new pc running very slow

[heretec]

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

[Jelly Bean]

Hello and welcome.

 

Ok great long list but I need you to tell me how much RAM you have installed.

 

How big in gig is your hard drive and how much free space do you have?

[Plastic Nev]

Hi, in case you aren't sure about where to find the information Jelly Bean asks for, it will be in System Properties, which you should find in "Control Panel".

Nev.

[heretec]

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

[Jelly Bean]

Sorry for the delay in reply I have been working and had to sort two computers and a network.

 

Ok you could do with a bit of a cleanup on your hard drive before it gets even fuller.

 

Download: CCleaner - Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download and install it.

 

Then highlight the Cleaner button on left.

 

Click analyze button on bottom left,once analyzed click run cleaner button.

 

Close CCleaner.

 

Uninstall any programs you no longer use that are not windows processes.

 

Restart the computer and enter BIOS/Setup.

 

This is restart and it will say on screen "Press ? to enter setup" ? could be F1,F2 or Del key.

 

Check under boot tab your hard drive is first boot device and CD/DVD rom is second.

 

If there are not set that way use the arrow keys to set them correctly save and exit BIOS.

 

Often a wrong boot order can slow a PC.

 

We can test the system as well by removing ALL external hardware that is not required to boot and run the computer.Turn off the computer remove the items and restart the computer do you notice a diffrence in startup speed?

 

Update hardware drivers.

 

Give the computer a defragmentation.

 

Open command prompt and type in chkdsk /r and hit enter on your keyboard.You will proberly get a message saying cannot run now would you like to schedule just type Y on your keyboard and hit enter.

 

Restart the computer and let chkdsk /r run and it will check the hard drive for any errors.

[heretec]

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

[RandyL]

I've been watching this thread and two things came to mind as you also thought of.

 

One is that this is a new built PC and should be under warranty if it was built by a shop. Since it was built by an enthusiast that is probably out of the question.

 

The second thing was of the most concern to me. A new PC would need a new OS installed. The fact that XP was installed and not Windows 7 or even Vista led me to believe that the XP was not legit. I think by what you said that you have now figured that out for yourself.

 

I thank you for letting us know more. If we can be of any help in getting this machine working by legal means we would be more then happy to assist you.

 

You are more then welcome to post on this or any other issue in the future.

 

I wish you luck and hope you continue to visit us.

[heretec]

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

[RandyL]

That's good to hear. We look forward to seeing you around. Thanks for letting us know.

[Jelly Bean]

Ohhh that is excellent.

 

Please pop back anytime and we can help you were needed.