XP Slow after upgrade

[Guest]

Hi, I recently did an upgrade to my computer that seems to have hammered
Windows XP. I know the root cause (I think) but have no idea where to look
to fix it. I have an ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard that I thought I had damaged
on installation (the second video card slot) so I installed a brand new
A8N-SLI. I thought this would work flawlessly since it's the same
motherboard but that's not the case.

I have a fast AMD CPU and 2 gigs of RAM and XP is still running slow as can
be. Pre-upgrade, everything worked flawlessly. I'm wondering if the
motherboard has a revision that the last motherboard didn't have and XP is
referring to something on the old motherboard that is tying up resources or
something to that effect.

Any idea where I can look to change registry settings, delete files, or
reinstall anything? I'm hoping to not have to do a clean install.... It's
going to be extremely time consuming to reinstall everything if I do ---- the
downloads for online games alone would be horrendous.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Larry Samuels]

Are you running BIOS defaults on the new board and had you tweaked the BIOS
on the old board?

You can try a repair install once you have verified the BIOS settings.

How to do a repair install on Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
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[Guest]

Larry, yes, I did go into the BIOS and make sure the settings were as correct
as I could (who can tell for sure when you're wandering through that maze?).
I've also run all my spyware programs as well as Norton's WinDoctor. The
only thing I don't recall trying is error checking the hard disk - I'm going
to try that next. If that doesn't do the trick, I'm going to give the repair
installation you've listed a whirl... at least I shouldn't have to reinstall
everything so that's a big help.

Much appreciated my friend
Eric

 

[Larry Samuels]

You're welcome!

If the repair install doesn't fix the problem, before you wipe the drive you
can try a parallel install to rule out bad hardware (just because it is new
doesn't mean it works properly)

Post back and let us know the outcome

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Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone-