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[coolzero16]

Specs:

AMD XP 1800+
512pc2100 DDR Kingston
80GB 7200RPM Maxtor Hard Drive
A7N266-E Nforce mobo with integrated gf2 graphics
soundblaster 5.1 pci card
running Windows XP Professional


Okay so seems like at least a "decent" system right? Well I havent had any problems with her till now. seems recently it takes at least 5 minutes to start up (used to take 15 seconds), internet explorer stops responding all the friggen time and when it does work its slow. and day to day aaplications on the computer take forever to load. I ran a bunch of system checks and analyzed my hard drive. It told me it wasn't necessary to defrag but I did anyways. I also ran chkdsk, went to pc pitstop.com and let them run tests and even called my internet cable company and had them come check the modem, cabling, etc which would explain slow internet service but not the rest of the pc. Anyone have any ideas whats going on?

 

[pcman2002b]

Those symptoms sound like a bloated hard drive. To much end-trails from old programs. When is the last time you emptied your History and Temporary Internet Files, as well as Windows' Temp Folder. If those are overloaded they tend to slow things down. When Internet Explorer locks up is during a specific task or is it just random locking up at an array of sites. If my PC started giving me an attitude like that I would format and reinstall Win XP. After backing everything up of course. Its no fun but it may be what it needs.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

pcman2002b's advice is solid. Do you have all the hotfixes&updates installed for XP pro? Is the drive detected correctly in the bios and device manager? Are you using the MS ATAPI/ATA IDE drivers? BTW, no way is SB 5.1 a better sound solution than the NVIDIA MCP-D southbridge and an ASUS ACR audio module on the A7N266-E IMHO. I would personally free up the PCI slot and use the onboard sound, but hey! do as you wish

 

[foofoo]

for the sound, and maybe other problems....
have you installed the latest 1.05 nforce drivers from the nvidia website?
also, have a look in your system logs and see if anything is going wrong and being reported there.

good luck