I have put together a system with an AMD 3000, 512 RAM and a SATA hard DRIVE. I reinstalled XP from an image yesterday because of the bad lag time. The image only has XP plus all the updates and Office 2003.

Now, only after loading a few standard programs (Mozilla, Norton, etc.) it will even lag when I am typing.

Would any of you have a guess as to where my bottleneck could be?

Is there a program that will help determine where it is?

Any help greatly appreciated! So you basically loaded an image of Windows from one set of hardware onto another set and are having problems? This would not be a surprise, as frequently it doesn't run at all! Some experts can tweak it to working, but I would suggest a test with a clean install of Windows and see if that is enough to fix things. If not, we can go from there.

Is the CPU recognized correctly at boot up? Sometimes jumpers have to be set on the MB or in the BIOS for correct recognition.

Do you have a legal Windows CD to reinstall and test with?Sorry for the confusion. I put the machine together, then made an image. Today, I reloaded the image. All the hardware has stayed the same.

I am using a Gigabyte motherboard (ga-k8nf-9) which I bought thinking it had a good FSB. I'm really stumped as to where the hold-up isAlso, I will check on that processor thing. I just reread your post.

And yes, my copy of XP is legal. I am considering a new reload if I can't figure out a hardware solution.jcrane.....There is several things I would like you to clarify ........
The first is ....... Did you do a clean install of Xp on the new drive initially?
What TYPE of Ram are you using ........? ( speed )
How many sticks of ram are you using ?
If its lagging that bad there is something wrong ........
Are you certain you have the sata HD set up properly and the SATA controller .... http://america.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/FileList/Manual/manual_sata_raid_os_nforce3_e.pdf


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I looked up the RAM and it is 400 MHz PC3200. I have two sticks of DDR. The board has dual channel RAM technology.

After building the system from Tiger Direct and Dumping Goods, I bought XP off of ebay and installed it clean. Then, (after installing all the drivers), I built an image.