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"Processor Problem?"

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My computer just froze (which happens to most machines from time to time) so I manually restarted it and came to the main desktop. I tried to open Internet Explorer to come back online, but nothing happened...

I waited a bit and tried again. Nothing.

I then opened word just to check stuff was still working. Word opened.

Then a couple of seconds later everything else I had clicked (explorer windows and messenger) all popped up at once.

Is this a lag with my processor or something? I have just had an AMD 2.6+ installed, so I assume it should be rather fast.

Any ideas whats up with this tart of a machine I am running?

Go into your Bios (either press del or F12 on boot up). Then check your Frequency settings or look to where it says either Front Side Bus or FSB. I have an Athlon 2600 XP + with a KT400 mobo and I have my FSB set at 176MHZ. If you look your processor is supposed to run at 2.1 GHZ but if you go to: Start > Run type "dxdiag" (minus the speech marks) and see what it says your processor is running at. I too had that problem when I got my 2600 XP + but changing it to its proper speed sorted it out. What is the make of your motherboard, also what edition is it? It will be written on the box. Is it the 266 of 333 FSB edition?

ÂLŠ†ÂÎR wrote:
> What do you have your FSB set at? Is it the 266 or 333 edition? Also
> have you tried clearing the CMOS on your motherboard?

Ok, now asnwer me again keeping in mind I am fully stupid.

I think it could just be that you tried to open everything too soon after you booted up the computer. This happens to me a lot, in my rush to do something, I click to start tyhe program straight away and it either freezes or doesn't come up at once. If it doesn't freeze, then it pops up a while later when the computer has had time to assess things.

What do you have your FSB set at? Is it the 266 or 333 edition? Also have you tried clearing the CMOS on your motherboard?

[Also posted in pc forum but nobody seems to be posting at the moment]

My computer just froze (which happens to most machines from time to time) so I manually restarted it and came to the main desktop. I tried to open Internet Explorer to come back online, but nothing happened...

I waited a bit and tried again. Nothing.

I then opened word just to check stuff was still working. Word opened.

Then a couple of seconds later everything else I had clicked (explorer windows and messenger) all popped up at once.

Is this a lag with my processor or something? I have just had an AMD 2.6+ installed, so I assume it should be rather fast.

Any ideas whats up with this tart of a machine I am running?