Hello, I am hoping someone can help me diagnose a problem/issue with my new system.
Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3R (P35 board)
RAM: Crucial Ballistix DDR2 (PC-8500)
CPU: Q6600 (Quad Core) @ 2.4GHz (set at 'Turbo' as default)
HDDs: 2 - Seagate 120GB, Samsung 500GB
DVD burner: 1 - Samsung
I am having problems with the speed currently as it's terribly slow. It's even slower than Socket A and Socket 939 systems which were nearby and I know the new computer is slower.
I had Windows XP and 2000 on the Seagate (I think) and data etc. on the Samsung. I don't recall exactly the configuration but the plan was to reinstall XP only (as far as Windows goes). On one of the drives, I had Mepis 32-bit installed.
I installed Mepis 64-bit on the new system to test and it's really slow after Mepis boots up. The bouncing globe takes forever and when I start Mozilla Firefox, it seems slow to start as well but not as bad.
Does anyone recognize the problem or can guess/suggest?
I have no clue as this is the first time I participated in putting a system together from scratch. I hope I don't have any defective or problematic components. I am hoping it's just a glitch that is common when initially setting up a new computer. I got this computer because I wanted something faster and I have a lot of disk space to try out distros and learn (well, continue learning) Linux.
I did go into the BIOS and I couldn't recognize anything as 'wrong' or causing the problem. Perhaps, there is but I haven't been able to detect or discover it yet. I hope I can find some ideas or I'll have to get the computer looked at.
Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3R (P35 board)
RAM: Crucial Ballistix DDR2 (PC-8500)
CPU: Q6600 (Quad Core) @ 2.4GHz (set at 'Turbo' as default)
HDDs: 2 - Seagate 120GB, Samsung 500GB
DVD burner: 1 - Samsung
I am having problems with the speed currently as it's terribly slow. It's even slower than Socket A and Socket 939 systems which were nearby and I know the new computer is slower.
I had Windows XP and 2000 on the Seagate (I think) and data etc. on the Samsung. I don't recall exactly the configuration but the plan was to reinstall XP only (as far as Windows goes). On one of the drives, I had Mepis 32-bit installed.
I installed Mepis 64-bit on the new system to test and it's really slow after Mepis boots up. The bouncing globe takes forever and when I start Mozilla Firefox, it seems slow to start as well but not as bad.
Does anyone recognize the problem or can guess/suggest?
I have no clue as this is the first time I participated in putting a system together from scratch. I hope I don't have any defective or problematic components. I am hoping it's just a glitch that is common when initially setting up a new computer. I got this computer because I wanted something faster and I have a lot of disk space to try out distros and learn (well, continue learning) Linux.
I did go into the BIOS and I couldn't recognize anything as 'wrong' or causing the problem. Perhaps, there is but I haven't been able to detect or discover it yet. I hope I can find some ideas or I'll have to get the computer looked at.
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