If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
new computer runs very slow
Hello all ... I just got a brand new desktop (semi-homebuilt):
Processor: Core2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz,1333FSB,6MB cache,45nm RAM: Corsair DDR-2-800 4GB Ram w/ heat-sink motherboard: ASUS P5QL PRO Videocard: Palit HD4870 1024MB DDR5 Sonic Power supply: Great Wall 550SEL Problem is that everything seems to run very slow, from booting up to playing games. Even in BIOS that simple graphic thing that runs across the top takes over 30 seconds to go across. Any thoughts out there? Thanks in advance. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
new computer runs very slow
On Apr 3, 11:58*pm, Joel wrote:
wrote: Hello all ... I just got a brand new desktop (semi-homebuilt): Processor: *Core2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz,1333FSB,6MB cache,45nm RAM: *Corsair DDR-2-800 4GB Ram w/ heat-sink motherboard: *ASUS P5QL PRO Videocard: *Palit HD4870 1024MB DDR5 Sonic Power supply: *Great Wall 550SEL Problem is that everything seems to run very slow, from booting up to playing games. Even in BIOS that simple graphic thing that runs across the top takes over 30 seconds to go across. Any thoughts out there? * * * * Thought? *I don't think the information you list above has anything to do with the problem you wanna solve. * * * * If you just give some detail what program you installed, running at StartUp etc.. especially the firewall, anti-virus and the setting etc. Example, do you have email check enebaled? something running in background? * * * * What does windows Task manager say? Thanks in advance. Welcome in advance- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks for the welcome! I just timed the startup process from power on. It took 3 minutes, including almost 2 minutes on the first screen (ASUS P5QL PRO Press DEL to enter setup etc in a pretty blue color) which seems a very long time - on my other computers this kind of screen flicks up fast and you blink and you miss it. Here is a list of things running at startup: AVG 8.5 Windows Messenger Windows Desktop Search EPU-4 Engine Realtek HD Audio Manager ATI Catalyst Control Center Task Manager: CCC alg WindowsSearch msnmsgr cftmon MOM avgtray FourEngine RTHDCPL shwicon2k MSASCui explorer avgwdsvc spoolsv svchost ati2evxx avgcsrvx svchost svchost ati2evxx avgemc lsass services winlogon csrss searchindexer wmiprvse uphclean smss avhnsx taskmgr avgrsx System System Idle Process (CPU=99, all others 00) CPU usage is 0-1% |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
new computer runs very slow
wrote in message ... On Apr 3, 11:58 pm, Joel wrote: wrote: Hello all ... I just got a brand new desktop (semi-homebuilt): Processor: Core2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz,1333FSB,6MB cache,45nm RAM: Corsair DDR-2-800 4GB Ram w/ heat-sink motherboard: ASUS P5QL PRO Videocard: Palit HD4870 1024MB DDR5 Sonic Power supply: Great Wall 550SEL Problem is that everything seems to run very slow, from booting up to playing games. Even in BIOS that simple graphic thing that runs across the top takes over 30 seconds to go across. Any thoughts out there? Thought? I don't think the information you list above has anything to do with the problem you wanna solve. If you just give some detail what program you installed, running at StartUp etc.. especially the firewall, anti-virus and the setting etc. Example, do you have email check enebaled? something running in background? What does windows Task manager say? Thanks in advance. Welcome in advance- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks for the welcome! I just timed the startup process from power on. It took 3 minutes, including almost 2 minutes on the first screen (ASUS P5QL PRO Press DEL to enter setup etc in a pretty blue color) which seems a very long time - on my other computers this kind of screen flicks up fast and you blink and you miss it. Here is a list of things running at startup: AVG 8.5 Windows Messenger Windows Desktop Search EPU-4 Engine Realtek HD Audio Manager ATI Catalyst Control Center Task Manager: CCC alg WindowsSearch msnmsgr cftmon MOM avgtray FourEngine RTHDCPL shwicon2k MSASCui explorer avgwdsvc spoolsv svchost ati2evxx avgcsrvx svchost svchost ati2evxx avgemc lsass services winlogon csrss searchindexer wmiprvse uphclean smss avhnsx taskmgr avgrsx System System Idle Process (CPU=99, all others 00) CPU usage is 0-1% First of all, this has nothing to do with the OS. It's strictly a hardware issue. As you said, the Asus splash screen should come up almost instantly. It looks like you have a piece of hardware that's not responding during the POST, or the CPU is running very slowly - possible overheating. Here a few items applicable to this, in no particular order: Is quick boot enabled in the BIOS? Also, in the BIOS check to see that your CPU and RAM are operating at the correct timings. Check your CPU temp. IF the CPU heatsink isn't installed correctly and the CPU gets too hot, it will throttle to a very low clock speed to protect itself. Disconnect all drives and boot, to see if a drive is slow in responding, although that would only affect boot time. Download CPU-Z to check the CPU operation and RAM timings when running Windows. Get Memtest86+ and test your memory. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
new computer runs very slow
Ian D wrote:
