New(ish) setup running slow

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Gawd
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A Sempron 2800+ Palermo that I built for a friend is running real slow...

I checked that Cool 'n' Quiet is disabled, RAM is running at DDR400, multiplier is at 200*8, Voltages appear to be fine (I don't have a multimeter, though) I don't know what else it could be... These are the specs:

Codegen 300W PSU (From old rig) ( I have a feeling this may be the culprit)
Asrock K8UPGRADE-VM800
Sempron 2800+ Palermo 64-bit
LG 32x10x40 CD-RW (from old rig)
Maxtor 40GB (from old rig)
Samsung 512MB PC3200
Pine GF2 MX400 (From old rig)
XP Pro SP2

This comp isn't used for gaming, it's just that my crapper seems to be running better than it does and the S2800 is a clean install....
 
device drivers loaded properly for the mobo?

Definitely that sempy should be feeling pretty good compared to the "crapper" machine :)

How are the drives, are they running in UDMA mode? Thats probably the biggest hit on a sluggish system.
 
Because I'm too damn lazy to type it out:

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It appeasrs to be running in UDMA mode

I just used the drivers that came with Windows, but I will try the ones from the Asrock site.
 
Codegen said:
I just used the drivers that came with Windows, but I will try the ones from the Asrock site.
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Never use drivers coming with Windows (or updates). I just finished solving a problem after installing drivers from Windows update. Use drivers from manufacturer's web site.
 
I got the VIA 4-in-1 drivers and the audio drivers. Not much difference.
 
It seems to be very slow on start-up, but after that it's like it should be.
 
oops....

It appears I installed Windows in a 5GB partition. I've changed the location of the program files dir to the bigger partition and am in the process of defragmenting it.
 
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