Why did i sell my athlon???

[ronein]

Anyway im stuck with this P3 for now and its giving a few headaches.

Firstoff, The computer doesnt shutdown byitself, just plain hangs there like the old computers(with the AT Power Supply)we had, waiting for me to press the shutdown button. I realized this maybe a conflict with my sound card (Creative SB LIve) so i tried some fixes that didnt work, namely to disable SB16 emulation and that didnt help. So i just decided to hell with my SB Live and just went ahead and removed the card and am using the crappy integrated sound. Any suggestions for a fix on this will be greatly appreciated.

2nd and most importatly of all. while playing half-life, actually counterstrike, my fps decreases and get this laggy feel to the game after about 10-15 minutes of playing. Its lagging that even if i turn the game off the lagging is still there. Also the game gives me error messages regarding the "Glide 2X" or something to that effect..

I hadnt experienced this problems before with my KT7Raid athlon before, so please let me know of any fixes i need to do.

Heres my system specs:

P3 1 gig
Intel 815EP chipset motherbotherboard
Integrated sound
Voodoo 3 3000
Adaptec 2940
Hollywood PLus Decoder
Intel 10/100 Nic

Im using the following USB devices as well:
Printer, mouse, Card reader

Thanks in advance!

 

[RJS1000]

To solve your problem what you need to do is go out and buy another athlon!!

(Sorry - for the lack of help)

 

[cavemanmoron]

go to accescories/system tools/system information/tools /system configuratin utility/startup...
turn OFF scheduler/load power profile/Aol and some of the other junk you dont need to run automatic
have you run scan disk and defrag latley too???-

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

<< 2nd and most importatly of all. while playing half-life, actually counterstrike, my fps decreases and get this laggy feel to the game after about 10-15 minutes of playing. Its lagging that even if i turn the game off the lagging is still there. >>


When I installed more RAM I needed to unplug the CPU fan to get the wire out of the way to plug the DIMM's in. I forgot to plug the fan back in Q !!!!). Whenever I played Max Payne or HL or any game that was CPU intensive, the CPU would overheat and everything would slow to a crawl until the core cooled down a bit. Check your heatsink to see if its mounted correctly and check the fan to see if its... well working.

On a side note, I'm luckier than hell I didn't fry my chip entirely. I had it overclocked to 933mhz (its a P3 700) and I downclocked it just the day prior. If I hadn't done that, the chip would be toast.

 

[ronein]

Thanks for the tips guys.

Anyway i checked and tried all you suggested and all did the same thing. I tried even putting more RAM and same thing.
Its a new /fresh install of winme.
RJS1000, im strongly considering that solution:|

Again please any other ideas?

 

[billyjak]

Relocate that SB into a different slot, I usually use slot 4 or 5 for my SB.
Slot 1 is a definate no

 

[Madhatter2]

Wassup Pare. Nice to see some familiar names again. I see you are still at it huh?

 

[ronein]

hi there bert, i see youre posting again. nice to hear from you again!