.... snip ... I just timed the startup process from power on. It took 3 minutes, including almost 2 minutes on the first screen (ASUS P5QL PRO Press DEL to enter setup etc in a pretty blue color) which seems a very long time - on my other computers this kind of screen flicks up fast and you blink and you miss it. This is the sort of thing that can be caused by disk mis-configuration. If the system thinks there is a slave disk (on an IDE line) and doesn't find it, it waits for the access to time out. This takes one to two minutes. Then it disables the disk (for that boot) and carries on. -- [mail]: Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net) [page]: http://cbfalconer.home.att.net Try the download section. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
new computer runs very slow
On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:52:55 -0400, Ian D wrote:
I just timed the startup process from power on. It took 3 minutes, including almost 2 minutes on the first screen (ASUS P5QL PRO Press DEL to enter setup etc in a pretty blue color) which seems a very long I'd check to see if the bios has the latest version. Next I'd doublecheck every setting in the bios setup utility. If it's running this slow before it's even loaded the boot record, something is very wrong, either with the hardware, or the bios settings. Some bios's store the memory configuration in the cmos, and must have those settings cleared, using a jumper, in order for it to detect changes in the memory configuration. May be worth a try, to clear the cmos. Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.) |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
new computer runs very slow
CBFalconer wrote:
Ian D wrote: ... snip ... I just timed the startup process from power on. It took 3 minutes, including almost 2 minutes on the first screen (ASUS P5QL PRO Press DEL to enter setup etc in a pretty blue color) which seems a very long time - on my other computers this kind of screen flicks up fast and you blink and you miss it. This is the sort of thing that can be caused by disk mis-configuration. If the system thinks there is a slave disk (on an IDE line) and doesn't find it, it waits for the access to time out. This takes one to two minutes. Then it disables the disk (for that boot) and carries on. Maybe the OP could post a list of what storage devices are present, and which interfaces they're on. The IDE storage controller on that board, is a separate Marvell 88SE6102. The Southbridge doesn't have any IDE ribbon cable interfaces. http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...pro_manual.zip There are a few things that could be played with, like setting Express Gate timer to zero. Or disabling USB Legacy support. Or even temporarily disabling the LAN interface. Also, just for kicks, switch down to just one stick of RAM. Paul |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
new computer runs very slow
|
#8
|
|||
|
|||
new computer runs very slow
Thanks for the suggestions Ian ... here's what I found: Is quick boot enabled in the BIOS? YES Also, in the BIOS check to see that your CPU and RAM are operating at the correct timings. I think this is ok. Check your CPU temp. *IF the CPU heatsink isn't installed correctly and the CPU gets too hot, it will throttle to a very low clock speed to protect itself. I have checked this with Speedfan. Results: System: 30C CPU: 30C AUX: 10C HD0: 25C Core 0: 35C Core 1: 33C Seems ok to me. My box is a Thermaltake MX which should keep things cool. Disconnect all drives and boot, to see if a drive is slow in responding, although that would only affect boot time. Not tried this yet ... Download CPU-Z to check the CPU operation and RAM timings when running Windows. I'm not familiar with what is 'normal' here, but here is the output: Processor: Core Voltage: 1.072 V Clocks (Core #0) Core Speed: 1998.0 MHz Multiplier: x 6.0 Bus Speed: 333.0 MHz Rated FSB: 1332.1 MHz Not sure what else is relevant ... Get Memtest86+ and test your memory.- Hide quoted text - Doing this tonight ... will advise on results. Thanks again! John. |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
new computer runs very slow
|
#10
|
|||
|
|||
new computer runs very slow
On Apr 5, 8:42*pm, "~misfit~" wrote:
Somewhere on teh intarwebs wrote: Hello all ... I just got a brand new desktop (semi-homebuilt): Processor: *Core2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz,1333FSB,6MB cache,45nm RAM: *Corsair DDR-2-800 4GB Ram w/ heat-sink motherboard: *ASUS P5QL PRO Videocard: *Palit HD4870 1024MB DDR5 Sonic Power supply: *Great Wall 550SEL Problem is that everything seems to run very slow, from booting up to playing games. Even in BIOS that simple graphic thing that runs across the top takes over 30 seconds to go across. Any thoughts out there? Thanks in advance. Thermal throttling. The heatsink isn't making proper contact. -- Shaun. "Build a man a fire, and he`ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he`ll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett, Jingo.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I thought that the temperature would be high in that case? They seem to be reading ok. Is this wrong? |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
ASUS P4S8x-x runs slow | Paul | Asus Motherboards | 1 | July 20th 05 07:33 PM |
Asus A8V-E DELUXE - SATA1 connector runs very slow. | groupie | Asus Motherboards | 4 | April 27th 05 11:07 PM |
A7N8X-E Deluxe...SLOW and runs out of memory | Wildbill | Asus Motherboards | 6 | February 11th 04 12:35 AM |
Halo runs slow on a 9600 AIW | DP | Ati Videocards | 1 | December 16th 03 04:47 AM |
Help - PC runs slow | JAD | Homebuilt PC's | 9 | October 6th 03 09:09 PM |