pci problems, or more?

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  1. DJinRI

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    hi everyone-

    i'm new to this website and i'm not the most educated of computer geeks, but i hope i can explain this easily -

    i bought a custom pc, running xp sp 2, from someone else and i've already been told it was put together strangely, but it works nevertheless. last week i installed a buffalo wireless card. i had to put it into a few different pci slots before the computer would read it, which led me to believe that something wasn't working right.

    i eventually got it to work, but when i moved the tower to a different location in the apt and turned it on again it wouldn't acknowledge the card again. i restarted, and upon that time my monitor connection stopped working, which just happens to be right next to the pci slots. after a few restarts everything seemed to work fine, but now my system is running a lot slower for some reason, like my windows are dragging more slowly and it's taking longer to load things.

    it's a lot of info, i know. but hopefully someone can decipher what i said. is there anyone who can help? thanks
     
    DJinRI, Oct 3, 2007
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  2. DJinRI

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    now that i have restarted the computer, it goes to a screen that says "cpu is unworkable or has been changed. please check cpu soft menu" and you have to press f1 to continue.
     
    DJinRI, Oct 4, 2007
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  3. donkey42

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    myself, i'm not a user or an expert in XP, however, could you try a clean reinstall of XP and post any results

    BTW: what motherboard are you using ?
     
    donkey42, Oct 4, 2007
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  4. DJinRI

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    well, i did some more research and thought my answer might lie within BIOS. i changed some power settings to the CPU and that seems to work for right now. maybe when i installed the wireless card, the existing voltage running to the CPU wasn't enough to support everything?
     
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    oh, and according to Everest, my motherboard is an abit ic7-g. whatever that means.
     
    DJinRI, Oct 4, 2007
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  6. Ghostman 1

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    This is an older PC right ? To me it sounds like your computer was overclock
    and for some reason it went back to its default settings. Abit is the name of your Motherboard.. Do you remember what speed your computer was ?
    Because more than likely they have changed..On your next boot up,after it fully loads windows, right click on My Computer and select properties,you should be able to see some specks there about your computer.. lets us know what you find.
     
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