Celeron D 346 3.06 Bottlenecked

[PAW83]

I just built a new computer using a Celeron D 346 3.06 and i think it is Bottlenecking my computer. How can i stop it from doing that?

 

[Maximilian]

You can downgrade your computer so somthing else bottlenecks it. Alternatively you can upgrade the celeron D, which is the more productive option.

 

[The-Noid]

Originally posted by: Soviet
You can downgrade your computer so somthing else bottlenecks it. Alternatively you can upgrade the celeron D, which is the more productive option.

100% accurate. It would also help if you provided system specs, such as: motherboard, ram, hard disk, video card, etc.

Your post is vague.

 

[PAW83]

CPU: Intel Celeron D 3.06GHz

Motherboard: Biostar P4M800-M7A

Memory: 1000 MB

Video Card: PNY 6200 Nvidia GeForce 6

Hard Drive: Seagate 200.0 GB

Operating System: XP Pro

 

[Maximilian]

Whats it bottlenecked in? Games? General usage?

If its games than the 6200 is the bottleneck.

If its general usage then spyware etc is probably the problem.

 

[PAW83]

I just built the computer. But is general usage. I try install games and it freezes up the installation wizard.

 

[yuppiejr]

I'm going to say it's NOT a bottleneck issue, it's a driver or hardware compatibility issue... I'd start by booting from a Memtest CD and let it cycle for 2 hours to ensure there are no glaring hardware issues to contend with. If you have anything overclocked, un-do it for now and run all of your components in their factory specified configuration.

Did you install drivers from the supplied CD's or did you download mainboard chipset / video / etc.. drivers from the web to get the latest versions?

Get your chipset drivers here: http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=420&OSID=1&CatID=1070
Get your current video driver from www.nvidia.com

Besides the basic Windows XP and driver load, what applications do you have installed? In particular, anything that would prevent registry changes or software installation activities (a virus/spyware tool, etc..)? Have you verified in the System / Control panel / Device Manager / ATA controller devices, under the advanced settings tab, that your drives are utilizing DMA mode and not PIO?

Try all of that and let us know if anything seems to have an impact, good luck!