Alright, here's the deal. I just built my first Athlon system about a month ago and I am having some serious performance issues. The symtoms include, very long load times (my celeron 400 loads Windows in less than half of the time), audio anomolies (static sounds, skipping and popping while loading, etc, etc...), and odd system instabilities. Keep in mind that the symptoms carry through to games as well as in the Windows environment. It seems as if every time it loads something, it devotes 100% of it's attention to loading it and nothing to anything else. When this happens, games will just stop, seemingly locked up, until the loading is complete. Sometimes it loads for no reason. However, when it's not loading or doing whatever on the hard drive, it runs smoothly. I currently have it overclocked to 992, but dropping it back to default settings does not help.
Here's what's in it---
"Classic" Athlon 800
Abit KA7
128mb MicronPC133 Athlon tested ram
15gb Maxtor ATA66 5400 rpm
10gb Western Digital ATA66 7200 rpm
Creative TNT2 Ultra Video w/ TV out
SB Live! Value
Sony 48x CD-ROM:
No network card is installed
300w Athlon approved Enlight power supply
OS & Drivers----
Windows 2000 Professional With Service Pack 1 and all updates
All device drivers are current and compatible with Win2k, no conflicts detected
At first I suspected the hard drives, so I tested them with spanking new ATA66 cables and there was no change. I also tested them in my Celeron 400 system and they preformed just fine so, at this point, i am begining to suspect the motherboard. I also tested the RAM in my frend's Celeron II 566 and it ran beautifully. I have been building systems for over 5 years now, and I have not seen anything like this before. Anyone have any ideas?
Here's what's in it---
"Classic" Athlon 800
Abit KA7
128mb MicronPC133 Athlon tested ram
15gb Maxtor ATA66 5400 rpm
10gb Western Digital ATA66 7200 rpm
Creative TNT2 Ultra Video w/ TV out
SB Live! Value
Sony 48x CD-ROM:
No network card is installed
300w Athlon approved Enlight power supply
OS & Drivers----
Windows 2000 Professional With Service Pack 1 and all updates
All device drivers are current and compatible with Win2k, no conflicts detected
At first I suspected the hard drives, so I tested them with spanking new ATA66 cables and there was no change. I also tested them in my Celeron 400 system and they preformed just fine so, at this point, i am begining to suspect the motherboard. I also tested the RAM in my frend's Celeron II 566 and it ran beautifully. I have been building systems for over 5 years now, and I have not seen anything like this before. Anyone have any ideas?