maybe its the new ram or psu? work backwards, try different ram.
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Sounds like you might have zap fried somethings with static electricity. Did you ground yourself before going to town on the parts?
If the parts work fine in another computer, then the likely cause is the mobo (as others have stated) the CPU is unlikely... they're pretty tough. Check the mobo for bulging and/or leaking caps (haha, at work yesterday we had two rigs die, both from blown caps. One of them was a strange one to go, while on the other one, all of the MOSFETS were blown).
Is the computer on a surge protector?
Did you poke around in the BIOS and see what the ram settings were?
Oh, and yes, a 550w PSU should be fine for a 9600GT.
One last thing. Could you possibly pay slightly more attention to your spelling and punctuation in the future? I can understand you, but I had to read through it a few times to make sure I knew what was going on. Its just that its alot easier to help out when you can tell exactly what is going on
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Thanks, and good luck man, I hope you get it figured out.
If the parts work fine in another computer, then the likely cause is the mobo (as others have stated) the CPU is unlikely... they're pretty tough. Check the mobo for bulging and/or leaking caps (haha, at work yesterday we had two rigs die, both from blown caps. One of them was a strange one to go, while on the other one, all of the MOSFETS were blown).
Is the computer on a surge protector?
Did you poke around in the BIOS and see what the ram settings were?
Oh, and yes, a 550w PSU should be fine for a 9600GT.
One last thing. Could you possibly pay slightly more attention to your spelling and punctuation in the future? I can understand you, but I had to read through it a few times to make sure I knew what was going on. Its just that its alot easier to help out when you can tell exactly what is going on
Thanks, and good luck man, I hope you get it figured out.
Great suggestions in here
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Sikk66, can you explain in better detail what went to "crap" and what kind of "slow down" issues you started experiencing?
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Originally Posted by sikk66  Hi there i brought a pc for my GF a little while back maybe 8months and went like a charm bout 3-4 months ago i put 2gb dual channel ram and a 500w psu and it went like crap and slowed right down |
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Hi there he is the Pics U requested
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Sikk66, according to your first post it sounds like you've tried reinstalling Windows multiple times. I'd suggest now running a diagnostic on your memory. Download memtest86+, burn the .iso to a CD (as a image) and boot to it. Run tests 5 and 8 each for at least 15 - 20 minutes. We need to run this diagnostic to rule out any memory issues.
I noticed in your first CPU-Z screen shot you are 100Mhz overclcked. The stock speed of a 5200+ X2 should be 2.6Ghz and not 2.7Ghz. Are you trying to overclock or run at stock settings? For stock settings change the processor multiplier to 13x (13x * 200Mhz = 2600Mhz). I'd also run your memory at it's factory speed of 400Mhz. Right now it's currently set to 375Mhz which is not a problem but for troubleshooting purposes let's run everything at stock.
Set everything to stock and lets see if your issues reappear.
Let us know
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Originally Posted by sikk66 wen i mean slow down windows loads slowly and it constantly stops responding and when i mean went like crap it started going slow |
I noticed in your first CPU-Z screen shot you are 100Mhz overclcked. The stock speed of a 5200+ X2 should be 2.6Ghz and not 2.7Ghz. Are you trying to overclock or run at stock settings? For stock settings change the processor multiplier to 13x (13x * 200Mhz = 2600Mhz). I'd also run your memory at it's factory speed of 400Mhz. Right now it's currently set to 375Mhz which is not a problem but for troubleshooting purposes let's run everything at stock.
Set everything to stock and lets see if your issues reappear.
Let us know
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a Windsor is 2.6, This Brisbane core is actually 2.7ghz stock.
Originally Posted by thlnk3r Sikk66, according to your first post it sounds like you've tried reinstalling Windows multiple times. I'd suggest now running a diagnostic on your memory. Download memtest86+, burn the .iso to a CD (as a image) and boot to it. Run tests 5 and 8 each for at least 15 - 20 minutes. We need to run this diagnostic to rule out any memory issues. I noticed in your first CPU-Z screen shot you are 100Mhz overclcked. The stock speed of a 5200+ X2 should be 2.6Ghz and not 2.7Ghz. Are you trying to overclock or run at stock settings? For stock settings change the processor multiplier to 13x (13x * 200Mhz = 2600Mhz). I'd also run your memory at it's factory speed of 400Mhz. Right now it's currently set to 375Mhz which is not a problem but for troubleshooting purposes let's run everything at stock. Set everything to stock and lets see if your issues reappear. Let us know Good luck |
whoa the 4800 grew up to be a nice 5200
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have you check to make sure it is not a heat issue?
have you check to make sure it is not a heat issue?
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Hangemhi, woohoo I didn't know that
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Thank you for clarifying
It is a bit odd though that his memory frequency is below stock
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Originally Posted by hangemhi a Windsor is 2.6, This Brisbane core is actually 2.7ghz stock. |
Thank you for clarifying
It is a bit odd though that his memory frequency is below stock
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If its at the stock 13.5 multi, then that will make the ram underclock, due to how the memory divider is selected. All half multi AMD's have underclocked ram from the factory
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Originally Posted by thlnk3r Hangemhi, woohoo I didn't know that
Thank you for clarifying It is a bit odd though that his memory frequency is below stock
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Logan, thanks for the explanation. That is something else I wasn't aware of
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Originally Posted by logan If its at the stock 13.5 multi, then that will make the ram underclock, due to how the memory divider is selected. All half multi AMD's have underclocked ram from the factory
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