New build problem, very weird

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Dozer

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Over the last week I built this computer:

A8N-SLI Premium
X2 4400+
2x 1024MB G.Skill PC3200 2-3-2-5
Evga 7800GT ( another one sitting on my couch for when everything else is working well)
Boot drive: 74GB Raptor
HSF: Zalman 9500LED

Sooo.... onto the problem:

It boots, and I have gotten windows to install. However, It runs slow as crap. Processor usage is reported 100% usage when just sitting on the deasktop; something as simple as clicking the start button takes 5+ seconds. (fresh install mind you, only thing installed is the video card drivers and the ASUSPROB thing)

Now this seems like an overheating problem with the processor, but temps are fine! 36C on the processor, 30C on the motherboard. Hell, I can put my finger on the base of the 9500 and it doesn't even seem that warm! It's like... the processor is gimped for some reason. I have no idea what is going on.



UPDATE: The above problem is now fixed but there is a new one now: It will boot up fast and will work fine for about 3 minutes, and then everything will almost freeze. I say "almost" because i can still do stuff, it just takes 30+ seconds for anything. When I look at the performance tab of the task manager, I see core 1 sitting idle and core 2 at 100% utilization. This is even weirder than the last problem :/ Anyone have any idea what could be causing this?
 
It sounds like the computer thinks your cpu is overheating and is slowing down the computer to protect the chip.

Flash your mobo to the latest bios and see if it helps.
 
The problem is that your using a socket A cpu in a socket 939 mobo.... LoL, I know it's a typo, possibly an x2 CPU????

Did it do that before you installed the vid card drivers? Possibly uninstall them and install the latest Omega drivers.....
 
Dozer said:
Processor usage is reported 100% usage when just sitting on the deasktop;
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100% usage when idle?

Press ctrl+alt+del. Click on the "Processes" tab. Scroll through the list and see if anything there is using the 100%, come back and tell us what it is.


 
Disable the ee1394 and see if that helps. I had this problem and that what it was.
LMK

It was a A8N Sli deluxe
 
It was the same before and after I installed the video drivers.

Processes looks something like this:

Explorer 45%
Taskmngr 20%
random other crap pops up too, no one thing is taking all the cycles.
 
Just tried disabling firewire in bios, didn't do anything, about to disable everything, will try again.....
 
Updated BIOS, working great. apparently I had a newer version of the 4400+ which didn't like the older BIOS. :D :D :D :D
 
Need more info about which driver versions you are running (chipset, video, etc). Have you installed the X2 driver from AMD's website? Are you overclocking? What speed is your memory running at and at what timings?
 
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