Neded stock settings for Barton 2500XP 333FSB
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:32 am
Well I started using my office again, the system I have there is a Barton 2500XP 333FSB.
That should be my best fastest system, but my 1700XPs seem to be much much faster and I am not even over clocking them. (well one I bumped up to a XP2000)
It takes forever to boot. Some other things also seem pretty slow. Everything that loads on startup is also installed on the 1700XP systems, stuff like anti-virus, firewall, spysweeper, so since that's all the same on several systems I am sure it's not got to do with apps loading.
As for networking, That system is on a lan to the net servers at the ISP and other systems. However I also have a 2000XP system there on the same router (my router, only my 2 systems and the net severs are seen) and the 2000XP system boots alot faster also. So I don't think the slow boots has to do with network.
It's a Biostar board, I have 3 or 4 systems using various models, I like those, the 2500 is the slowest of any system I have though regaurdless of boards.
Pretty sure I have noticed alot of other things running slow at times on that system too. Done all the checks for garbage anyway, but pretty sure since it's booting slow that spyware or such would not be an issue. It's slow even getting to that point. System was clean by the way.
As for system specs, I forget what I installed in that system off hand. Still a new system basically since I built it right before I stopped using my office early last year, and just started agian last week other than a day here or there in between.
It should have at least 512MB DDR since that's about all I ever install unless I go higher,
Large hard drive running DMA, probaly Maxtor 8MB cache and over 100 gig drive (my normal) or it could be a WD 8meg cache specail editon over 100gig (I have bought a couple of those too)
Pretty sure it's just the wrong setting in bois for that cpu. Tommorow I will also check again to be certain, but I think I checked for any system board jumpers like to set it at 100fsb. Either they were correct for the cpu or not on the board, but like i said I will check again!
Would like to know the stock settings for that CPU, and of course any other ideas why it may be so slow!
That should be my best fastest system, but my 1700XPs seem to be much much faster and I am not even over clocking them. (well one I bumped up to a XP2000)
It takes forever to boot. Some other things also seem pretty slow. Everything that loads on startup is also installed on the 1700XP systems, stuff like anti-virus, firewall, spysweeper, so since that's all the same on several systems I am sure it's not got to do with apps loading.
As for networking, That system is on a lan to the net servers at the ISP and other systems. However I also have a 2000XP system there on the same router (my router, only my 2 systems and the net severs are seen) and the 2000XP system boots alot faster also. So I don't think the slow boots has to do with network.
It's a Biostar board, I have 3 or 4 systems using various models, I like those, the 2500 is the slowest of any system I have though regaurdless of boards.
Pretty sure I have noticed alot of other things running slow at times on that system too. Done all the checks for garbage anyway, but pretty sure since it's booting slow that spyware or such would not be an issue. It's slow even getting to that point. System was clean by the way.
As for system specs, I forget what I installed in that system off hand. Still a new system basically since I built it right before I stopped using my office early last year, and just started agian last week other than a day here or there in between.
It should have at least 512MB DDR since that's about all I ever install unless I go higher,
Large hard drive running DMA, probaly Maxtor 8MB cache and over 100 gig drive (my normal) or it could be a WD 8meg cache specail editon over 100gig (I have bought a couple of those too)
Pretty sure it's just the wrong setting in bois for that cpu. Tommorow I will also check again to be certain, but I think I checked for any system board jumpers like to set it at 100fsb. Either they were correct for the cpu or not on the board, but like i said I will check again!
Would like to know the stock settings for that CPU, and of course any other ideas why it may be so slow!
