my computer stats
ACPI multiprocessor PC
windows xp service pack 3
2 300 gb sata hard drives in Raid 0 as well as a 40 gb ide DRIVE that is my primary
2 intel xeon processors running at 2.4 GHZ(hypertreaded),
2 gb of Rambus type RAM,
geforce 7600 graphics card,
D-link airplus DWL-G520 Wireless card,
creative sound-blaster PCI 512
3 different dvd rom drives a lite-on, a Toshiba, and a TSSTcorp

1. this is an old system but SEEMS to be fairly capable once up and running, however I seem to be unable to run certain programs without enormous lag....programs that I have run on inferior machines without trouble, specifically, GOOGLE earth, and google skethup.

2. I have also been unable to find the quick-boot option under the BIOS.

3. For some reason when running facebook applications one of the 4 graphs in my task manager suddenly spikes to nearly 100%.....erratically. the other 3 seem to stay around 20%. only when running the facebook apps, otherwise I average about 3% on all bars.

4. I seem to be slowly losing wireless signal strength(it has steadily decreased over the past few months) do you think this is a problem with the router or my card?

hope someone out there with a little more experience than I can help me sort out these problems. oh and I defrag regularly(once a week) and DELETE off unused programs as well(once a month). As you say, this is an old machine. The RAM (Rambus!) and memory controller must be pretty old-skool by today's standards. Google Earth in particular is a cpu power and resources hog.