i recently bought a new system, it is now about 1.5 months old. specs will be at the bottom here, but my issue came up about 2 weeks ago. the computer would start to lag when doing multiple processes, like if i was burning a CD and listening to music, two easy tasks, it would say it was using 60% of processor power 19% of useable RAM, and my music would skip like a old warped record... the interesting part, is that when in Task Manager which is saying it is useing 60% or more of the processor, there are NO programs that are registering that they are asking anything near that for the processor... here's a scree shot of what is going on right now... it's KINDA ANNOYING cause i don't know how to fix it, i don't know what the problem could even be anymore... hence why i am posting in hardware, as i assume it will have to be hardware based now...

Ran Virus scan with Norton *removed norton after clear scan, i hate it*
Ran Spyware scan with Ad-Aware Personal SE *clean*




Everything about my computer that i can find/think of... if you need something else please ask... as i am eager to get this $1800 machine running like it should... right now it runs worse than the machine i use as a paper holder... Thanks...

Computer System
Model: System Product Name (Desktop)
Manufacturer: System manufacturer
Version: System Version
Serial Number: System Serial Number
User Name: Nathan H

Advanced Power Management
AC Power Status: Online
Battery Charge Status: No Battery

Processor
Model: 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
Socket/Slot: Socket AM2 (Socket 940)
Frequency: 2200 MHz
FSB Speed: 200 MHz
Signature: AuthenticAMD
Vendor: Advanced MICRO Devices
L1 Cache: 128 KB
L2 Cache: 512 KB
L3 Cache: 0 KB

Mainboard
Model: M2N-SLI DELUXE
4 x Other: Other
3 x PCI: 32 bit
PRI_IDE: Other (None)
FLOPPY: 8251 FIFO Compatible (None)
COM1: Serial Port 16450 Compatible (DB-9 pin male)
LPT1: Parallel Port ECP/EPP (DB-25 pin female)
PS/2 Keyboard: Keyboard Port (PS/2)
PS/2 Mouse: Mouse Port (PS/2)
: USB (Other)
: USB (Other)
: USB (Other)
: USB (Other)
: USB (Other)
: USB (Other)
: USB (Other)
: USB (Other)
: USB (Other)
: USB (Other)
LINE_IN: Audio Port (None)
LINE_OUT: Audio Port (Mini-jack (headphones))
MIC_IN: Audio Port (Mini-jack (headphones))
Back Surround L/R: Audio Port (Mini-jack (headphones))
Side Surround L/R: Audio Port (Mini-jack (headphones))
Center/LFE: Audio Port (Mini-jack (headphones))
CD_IN: Audio Port (None)
SPDIF_OUT: Audio Port (None)
FP_AUDIO: Audio Port (None)
: Network Port (RJ-45)
: Network Port (RJ-45)
: FireWire (IEEE P1394) (1394)
SATA1: Other (None)
SATA2: Other (None)
SATA3: Other (None)
SATA4: Other (None)
SATA5: Other (None)
SATA6: Other (None)
EX_SATA1: Other (None)
EX_SATA2: Other (None)
CHASSIS: Other (None)
CPU_FAN1: None (None)
SB_FAN1: None (None)
PWR_FAN1: None (None)
CHA_FAN1: None (None)
CHA_FAN2: None (None)
CHA_FAN3: None (None)
CHA_FAN4: None (None)

System BIOS
Vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Version: ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE ACPI BIOS Revision 0202
Date: 05/15/2006
Size: 512 KB

Video System
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Screen Resolution: 1024x768 32 bit

Physical Storage Device
CD-ROM/DVD: DG5705L PGG141Q SCSI CdRom Device
CD-ROM/DVD: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10N
CD-ROM/DVD: DG5705L PGG141Q SCSI CdRom Device
CD-ROM/DVD: DG5705L PGG141Q SCSI CdRom Device
CD-ROM/DVD: DG5705L PGG141Q SCSI CdRom Device
Hard Disk: Maxtor 6L200R0
Hard Disk: ST3320620AS

Logical Storage Device
Local Disk (C:): 149997 MB (9778 MB Free) NTFS
Extra (D:): 194478 MB (48179 MB Free) NTFS
Local Disk (E:): 155237 MB (121423 MB Free) NTFS

Peripherals
Mouse: PS/2 Compatible Mouse
Keyboard: Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard

Communication Device(s)
Network Card 1: NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Network Card 2: NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Network Card 3: Linksys Wireless-G USB Network Adapter
Network Card 4: Linksys Wireless-G USB Network Adapter
Network Card 5: Linksys Wireless-G USB Network Adapter
Network Card 6: 1394 Net Adapter

Operating System(s)
Windows Family: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Service Pack: Service Pack 2
Version Number: 5.1 (Build 2600)

Direct X 9.0Coh i just thought of something.... when my old Computer went boom, i took the secondary HD from it, and put it in here... i don't know the exact order of things, but this issue started around that time, maybe before maybe after i don't really remember... but the primary HD is a SATA 300GB and the secondary is a 250GB IDE set as master with my CD/DVD burner optical drive as slave... could this be a cause to it also?I urgently advise you to make use of your warranty and not violate it in anyway by attempting to resolve anything hardware related yourself.

Even if it is only software related, you should still make use of your warranty.

I see that you have allready MOUNTED a second hard drive; is it still in good health? Have you scanned for viruses/spyware? concidering that i have no clue as to what the main issue is, if it is even with the CPU i cannot just take the entire machine into the shop i bought it at... it is not a prebuilt machine, it is built by me, they mounted the CPU and the RAM chips, i have no clue as to what may be causing the issues... but it seems that it is only a major issue part of the time as right now, i have turned off deamon tools, azurus, msn messenger, and a few other small items around burning and it is running fine with only music... but what is the point of having a machine like this if i can only do one thing at a time...

and the second HD is in perfect health... i scanned it also. spyware scanned it, checked for digital imperfections in data storage and possible loss of space due to formatting, defragging issues....Remove the IDE drive and jumper the optical drive as Master on the IDE channel and see if that improves things.GX1_Man - Thanks... i dd as you suggested, and the problem disappeared... soi set the optical to master and the HD to slave, and now it is working fine...

so what could have caused such an issue? i personally think that it is my own stupidity and that useing the IDE cable improperly was the cause, as the HD was set to master but was hooked to the middle connector on the cable... or having a primary SATA set to master and a IDE set to master was probally wrong... thanks alot.... this thing might just work good now... Shouldn't matter, Master and Slave on IDE cable are only meant for CS. Unless your cables are damaged/antique?That's what i thought when i hooked them up like that... that's why i did hook them like that and never really thought to reverse the boot proceedure... the cable i am using is about 2 years old... as the one i got with the Motherboard i bought was just a little too short... and my older one was a full inch and half longer... so that means that the only thing that would have been able to cause such a screwy thing would be the boot sequence and the second HD being set to master... the two HD's fighting over superiority with the new SATA winning most of the time but accessing anything on the IDE drive causing the machine to run like crap *all my music is on the IDE drive*2 years old? You should only use 80 pins PATA (IDE) cables; the rubber-like ones.