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Problems with CPU
I up till a week ago had a P4 3 Ghz Cpu in my comp while parents had a core2 duo 2Ghz. Anyway I swapped both of them over as some of the games i now play have a minimum requirement of 2Ghz dual core and I was going to overclock it. Originally I got the-
CPU is unworkable or has been changed. Please recheck - CPU SOFT MENU
-error at startup and so had to go into bios and just set the processor details manually (I made sure the details are correct) and then even tried overclocking it and got it to speeds of 2.4. However using the operating system the computer would boot up get past the welcome screen then sorta freeze/stop for ages and then load everything (msn and such) really quickly(all at once) after the pause. At this point I was like hmmm I'll change it back to normal speed.
Similarly with other programs (opening Feedgator, dvdshrink, using draw pad in msn, itunes especially) i would click to open them and then the computer would appear to be computing but was in actual fact sorta frozen, I could alt+tab to other processes (I.E Firefox and such) but the taskbar would not respond and if I opened Itunes from start menu the start menu would remain there plastered across my screen not doing anything.
I have applied the hotfix for improving Dual core in xp and doen the other steps associated with it.
Cheers
Sandman28
Specs:
IB9 mobo
2gb ddr2 ram
2*360gb HDD + 50gb Xp partiton drive
8500GT card
XP Pro SP2