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How is that mobo? I was gonna buy it but got an ABIT instead. Anyways first check your process tree to see all applications that are running under your login. Kill anything that you don't know what it does. Best way to find out? Find the process name then go to start find and type in the process name and end it with .exe

That'll tell you where the file is and if its from a reliable company. If you have process running from weird folders, you should investigate further.

Next on the software side..
After you've gone through your current running processes
Go through your Start>Programs>Start Up Folder
You shouldn't have too many programs executing on start up
If there are just right click and delete

Next thing to check...
Go to Start>Run>MSCONFIG
This will bring up your sys config - here you can see almost every instruction your computer runs when it boots up and is loaded and is running.
Check your Boot.ini to see if a new file is loading and running in the background - you should see an absolute path to the executable file. again check to see if its from a reliable source.
Next check the Services Tab
Here you can check to see what background services are running. Alot of spyware and virus nestle themselves in here since an OS Service which microsoft uses to communicate the OS with any updates, messages, etc, are executed here. Viruses tend to act as a service to some foreign site that will download and install spyware thus lagging your computer. You can uncheck these and recheck them.

Hardware side...
A7V8 is a dual channel memory MOBO correct?
1-make sure the ram you are using are identical

If you OC (overclock)
Check the BIOS and make sure you have the following upgraded
AGP Size, Voltage to RAM and CPU, and disable onboard audio if you have a soundcard. I'd also go with disabling the onboard video since you are running a 9600.


If you have more questions hit me up on AIM.
I build computers and work with them as my career and if i can't help you, i know people that can.

AIM: Brians WRX STi (work) or BlazingMadTrees (home)

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it's called 'getting a mac'...

mac uses intel chips =P

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html

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Originally posted by kid nyce mac uses intel chips =P http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html

yeah, but until youre on a mac, you work with a glorified calculator...

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Originally posted by Highmay yeah, but until youre on a mac, you work with a glorified calculator...

or build the friggin thing from scratch.

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just followed brian instruction, now I am going try this again

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Originally posted by Highmay yeah, but until youre on a mac, you work with a glorified calculator...

Marketing and Aesthetics works wonders. iPOD the worst fucking thing ever IMO, sounds bad...no Equilizers...hard to even control the Bass and Treble. Marketing and Aesthetics. Let me see you upgrade your MAC and even have a choice to do so with an entire range of H/W to choose from and customize it.

stay on topic, please

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Bro, even if you now get yr box to work right....it will still be kinda fragile cause its SP2 related. Yr best bet to having a clean system is to back-up yr data, and do a clean install of XP, I know its a pain in the ass, but believe me its the best, also use Norton Ghost to image yr OS, so next time any crack update or drivers bring your OS down, all u gotta do is boot from GHOST CD and everything is a before...F@$#ing magic...what it does. I make it a point to Image my HDD/OS every 10 days.

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Originally posted by Sumit_A Bro, even if you now get yr box to work right....it will still be kinda fragile cause its SP2 related. Yr best bet to having a clean system is to back-up yr data, and do a clean install of XP, I know its a pain in the ass, but believe me its the best, also use Norton Ghost to image yr OS, so next time any crack update or drivers bring your OS down, all u gotta do is boot from GHOST CD and everything is a before...F@$#ing magic...what it does. I make it a point to Image my HDD/OS every 10 days.

I agree on the clean install of XP with SP2

I went alittle more heavy in my place
I'm running a P4 Dual Channel workstation and a AMD XP 2800+ Dual Channel File Server. So I use a WHOLE computer dedicated to managing files and a whole nother computer for all the scratch work (ie: temp saved files both audio/video/digital art). networking them allows me to utilize the each machine for specific purposes. And I add the redundancy to my AMD with an external 300gig usb2.

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Originally posted by Sumit_A Marketing and Aesthetics works wonders. iPOD the worst fucking thing ever IMO, sounds bad...no Equilizers...hard to even control the Bass and Treble. Marketing and Aesthetics. Let me see you upgrade your MAC and even have a choice to do so with an entire range of H/W to choose from and customize it.

well, i was reffering to the computers and not the ipods, but people think that the more shit on an mp3 player, the better...ipods are simplistic and to the point...there are probably others out now that might have more shit on it, but who cares...ipods get the job done and reduce the fuckupility to very low chances...

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Originally posted by kid nyce I agree on the clean install of XP with SP2 I went alittle more heavy in my place I'm running a P4 Dual Channel workstation and a AMD XP 2800+ Dual Channel File Server. So I use a WHOLE computer dedicated to managing files and a whole nother computer for all the scratch work (ie: temp saved files both audio/video/digital art). networking them allows me to utilize the each machine for specific purposes. And I add the redundancy to my AMD with an external 300gig usb2.

Wow, I was just gonna get me a 1TB external USB HDD, But I guess havin an fileserver is a great idea....I might even end up saving some. BTW, my beast is a Alienware 7700 desktop replacement with full options. In love with it now. Let me know if you need to know the specifications