help please

Thanks Chris, I have now managed to "repair" windows xp, although I made the
mistake of trying to install all my separate graphics/sound cards before
installing stuff off the Aopen cd! So I am going to go back now and do
things properly and then try and install my extra stuff.

BTW, do you know if there is a known conflict issue with the USB? I have a
logitech USB mouse which doesn't seem to want to work all the time, then it
asked me to install the drivers, which I did, then mouse seemed fine, but
after rebooting, it didn't recognise the mouse again!

Finally, my pc is only showing my computer as having 1.2 Gig of processing
power - I have an AMD xp 2600 which is roughly 2 Gig - any ideas on what is
causing this problem?

Thanks again,
Josie
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"Lucky" <mail.TakeThisOut@lucky.net> wrote in message
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 > Thanks Chris, I have now managed to "repair" windows xp, although I made
the
 > mistake of trying to install all my separate graphics/sound cards before
 > installing stuff off the Aopen cd! So I am going to go back now and do
 > things properly and then try and install my extra stuff.
 >
 > BTW, do you know if there is a known conflict issue with the USB? I have
a
 > logitech USB mouse which doesn't seem to want to work all the time, then
it
 > asked me to install the drivers, which I did, then mouse seemed fine, but
 > after rebooting, it didn't recognise the mouse again!
 >
 > Finally, my pc is only showing my computer as having 1.2 Gig of processing
 > power - I have an AMD xp 2600 which is roughly 2 Gig - any ideas on what
is
 > causing this problem?
 >
 > Thanks again,
 > Josie
 >
 >

Make sure you install the USB2 drivers off of the CD or better yet, AOpen's
site. The ones on the CD are already outdated. As far as the CPU speed, you
need to set the FSB in the BIOS to the correct speed. They come from the
factory set at 200FSB. Your CPU is a 333FSB model. I believe the setting is
in the Frequency/Voltage menu in the BIOS. Just go there and set it to
333MHz and all will be fixed.

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Thanks for that.

After doing my windows "repair" though, my pc is so slooooow, so I'm doing a
clean install of windows xp after all (probably for the best I think!).

I am just going to leave all the onboard videa/audio stuff on for now and
put in my audio/graphics cards later on after I've reinstalled windows - is
this the best way to deal with it?

When I come to put in my own cards, what should I disable? Do I just disable
onboard audio/audio codecs in the BIOS, or do I also need to disable certain
devices in the windows device manager? If also the latter, could you please
tell me exactly what items I should disable?

Finally, is there a setting somewhere to disable the onboard VGA when i come
to install my graphics card? Should I even bother with my graphics card
actually - it is a Creative GeForce 3 TI?

Thanks again Chris,
Josie
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"Lucky" <mail DeleteThis @lucky.net> wrote in message
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 > Thanks for that.
 >
 > After doing my windows "repair" though, my pc is so slooooow, so I'm doing
a
 > clean install of windows xp after all (probably for the best I think!).
 >
 > I am just going to leave all the onboard videa/audio stuff on for now and
 > put in my audio/graphics cards later on after I've reinstalled windows -
is
 > this the best way to deal with it?
 >
 > When I come to put in my own cards, what should I disable? Do I just
disable
 > onboard audio/audio codecs in the BIOS, or do I also need to disable
certain
 > devices in the windows device manager? If also the latter, could you
please
 > tell me exactly what items I should disable?
 >
 > Finally, is there a setting somewhere to disable the onboard VGA when i
come
 > to install my graphics card? Should I even bother with my graphics card
 > actually - it is a Creative GeForce 3 TI?
 >
 > Thanks again Chris,
 > Josie
 >
 >

Personally, I would use the GF3 card instead of the onboard graphics, mainly
because the system will be faster. What I have personally found with Win XP
is that it is best to have all of your BIOS updates and settings and
hardware just the way you intend on running your system before you install.
Don't have your printers, scanners and cameras hooked up, but have
everything else installed. On occasion this will cause a problem with
certain hardware, but it is rare. Disable the onboard sound and set the
video to AGP in the BIOS. I also disable the serial ports in the BIOS if I
am not going to use them. No sense in using any resources or IRQs for
devices you don't need. I also recommend getting all of the latest drivers
and putting them on a CD before you start. It is rare that the CDs for most
devices have the latest drivers.

Install Windows, then the Nforce chipset drivers, then USB2 drivers if
required, then video card, then sound card, then anything else that is left.
This will work in 99% of the cases. After you have everything installed and
all your Windows updates done, remember to defrag right away.

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I am doing as you suggest and putting in all of my hardware - trouble is,
when I put in my Ge Force 3 AGP card, then boot up, my monitor won't show
anything - and yes, I have checked that the card is in properly - any
suggestions?
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