Did you load mobo drivers?? That SMBus Controller suggests in that
direction....
Mobo/chipset drivers affects system perfomance a lot, like the AGP driver in
them...
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<(E-Mail Removed)> kirjoitti viestissä
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> Hey. I just formatted my computer and i've got XP back up
> and running. The only problem is that things like games
> aren't running as fast as they used to. The frame rate
> tends to drop quite a bit. For example: on 3D Mark 2001
> before the formatt I got a score of around 8500 but now
> that ive got a nice clean hard drive with all the updates
> and applicable drivers i only get a score of about 4500!
> Now thats gotta suck! When i started up Windows again for
> the first time there was a few things that it couldn't
> find the drivers for. I got the sound sorted out but
> there was two remaining things(contained within the "Add
> New Hardware" section). They were Ethernet Controller and
> SM Bus Controller. Im not sure if the absence of the
> drivers for these things has anything to do with it and
> I'm not even sure what on earth these things are. Or
> could there be some sort of conflict in my system?
>
> So im hoping if anyone can help me out here please.
> Much appreciated
>
> Tim
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