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| 1323252 | 2013-01-17 03:47:00 | One thing to remember, Microsoft's updates are causing problems on lower powered machines running XP. For a while now when ever updates have gone in theres a bit of a performance hit. Machines with more power are not generally effected so much if at all. If you were to reinstall XP from SP3, you would find it runs reasonably quick even for a Celeron, put in all the updates and watch the performance drop out the bottom. XP Updates are turning it into a bloated system. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1323253 | 2013-01-17 04:34:00 | Ok posting this on a sempron with media player playing a song in the background, CPU usage about 4% BUT - if I leave a viualisation running and leave the window open (not minimised) CPU usage is 60-90% so check that, turn visualisation off or set it to album art. Also I noticed big CPU spikes from time to time, this thing just has no power to spare. I also noted initial spikes of CPU usage from MSE but it settled down fairly quickly. Other than that It runs ok - just don't try too much multitasking on these old single core machines. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1323254 | 2013-01-17 20:06:00 | Yes but 7% of what? what's your processor? Intel celeron 2 . 4ghz, 2 gig of ram |
Whenu (9358) | ||
| 1323255 | 2013-01-17 21:45:00 | wainuitech: very good point dugimodo: thank you for that - I fully agree - this system is single task only. cheers |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 1323256 | 2013-01-18 00:33:00 | Double post :S | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1323257 | 2013-01-18 00:34:00 | Does the thermal paste dry out if the heat sink has had a lot of dust? I don't think so. Dust will impede airflow and may cause overheating. Some cheap thermal paste dries out over time from becoming old. Maybe it all does, eventually. Ok posting this on a sempron with media player playing a song in the background, CPU usage about 4% BUT - if I leave a viualisation running and leave the window open (not minimised) CPU usage is 60-90% so check that, turn visualisation off or set it to album art Visualisations may also cause high CPU usage if your graphics card is weak or the driver is not installed, causing graphics processing to be offloaded to the CPU and run in software instead. You said you just reinstalled Windows, make sure you have all your drivers correctly installed and up to date. And, If you have an AGP Graphics card, it will rely on the Motherboard chipset\GART drivers to be installed, too, otherwise you can get performance issues. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1323258 | 2013-01-18 00:48:00 | No graphics card Will recheck drivers are up to date. Is this best done through the Device Manager or using 3rd party software like DriverMax.... |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 1323259 | 2013-01-18 00:57:00 | I prefer to install drivers manually with their own installers or through device manager if the driver doesn't have an installer. I am skeptical of anything that updates drivers automatically, as Windows update often royally buggers things up when it tries to autoupdate drivers. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1323260 | 2013-01-18 01:02:00 | Understood, didn't get a driver cd so will recheck all through device manager |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 1323261 | 2013-01-18 05:22:00 | Understood, didn't get a driver cd so will recheck all through device manager The CD would probably be out of date anyway. You can download them from manufacturer's website. The model number you gave for the board comes back as an MSI P4MAM series, which uses a VIA chipset: VIA P4M266 (VT8751) Assuming that is correct, you can get: Chipset drivers (install first) are here: www.viaarena.com (You want the old 4.43 as this is an old chipset) Latest video drivers for XP are here: www.viaarena.com You can also search yourself at www.via.com.tw |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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