the jumpers to DDR333 but would upgrading my ram to DDR400 (and changing the jumpers back) make a huge difference?

Another thing that's different on the new motherboard is that I'm using Windows home edition instead of Windows XP.

Thanks for your help!!!
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windows XP = Windows Home (or pro)
if your processor runs at DDR333 rather than 400 then upgrading to 400 will give you VERY little difference.
sounds like you didn't remove the old drivers from your system when you changed motherboard.
 
I'm using Windows XP home edition when I was using Windows XP professional.

I'm got (and am using) a new hard drive when I got my new mb, so the old drivers can't be the problem. A fresh install of XP was made too with a brand new genuine copy.

:D
 
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