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cheers randyl i still havent got hold of that little so and so but his time will come lol. i went and got vista ultimate and lucky for me a young guy i know installed it for me he reformatted the pc and had a look at things and his conclusion on the cpu mystery is he thinks its down to the mobo and fsb he says the only way he can see the cpu operating at 2.8 is to upgrade the mobo and a few other things but its running far better now so im happy as it is for now at least its got by the snail stage lol. thanks a lot guys just thought i would let u know the outcome and ill definately be looking around the forum some real good advise and tips on here thanks again take it easy guys

hi jelly bean sorry for the late response well things have gotten very interesting ,i got a bit fed up with the pc acting like a snail so i decided to do a reinstall with the rescue disc as i discovered there were certain drivers missing ,so did that managed to update and get the missing drivers installed and found out its a bit of a frankenstein the cpu is from a toshiba laptop and so u can imagine my surprise when i got onto my desktop and everything looks totally different even the shut down now has four buttons instead of three and to top it off i got the xp 30 day validation window as its expired so i cant get to anything now lol.so all i can suggest is that u close this thread ,if im supposed to do it let me know i havent a clue.so for me its time to track down the home build pc enthusiast who created this monster and have a nice polite chat with him lol. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK ALL YOU GUYS FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT U HAVE GIVEN

hi guys thanx for the welcome

hi guys thanx for the time and help ram 2048 4x 512 and a maxtor ultra ata with 105.69 gb free 122.93 capacity i also ran a cpu stress test and benchmark programme the cpu never went above 1603.8 and when i looked at results of the same type cpu results they had reached from 2.4 ghz upwards. the pc was built by an enthusiast and im wondering if hes not installed something correctly or i could have a faulty cpu thanx for your time ps not that i know a thing about pcs just thought id give u what little i know lol

just wanted to say hi to u all from an expat living on a tiny little island that belongs to denmark who cant speak dansk lol . a great looking site u have thats pretty easy to use looking forward to hearing from u on my pc woes lol cheers

