jdunderhill
Technical User
I have just built a PC for my Grandad...
The spec is:
ECS EliteGroup K7SOM+ Motherboard
- 1400 MHz factory fitted onboard Duron Processor
256 Mb DDR RAM
40 GB Maxtor 7200 RPM HDD
PC Case with 300 watt PSU
Windows XP
The computer boots up no problem to XP and looks great but runs at 100% CPU usage whenever an application is loaded such as Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 demo, Pearl Harbour demo and more or less when installing programs, everything I run seems to make the PC really struggle
I know the computer has got the guts to run these type of applications but when checking out the system details XP reports the processor to be 1005 Mhz!!, so thats a big reduction, ive tried rebooting etc but same thing happens
The RAM size has been capped down to 228 Mb so theres another reduction
I was thinking that perhaps the voltage was lacking so entered BIOS to try to change the settings but couldn't find anything there
I would really appreciate if anyone had any ideas or has come across a similar problem?
Thanks very much
Jamie
The spec is:
ECS EliteGroup K7SOM+ Motherboard
- 1400 MHz factory fitted onboard Duron Processor
256 Mb DDR RAM
40 GB Maxtor 7200 RPM HDD
PC Case with 300 watt PSU
Windows XP
The computer boots up no problem to XP and looks great but runs at 100% CPU usage whenever an application is loaded such as Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 demo, Pearl Harbour demo and more or less when installing programs, everything I run seems to make the PC really struggle
I know the computer has got the guts to run these type of applications but when checking out the system details XP reports the processor to be 1005 Mhz!!, so thats a big reduction, ive tried rebooting etc but same thing happens
The RAM size has been capped down to 228 Mb so theres another reduction
I was thinking that perhaps the voltage was lacking so entered BIOS to try to change the settings but couldn't find anything there
I would really appreciate if anyone had any ideas or has come across a similar problem?
Thanks very much
Jamie