Network incredibly slow on Athlon - plz help!!!

[onezandzeroz]

Hi all,

I've been lurking about for awhile now, and want to thank everyone for all the past informative posts.

Now I have a frustrating problem. I upgraded a K6-2 450 system to an Athlon, and now my network is incredibly, unbearably slow. It's a Linksys 10/100 PCI card, and all settings are the same as the K6-2 system. Any thoughts? I've got a 1.2 Athlon with 512MB RAM and the network apps bleed in like a system with 16MB RAM. Ugghhhhhhh!

Plz help!!!!!!

TIA

onezandzeroz

 

[mchammer187]

only thing i can think of is it is your NIC or your network

the NIC might have probs with your mobo though i have never heard of any issues with linksys only netgear on AMD760 chipset but that is the 1st thing i would try

do your intel machines run fine on the network?

otherwise it would suggest it is your network that might be very slow

 

[onezandzeroz]

Hi,

Thx for the reply.

Two other systems on the network run just fine:

One is a Pentium, the other is the K6-2 which the Athlon replaced. All three machines have the same Linksys model 10/100 cards. My Athlon mobo is the MSI K7 Master, and I have had nothing but trouble with this combo, including every modem I have tried (four) going to sleep intermitently (but that's a problem for another time).

Any other thoughts?

Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[VBboy]

Why is it that people always say things like "X is so slow on Y"... When it's really the "Z" that's causing the problem.

In your case, it's not Athlon's fault, that's for sure

You reinstalled the OS, all drivers and your apps, right? You didn't just throw in a new mobo, RAM, CPU, and used the good old rusty Windows?

Anyway, your question is too generic. You could have faulty RAM so the system inly sees 64 MB of it, or you have 300 MB of apps running in background, or you didn't install one of the required AMD "patches" for the OS, or you need a newer driver for your ethernet card...

Good luck.

 

[onezandzeroz]

Hi,

Thanks for the post.

This is a fresh system, with all fresh components, thus a fresh install of Win98SE.

I installed the 4in1 drivers less the AGP, then the AMD Miniport separately. Are others necessary?

I mentioned Athlon in title for informational purposes only. I don't give a rats a@@ about rivalries.

onezandzeroz

 

[mchammer187]

only thing i can think is trying it in a different PCI slot

 

[VBboy]

Remove all "cards" except the videocard and the NIC.
See if it helps. Maybe you have a hardware (e.g. IRQ) conflict, and your NIC is trying to beat the sound card to it

I would also install Windows ME or 2K.