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Starmonger · 04-11-2006, 03:10 PM

I have recently bought a new motherboard and hard drive, and set everything up. However theres something bad going on, it seems that simple tasks will hogg cpu, such as resising a picture file (this could take up to 50% usuage just by changing the size over and over). I have tested on 4 games (black and white 2, eve online, FEAR, BF2, and all seem way to slow for what they should be. Ive tried many things to solve this, I thought that explorer.exe was the cause as it was draining the cpu. But even when i disable explorer.exe and then test out my games, they are still just as slow. So i think the only thing left for me to do is install my old motherboard again. here is a list of my hardware:
p4 2.8 northwood with ht,
Gigabyte 8IPE1000-G/L ,
x850xt pe agp,
win xp pro,
19inch lcd (or the other kind like lcd),
audigy 2 zs platinum pro,
1024 mb pc3200 ddr ram.
Hard drive is ST380011A, i think from seagate

Psu: thermaltake purepower 460w

Please take a look at my sandra report for performance, and see if theres anything wrong thats causing all this. Also, it's not the pagefile that's the cause as i recently increased it's size to see if it helped. thanxx
SiSoftware Sandra

Display on Screen

Connection : Local Computer

Device Type : Desktop

General

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Comments

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Finished Successfully : Yes

System Summary

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Tip 2546 : Large memory modules should be ECC/Parity.

Finished Successfully : Yes

Mainboard Information

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Tip 2532 : Consider adding more CPUs for better utilisation.

Notice 224 : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate.

Tip 2511 : Some memory slots are free so the memory can be easily upgraded.

Tip 2546 : Large memory modules should be ECC/Parity.

Finished Successfully : Yes

CPU & BIOS Information

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Tip 210 : CPU 1 [Processor 0, Core 0, Thread 0] : Mainboard supports faster CPUs, so the CPU can be upgraded when needed.

Notice 224 : CPU 1 [Processor 0, Core 0, Thread 0] : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate.

Tip 210 : CPU 2 [Processor 0, Core 0, Thread 1] : Mainboard supports faster CPUs, so the CPU can be upgraded when needed.

Notice 224 : CPU 2 [Processor 0, Core 0, Thread 1] : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate.

Tip 201 : System BIOS : System BIOS is old. Check for an update.

Notice 224 : System BIOS : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate.

Tip 212 : System BIOS : BIOS can be shadowed so check whether it is.

Warning 214 : System BIOS : BIOS is flash-able but surface-mounted. An unsuccessful flash may be fatal.

Finished Successfully : Yes

APM & ACPI Information

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Notice 224 : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate.

Finished Successfully : Yes

PCI(e), AGP, CardBus Bus(es) Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Video System Information

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Tip 319 : Video Adapter : Primary Display Driver (display) : A refresh rate of at least 75Hz is recommended. Increase it if possible.

Tip 322 : Video Adapter : Primary Display Driver (display) : Turn off screen savers. Use the monitor power saving mode.

Tip 323 : Video Adapter : Primary Display Driver (display) : Remove the desktop wallpaper to save memory and improve performance.

Tip 319 : Video Adapter : RADEON X850 Series (\\.\DISPLAY1) @ \\.\DISPLAY1 : A refresh rate of at least 75Hz is recommended. Increase it if possible.

Tip 322 : Video Adapter : RADEON X850 Series (\\.\DISPLAY1) @ \\.\DISPLAY1 : Turn off screen savers. Use the monitor power saving mode.

Tip 323 : Video Adapter : RADEON X850 Series (\\.\DISPLAY1) @ \\.\DISPLAY1 : Remove the desktop wallpaper to save memory and improve performance.

Finished Successfully : Yes

Windows Memory Information

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Tip 2004 : Page file is too large. The page file should be maximum 2.5 times system memory.

Finished Successfully : Yes

Drives Information

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Warning : 1.44MB 3.5" (A : Cannot obtain drive information; check that a disk is in the drive and it is correctly formatted.

Tip 1821 : Hard Disk (C : Label (name) drive.

Finished Successfully : Yes

Ports Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Keyboard Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Mouse Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Sound Card Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Printer and Fax Information

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Error : No printers detected. : Could not initialise the print object!

Finished Successfully : Yes

MCI Devices Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Windows Information

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Warning 1316 : This copy of Windows contains Product Activation Technology.

Warning 1322 : Hardware DEP is not supported by your CPU. Software DEP in use. Consider upgrading for complete security.

Warning 1319 : Auto-Update is disabled, consider at least notify.

Finished Successfully : Yes

WinSock & Security Information

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Error : Anti-Virus Programs : No packages found

Finished Successfully : Yes

Processes Information

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Tip 1601 : CLI : Program consumes a large amount of memory.

Tip 1601 : CLI : Program consumes a large amount of memory.