hi guys ive just got a new home built pc that runs slow from starting up to shutting down everything about it is slow ive had it checked out for infections using various programmes and was given the all clear and told that my MB is running very slow and this is likely to be the setting in the bios were you have the clock setting wrong so it running very slow .now im pretty clueless with all the tech stuff and was hoping someone could help me by confirming this and advising me as what to do ,thank u very much for any help or advise my pc stats are as follows mb is an abit is7 and the cpu is mobile intel pentium 4 2.80 ghz ,478 socket if that helps but the cpu shows as 1.60 ghz in sys reports Product : IS7/IS7-G/IS7-E(Intel i865-ICH5) Version : 1.0 Serial Number : Unspecified Support MP : Yes, 1 CPU(s) Version MPS : 1.4 Chassis Information : Manufacturer : Hewlett-Packard Type : Desktop Version : Unspecified Serial Number : Unspecified Asset : Unspecified OEM Support SLIC : SLIC : No Sensor Information : Hardware Monitoring : Winbond W83627HF On-Board Device Information : Embedded Controller : No Slots Information : Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 5.0v Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 5.0v Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 5.0v Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 5.0v Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 5.0v Slot AGP : In Use (32-bit) 5.0v External Connectors : Serial 16450 Compatible : DB-9 male Serial 16450 Compatible : DB-9 male Parallel ECP/EPP : DB25 female Keyboard : PS/2 Mouse : PS/2 Internal Connectors : PRIMARY IDE : On Board IDE SECONDARY IDE : On Board IDE FDD : On Board Floppy COM1 : 9 Pin Dual Inline (pin 10 cut) COM2 : 9 Pin Dual Inline (pin 10 cut) LPT1 : DB25 female Keyboard : PS/2 PS/2 Mouse : PS/2 bios info Manufacturer : Phoenix Technologies, LTD Version : 6.00 PG Date : 02/23/2004 (mm/dd/yyyy) Address : 512 KB Copyright : Copyright © 2004, Phoenix Technologies, LTD Motherboard ID : 02/23/2004-i865PE-W83627-6A79AA1BC-18 DMI Version : 2.2 Characteristics : Flashable : Yes Socketed : Yes Functionality : APM : Yes ACPI : Yes ESCD : No PnP : Yes PCI : Yes ISA : Yes AGP : Yes USB : Yes PCMCIA : No Smart Battery : No Boot Information : Selectable Boot : Yes CD-ROM Boot : Yes PC Card (PCMCIA) Boot : No I20 Boot : No LS-120 Boot : Yes 1394 Boot : No ATAPI ZIP Boot : Yes chipset info NorthBridge : Intel i865G SouthBridge : 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge NorthBridge Information : Architecture : HUB Manufacturer : Intel (Abit Computer) Codename : Springdale Revision : A2 Bus Speed : 133.6 MHz FSB Frequency : 534.5 MHz (QDR) PAT Enabled : Unspecified FSB max. Support : 800 MHz RAM max. Support : DDR (400 MHz) Memory Information : Type : DDR-SDRAM PC-2700 Frequency : 167 MHz DRAM/FSB Ratio : 5/4 Supported Channels : Dual (128-bit) Activated Channels : Single PAT Enabled : Unspecified ECC Diagnostic : Nej CAS Latency (tCL) : 2 clocks RAS to CAS (tRCD) : 3 clocks RAS Precharge (tRP) : 3 clocks Cycle Time (tRAS) : 5 clocks Bus Information : Version : 3.0 Transfert Rate supported : 4x, 8x Transfert Rate : 8x Aperture Size : 128 MB AGP enabled : Yes Video Information : Integrated Controller : No Enabled : No APIC Information : Version : 2.00 Maximum Interrupts : 24 IRQ Handler enabled : Yes Hub Interface Information : Version : 1.00 Time Slice : 0 Width : 8-bit Full Duplex : Yes Frequency : 4x (264 MHz) Multiplier : 1/1x Device Capabilities (PCI) : I/O Access : No Memory Access : Yes Bus Master Capable : Yes Special Cycle Recognition : No Memory Write & Invalidate : No VGA Palette Snoop : No Parity Error Response : No Cycle Wait : No System Error Line : No Fast Back-to-Back : No Detects Parity Errors : No User Defined Format : No PCI 66Mhz Bus Support : No New Capability List : Yes PCI Support : Vendor-Dependant PCI Support : AGP > Processor : Intel Pentium 4 >> General Information Type : Intel Pentium 4 Internal Specification : Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.80GHz