Alright... where to begin. I bought an Athlon x2 +4400. When I installed it, the entire computer ran extremely slow (much slower than my previous +3200), and it took Windows 3-5 minutes (literally) to boot up. I was running on XP Home SP1. I updated to SP2 and downloaded a hotfix to apparently fix this problem. Upon doing this, however, things just seemed to get worse. Windows still takes just as long (if not longer) to load, and when it does, my entire desktop disappears! Icons, taskbar, all gone. All that's left is my wallpaper. I am only able to open IExplorer through 'run' in my task manager. I am very frutstrated at this point.
Has anyone ever experienced this problem? Can anyone give a suggestion? I would be EXTREMELY eager to get any help I can get. It will be very apprecieated. Thanks again.
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend... WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap)
in that case id do a fresh install of windows as thats probably whats causing the issue. you set up the hard drive for a single core processor and all of a sudden there a dual core on the prowl and im guessing all you did was fix the MBR to make it boot. windows can be picky about these types of things.
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend... WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap)