Finished Successfully : Yes

Modules Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

OLE Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

DirectX Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Network Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

SCSI Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Font Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

CMOS Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

OpenGL Video Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Services Information

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Tip 2130 : Help and Support : Service may be disabled on Home/Professional OS version.

Finished Successfully : Yes

ATA/ATAPI Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Data Sources Information

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Hardware IRQ Settings

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Finished Successfully : Yes

DMA Settings

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Finished Successfully : Yes

I/O Settings

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Memory Resources

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Plug & Play Enumerator

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Finished Successfully : Yes

Performance Tune-up Wizard

Finished Successfully : Yes

Also please read my agp system report as it may explain what's wrong, although i dont understand it enough. thanks

SiSoftware Sandra

Device Information
Device Type : VGA Video Adapter
Device ID : bus 1, device 0, function 0
Windows Device Name : RADEON X850 Series
OEM Device Name : ATI Technologies Inc ??? (4B4C)
OEM Hardware ID : FUN_0, VEN_1002, DEV_4B4C, REV_00
Device Name : ATI Technologies Inc ??? (4B4C)
Product ID : VEN_1002, DEV_0312
Revision : A / 1 (0)

AGP Capabilities
Version : 3.00
Command Queue Length : 256
Fast-Writes Support : Yes
Over 4GB Addressing Support : No
Isochronous Mode Support : No
Addressing Support : 32-bit
Data Transfer Modes Support : 4x 8x

Power Management Features
Version : 2.00
Supports Clock Slow-down : Yes
Supports D1 PM State : Yes
Supports D2 PM State : Yes
Supports PME# : No
Supports PME Clock : No

Device Capabilities
Line Cache Size : 8 byte(s)
Latency Timer : 255 clk
I/O port resources : Yes
Memory resources : Yes
Bus Master Capable : Yes
Special Cycle Recognition : No
Memory Write & Invalidate : No
VGA Palette Snoop : No
Parity Error Response : No
Address/Data Stepping : No
System Error Line : No
Fast back-to-back Transactions : No
Detects Parity Errors : No
Supports System Error Line : No
Supports Parity Line : No
User Defined Format : No
66MHz Bus Support : Yes
New Capability List : Yes
Device Select Timing : Medium
Multi-Function Device : Yes
Header : 00
Interface : 00

Hardware Resources
Memory Range : E8000000
I/O Range : 00009000
Memory Range : F9000000
Irq. No. : 16
INT Pin : A#
Dynamic Management : Yes