Codename : Northwood Revision : D1 Technology : 0.13µ CPU ID : F.2.9 CPU IDEx : F.2.9 Brand ID : 8 Microcode : MU0F292F Mobile : Yes >> Instructions IA-64 Technology : No Intel64 (EM64T) : No AVX : No FPU128 : No SSE5 : No SSE4a : No SSE4.2 : No SSE4.1 : No S-SSE3 : No SSE3 : No SSE2 : Yes SSE : Yes Extended 3DNow! Technology : No 3DNow! Technology : No 3DNOW Prefetch : No 3DNow! Pro Technology : Yes AMD MMX Technology : No MMX Technology : Yes Cyrix MMX Technology : No FMA : No AES : No OSXSAVE : No MOVBE : No PCLMULQDQ : No CLF - Cache Line Flush : Yes CX8 - CMPXCHG8B : Yes CX16 - CMPXCHG16B : No CMOV - Conditionnal Move Inst. : Yes MON - Monitor/Mwait : No POPCNT : No RDTSCP : No SEP - Fast System Call : Yes >> Miscellaneous XD - No-execute Page : No VT-x - Virtualization : No TXT - Trusted Execution Technology : No SVM - Secure Virtual Machine : No FPU - Co-processor Built-in : Yes FXSR - Fast Float Save & Restore : Yes xTPR - Send Task Priority : Yes DAZ - Denormals Are Zero : Yes FFXSR : No LAHFSAHF : No CMPLEGACY : No ALTMOVCR8 : No ExtApicSpace : No 3DNow! Technology : No PBE - Pend. Brk. EN. : No LAHF - LAHF/SAHF Inst. : No ABM : No MASSE - Misaligned SSE : No OSVW - OS Visible Workaround : No IBS : No P1GB - 1GB Page Size : No SKINIT, STGI, DEV : No WDT - Watchdog Timer : No >> Features x2APIC : No APIC - Local APIC Built-in : Yes VME - Virtual Mode Ext. : Yes DE - Debugging Extension : Yes PSE - Page Size Extension : Yes TSC - Time Stamp Counter : Yes MSR - Model Specific Registers : Yes PAE - Physical Address Extension : Yes MCE - Machine Check Exception : Yes MTRR - Memory Type Range Reg. : Yes PGE - Page Global Enable : Yes MCA - Machine Check Architecture : Yes PAT - Page Attribute Table : Yes PSE36 - 36-bit Page Size Extension : Yes PSN - Unique Serial Number : No DS - Debug Trace & EMON Store : Yes SS - Self Snoop : Yes ACPI - Software Clock Control : Yes TM - Thermal Monitor : Yes TM2 - Thermal Monitor 2 : No EST - Enhanced SpeedStep Technology : No HTT - Hyper-Threading : Yes SBF - Signal Break on FERR : Yes DSCPL - CPL qualified Debug Store : No CID - Context ID : Yes LT - LaGrande Technology : No PDCM : No DCA - Direct Cache Access : No EPS - Enhanced PowerSaver : No >> Features Hyper-Threading Technology : No >> Advanced Settings In Order Queue Depth : 12 Fast-Strings : Yes x87 FPU Opcode : No Thermal Monitor : Yes Split-Lock : Yes Performance Monitoring : Yes Prefetch Queue : Yes Branch Trace Storage : Yes C1E - Enhanced Halt State : No >> Mainboard Upgradeability Socket/Slot : Socket 478 Upgrade interface : ZIF Socket Supported Speed : 4000 MHz (or more) Supported Voltage : 1.1V > Frequency : 2800 MHz >> General Information Real Frequency : 1603.64 MHz Multiplier : 12x Low/High Multiplier : 12x / 21x Multiplier Locked : Yes Marketing Frequency : 2800.14 MHz >> Front Side Bus Information Bus Speed : 133.6 MHz FSB Frequency : 534.5 MHz (QDR) >> Initial Frequencies Frequency : 2800 MHz Bus Speed : 133.34 MHz (QDR) Multiplier : 21x >> Control Clock Frequency Type : None >> Thermal Information Thermal control TM1 : Yes - Enabled Thermal control TM2 : No Thermal Control Circuit : No Digital Thermal Sensor : No Clock Modulation (ODCM) Enabled : No >> Processor Performance Information Throttle Mode AC : None Throttle Mode DC : Adaptive Current Configuration : None Throttle : 1603 MHz > Support : Socket 478 mPGA > Data Cache L1 : 8 KB >> General Information Type : Synchronous Write Mode : Write-Through Place : Internal >> Cache Information Data Cache : 8 KB (4-way, 64 bytes line size) L1 Context Mode : Adaptive > Trace Cache L1 : 12 Kµops >> Cache Information Trace Cache L1 : 12 Kµops (8-way) > Cache L2 : 512 KB >> General Information Type : Synchronous Write Mode : Write-Back Place : Internal Multiplier : 1/1x (1603.6 MHz) >> Cache Information Associativity : 8-way Line Size : 64 bytes Bus : 256-bit Prefetch Logic : Yes > FPU Coprocessor : Present >> General Information Integrated : Yes Model : Compatible Intel > Processor activity : : 41% K : L