I'm using an HP xw8200 workstation. The BIOS settings are at their defaults, with hyperthreading enabled. This workstation dual boots openSuSE x86_64 linux. Linux runs great. However, when I boot into Windows, it runs much slower.
The hardware is as follows:
-2 Intel Xeon dual core procs
-8GB RAM
-150GB OS HD
-500GB Data HD
-ATI FireGL V5200 GPU
The OS HD stores the Windows and Linux operating system partitions. Windows is up to date with the latest drivers from HP's website sans the GPU driver, which I got from ATI's website. When updating the drivers didn't help, I booted to the XP x64 cd and ran a chkdsk /r from the recovery console. This didn't help either.
I have downloaded and used the HP Insight Diagnostics CD and ran a full test on all hardware. The 500GB hard drive failed the extended offline test. I unplugged it and tried booting into Windows again, but the slowness persisted.
To further test, I have completely reformatted the Windows partition, and reinstalled Windows XP x64, reinstalled all drivers, which did not help. I even installed this copy of XP x64 on a different machine to verify the CD wasn't messed up, and that machine works fine.
I am at loss... I can't think of what else it could possibly be. There is nothing running on Windows that would slow it down this much. There is a clone of this system on the other side of where I work that's set up exactly the same, and it runs great. I know it points to a hardware issue, but the HP diags didn't pick up anything but the hard drive itself. My only other guess is a bad motherboard but how do I know for sure?
Thanks in advance!
The hardware is as follows:
-2 Intel Xeon dual core procs
-8GB RAM
-150GB OS HD
-500GB Data HD
-ATI FireGL V5200 GPU
The OS HD stores the Windows and Linux operating system partitions. Windows is up to date with the latest drivers from HP's website sans the GPU driver, which I got from ATI's website. When updating the drivers didn't help, I booted to the XP x64 cd and ran a chkdsk /r from the recovery console. This didn't help either.
I have downloaded and used the HP Insight Diagnostics CD and ran a full test on all hardware. The 500GB hard drive failed the extended offline test. I unplugged it and tried booting into Windows again, but the slowness persisted.
To further test, I have completely reformatted the Windows partition, and reinstalled Windows XP x64, reinstalled all drivers, which did not help. I even installed this copy of XP x64 on a different machine to verify the CD wasn't messed up, and that machine works fine.
I am at loss... I can't think of what else it could possibly be. There is nothing running on Windows that would slow it down this much. There is a clone of this system on the other side of where I work that's set up exactly the same, and it runs great. I know it points to a hardware issue, but the HP diags didn't pick up anything but the hard drive itself. My only other guess is a bad motherboard but how do I know for sure?
Thanks in advance!