network is good to check, how about heat ? cpu fans seated good. fp At 03:56 PM 10/8/2005, Jim Edwards Poked the stick with: >Sure it isn't a symptom of a bad network card? Boot up and it being half >baked, xp trying to establish a reasonable connection type thing? > >At 10/8/2005 05:43 PM, rls wrote: >>All of a sudden my computer seems to run like shit flowing uphill. Just sits >>here going no place fast, but making a big stink - i.e. - painfully slow. >> >>I swapped out the main drive and put another drive with XP on in the hot >>swap tray - though I brought the machine down of course during the swap. But >>that way, I know it is not something I installed that screwed things up. The >>initial drive with XP on is totally removed from the system. >> >>Prior to this, I had been having intermittent problems with a drive and then >>the floppy. Moved those to a different connector from the power supply and >>those seem to be o.k. right now. I also replaced the drive cables, etc at >>the same time, so I cannot be TOTTALLY satisfied that it is one device over >>another right now. >> >>The system itself is a SuperMicro motherboard X6DAE-G2, with 2 @ 2.8 Xeon >>processors and 2 GHz of memory. >> >>I have unplugged the majority of my USB devices to make sure it wasn't a >>device going wacko. >> >>I have un-installed all programs such as Nero, magic ISO, etc, which have >>device drivers that may be the issue. >> >>Both versions of WinXP (on different drives) reported no problems under >>system (i.e., no conflicts) >> >>I have checked out the power supply with the little tester made by CoolMax >>and that reported no problems. >> >>Under the bios I check the voltages and this is what I show for my Enermax >>651 >> >>VCoreA 1.240 >>VcoreB 1.360 >>P3V3 3.408 >>P5V 5.211 >>N12V -12.834 >>P12V 12.034 >>Vdd 5.136 >>P5Vsb 5.112 >> >>Now the N12V seems particularly high, but a number a high, just not as much. >> >> >>Replacing a Power Supply is probably $150 to $200 proposition and right now >>it is not a good time, but if it necessary then... >> >>It seems that the only other thing it could be would be the motherboard. >> >>Anyway your thoughts/suggestions would be most appreciated. >> >>Thanks >> >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/123 - Release Date: 10/6/2005 > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/123 - Release Date: 10/6/2005
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