04-11-2006, 03:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Starmonger Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6 OS: XP Pro	Performance troubles on clean format/install of xp I have recently bought a new motherboard and hard drive, and set everything up. However theres something bad going on, it seems that simple tasks will hogg cpu, such as resising a picture file (this could take up to 50% usuage just by changing the size over and over). I have tested on 4 games (black and white 2, eve online, FEAR, BF2, and all seem way to slow for what they should be. Ive tried many things to solve this, I thought that explorer.exe was the cause as it was draining the cpu. But even when i disable explorer.exe and then test out my games, they are still just as slow. So i think the only thing left for me to do is install my old motherboard again. here is a list of my hardware: p4 2.8 northwood with ht, Gigabyte 8IPE1000-G/L , x850xt pe agp, win xp pro, 19inch lcd (or the other kind like lcd), audigy 2 zs platinum pro, 1024 mb pc3200 ddr ram. Hard drive is ST380011A, i think from seagate Psu: thermaltake purepower 460w Please take a look at my sandra report for performance, and see if theres anything wrong thats causing all this. Also, it's not the pagefile that's the cause as i recently increased it's size to see if it helped. thanxx SiSoftware Sandra Display on Screen Connection : Local Computer Device Type : Desktop General Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Comments Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes System Summary Analysing... Tip 2546 : Large memory modules should be ECC/Parity. Finished Successfully : Yes Mainboard Information Analysing... Tip 2532 : Consider adding more CPUs for better utilisation. Notice 224 : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate. Tip 2511 : Some memory slots are free so the memory can be easily upgraded. Tip 2546 : Large memory modules should be ECC/Parity. Finished Successfully : Yes CPU & BIOS Information Analysing... Tip 210 : CPU 1 [Processor 0, Core 0, Thread 0] : Mainboard supports faster CPUs, so the CPU can be upgraded when needed. Notice 224 : CPU 1 [Processor 0, Core 0, Thread 0] : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate. Tip 210 : CPU 2 [Processor 0, Core 0, Thread 1] : Mainboard supports faster CPUs, so the CPU can be upgraded when needed. Notice 224 : CPU 2 [Processor 0, Core 0, Thread 1] : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate. Tip 201 : System BIOS : System BIOS is old. Check for an update. Notice 224 : System BIOS : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate. Tip 212 : System BIOS : BIOS can be shadowed so check whether it is. Warning 214 : System BIOS : BIOS is flash-able but surface-mounted. An unsuccessful flash may be fatal. Finished Successfully : Yes APM & ACPI Information Analysing... Notice 224 : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate. Finished Successfully : Yes PCI(e), AGP, CardBus Bus(es) Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Video System Information Analysing... Tip 319 : Video Adapter : Primary Display Driver (display) : A refresh rate of at least 75Hz is recommended. Increase it if possible. Tip 322 : Video Adapter : Primary Display Driver (display) : Turn off screen savers. Use the monitor power saving mode. Tip 323 : Video Adapter : Primary Display Driver (display) : Remove the desktop wallpaper to save memory and improve performance. Tip 319 : Video Adapter : RADEON X850 Series (\\.\DISPLAY1) @ \\.\DISPLAY1 : A refresh rate of at least 75Hz is recommended. Increase it if possible. Tip 322 : Video Adapter : RADEON X850 Series (\\.\DISPLAY1) @ \\.\DISPLAY1 : Turn off screen savers. Use the monitor power saving mode. Tip 323 : Video Adapter : RADEON X850 Series (\\.\DISPLAY1) @ \\.\DISPLAY1 : Remove the desktop wallpaper to save memory and improve performance. Finished Successfully : Yes Windows Memory Information Analysing... Tip 2004 : Page file is too large. The page file should be maximum 2.5 times system memory. Finished Successfully : Yes Drives Information Analysing... Warning : 1.44MB 3.5" (A : Cannot obtain drive information; check that a disk is in the drive and it is correctly formatted. Tip 1821 : Hard Disk (C : Label (name) drive. Finished Successfully : Yes Ports Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Keyboard Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Mouse Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Sound Card Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Printer and Fax Information Analysing... Error : No printers detected. : Could not initialise the print object! Finished Successfully : Yes MCI Devices Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Windows Information Analysing... Warning 1316 : This copy of Windows contains Product Activation Technology. Warning 1322 : Hardware DEP is not supported by your CPU. Software DEP in use. Consider upgrading for complete security. Warning 1319 : Auto-Update is disabled, consider at least notify. Finished Successfully : Yes WinSock & Security Information Analysing... Error : Anti-Virus Programs : No packages found Finished Successfully : Yes Processes Information Analysing... Tip 1601 : CLI : Program consumes a large amount of memory. Tip 1601 : CLI : Program consumes a large amount of memory. Finished Successfully : Yes Modules Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes OLE Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes DirectX Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Network Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes SCSI Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Font Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes CMOS Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes OpenGL Video Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Services Information Analysing... Tip 2130 : Help and Support : Service may be disabled on Home/Professional OS version. Finished Successfully : Yes ATA/ATAPI Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Data Sources Information Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Hardware IRQ Settings Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes DMA Settings Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes I/O Settings Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Memory Resources Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Plug & Play Enumerator Analysing... Finished Successfully : Yes Performance Tune-up Wizard Finished Successfully : Yes Also please read my agp system report as it may explain what's wrong, although i dont understand it enough. thanks SiSoftware Sandra Device Information Device Type : VGA Video Adapter Device ID : bus 1, device 0, function 0 Windows Device Name : RADEON X850 Series OEM Device Name : ATI Technologies Inc ??? (4B4C) OEM Hardware ID : FUN_0, VEN_1002, DEV_4B4C, REV_00 Device Name : ATI Technologies Inc ??? (4B4C) Product ID : VEN_1002, DEV_0312 Revision : A / 1 (0) AGP Capabilities Version : 3.00 Command Queue Length : 256 Fast-Writes Support : Yes Over 4GB Addressing Support : No Isochronous Mode Support : No Addressing Support : 32-bit Data Transfer Modes Support : 4x 8x Power Management Features Version : 2.00 Supports Clock Slow-down : Yes Supports D1 PM State : Yes Supports D2 PM State : Yes Supports PME# : No Supports PME Clock : No Device Capabilities Line Cache Size : 8 byte(s) Latency Timer : 255 clk I/O port resources : Yes Memory resources : Yes Bus Master Capable : Yes Special Cycle Recognition : No Memory Write & Invalidate : No VGA Palette Snoop : No Parity Error Response : No Address/Data Stepping : No System Error Line : No Fast back-to-back Transactions : No Detects Parity Errors : No Supports System Error Line : No Supports Parity Line : No User Defined Format : No 66MHz Bus Support : Yes New Capability List : Yes Device Select Timing : Medium Multi-Function Device : Yes Header : 00 Interface : 00 Hardware Resources Memory Range : E8000000 I/O Range : 00009000 Memory Range : F9000000 Irq. No. : 16 INT Pin : A# Dynamic Management : Yes Last edited by Starmonger; 04-11-2006 at 03:16 PM.