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Answer» Hey all , i had just had a problem with my old motherboard , the sotry goes like this...
me and callum of this site where havinh a chat on my harddrive and how it found a few errors so he asked me to run a few checks and i did , so i suggested taking a LOOK inside my pc and having a look for a serial number not only was i looking for the serial number for the reason above but i ALSO supected the guy of repaired my pc a few months back had stole some of my harddrive , so i shutdown my pc and took my panel off and inside the system fan was plenty of dust i left it as it was as i had no clue what i was touching , i didnt get the serial number either as it was to far it for me to see it. so i shut it all back up and turned on my pc , I GOT THIS MESSAGE: SYSTEM FAN ERROR , AUTO SHUTDOWN ON 5SECS. then i took my computer to a shop i was told my motherboard had been fryed so , i got a new one put in along with a new system fan this one i have now is actually intell , the last one i had was a cheap knocked off so i would be most greatfull if SOMEONE could give me a thumbs up to wether this newmotherbroad i have is top of the line and good or bad. ty very much for reading
link with full spec for mother below:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=P4VM890That is by no means "top of the line" > that would be a 680i north bridge chipset. (socket 775)
But; that motherboard is "very nice" and I suspect it will do all you need and more in computing ... Nice choice....... sweet cheers for taking your time to look , allthough one issue , my computer seems to be running slower than normal is that right it looks real good (your hardware, etc...) and I am no genius here at all but
what (model/brand >PSU ) is powering that new mobo and all that nice stuff?
also* did you use the old hard drive inside this new rig ? Was everything left as before with the original xp installed on the drive, etc... ? havent got a clue , i infact am no genius , thats why i payed him extra to do it all for me
I only have a few more upgrades to do now and my computer is in date wth the 21st century
1. Find out the wattage / voltage rating on your installed power supply inside your case*
2. NOT SURE* but "maybe" the slower speeds might be related to an issue with your hard drive and motherboard/ driver issues.
Patio, Warrior, Street, GX1-Man etc... (guys with like 2000+ posts) should be able to give you some better info and get your closer to the speed issue*
when it comes down to computers this technal i have not got a clue , maybe there is to much power running into it , i havent got a foggest , i hope someone could help , also , i have been downgraded in ram , i checked on ccleaner start up i only have 196mb of ram now could the motherboard of taken some and calum found me a nice little upgrade of r am for my hp , that i will be getting on here SOON end of next week at the latest.
Make sure your power supply is sufficient 1st*
then the next thing is a definite bump in ram (memory) Calum is right on, you need more up to 512 min. That would be a BIG increase in your speed.
1# gig (2 sticks) of 512mb would be your very best choice ...you'd run that in a dual channel mode..and there would be no speed issue Yh im hopeing to turn this pc into a all gamesstar , so i can play almost anything i have got a grahpics card in mind , http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/125754/rb/0 , from that link of the card i want can i use it on my computer , many thanksmy pc is now borderline , it is running so slow , i mean like very slow , takes me ages to load up programs , didnt before , there must be a way for now i can speed it up , without new ram .. any suggestions , maybe some help on the power supply Quote from: richenstony on June 19, 2007, 02:31:00 PM my pc is now borderline , it is running so slow , i mean like very slow , takes me ages to load up programs , didnt before , there must be a way for now i can speed it up , without new ram .. any suggestions , maybe some help on the power supply
Are you actually running with that CELERON 1.8ghz? Because I had a 2.8ghz on a FRESH XP install and that was way too slow for me. So I upgraded as below .
Quote from: richenstony on June 19, 2007, 01:23:35 PMYh im hopeing to turn this pc into a all gamesstar , so i can play almost anything i have got a grahpics card in mind , http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/125754/rb/0 , from that link of the card i want can i use it on my computer , many thanks
If you got an X1950XT your gameplay would definitely be CPU limited, assuming that is your current CPU.I have sorted this issue. ty for your help guys well , i did it , i put my old radeon 9250 back into my computer and i have my 256mb ram back. YAHOO pc running 100 times faster now. Thanks to calum for giving me the boast i needed to not be worried about screwing my computer up.
zoommmmmmmmmmmm Funny how a little extra RAM can make such a difference, but it does seem to on the lower end of the scale like in this case.
Unfortunately the law of diminishing returns comes into play with more RAM, so don't expect the same increase if you add 32Mb of RAM to a 2Gb setup, heh.
And you're welcome.
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